VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

That’s why lists like Ycombinator’s Requests for Startups (RFS) help entrepreneurs thinking about starting a company (or picking a problem) and can be a good barometer for founders on what’s interesting to investors right now.

Artificial Inteligence 176

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. But the “monetization heart of the Internet” doesn’t stop at Overture, Applied Semantics and MySpace.

Los Angeles 376

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

So Google launched Google AdWord and AdSense based in part on technology it acquired when it bought an LA-based company called Applied Semantics. Finance and a host of other wonderful services brought to you by their sponsors. But it turns out that consumers didn’t think it sucked. Then came blogs. Check out TwtApps alone!

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing. This list by Shai Goldman is a good sample , and I’m proud that Remagine Ventures is included in this group. Pre-seed tends to be about developing an MVP and generating early traction.

Valuation 186

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Start with Your Own List of Keywords. Because of this trend towards semantic search, it’s now important for businesses to consider long-tail keywords. The other is about financing; people often search about loans or government incentives associated with remodeling.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Or the founders have taken on a small amount of seed financing, just enough to get them into the market. Vendor long-list - build a “long-list&# of possible software vendors and NDA them all, but don‚Äôt rely on it (more on this later). Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

Bootstrapping 41

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Too often developers dont start with requirements per se but fuzzy wish lists that creep specifications into *how* to implement the thing. Caretaer, ti spoint of yours makes a lot of sense Too often developers dont start with requirements per se but fuzzy wish lists that creep specifications into *how* to implement the thing.

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