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Making the Internet Smarter at Helping Us

Both Sides of the Table

The Internet has a problem. I like his tagline a lot, “Hunch personalized the Internet.&# We need them for every vertical. In fact, this data set is probably totally different by vertical. Recommendation Slicing. It’s one you know well. The signal-to-noise ratio is getting out of hand. That sounds right.

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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Smart Contracts – Powering the internet-native financial system, smart contract networks could generate fees of $450bn in 2030. Digital Wallets – Digital wallets could grow select vertical software platforms’ revenues to $27-$50bn in 2030. Verticalized Video Understanding – machine interpreted video.

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4 Ways IoT is Rewiring How the World Works

ReadWriteStart

IoT (Internet of Things) is one of them. BLE, which is also known as Bluetooth Smart, is a significant protocol that turns ordinary IT equipment into smart equipment that can connect to cloud servers via the internet to share real-time data. The world’s most sensitive industry vertical is for upheaval with IoT. Source: Mckinsey.

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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

Today is the day that eight hopeful startups got to pitch their ideas to investors at startup accelerator Springboard’s Internet of Things (IoT) demo day in Cambridge, England. What WiCastr purports to do is allow people to access content across all of their smart devices, but without the need for an app or even an internet connection.

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Observations from my trip to India

Version One Ventures

And the timing is right for domestic opportunities, as the population is rapidly connecting to the Internet and increasing its purchasing power. E-commerce (DTC and infrastructure), fin tech (lending, payments), healthcare and B2B marketplaces are some of the verticals that have seen tremendous growth.

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Horizontal Or Vertical Business Models: Which Is Right For You?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I recently received this unsolicited email from Craig Shinney (slightly edited to protect identities) – I just wanted to write to tell you that about one year ago, I started getting into Internet marketing and experimenting with all sorts of different methods of the various types of blogs and tools that all the different marketers recommend.

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How to build an agile and scalable SaaS for long-term success

The Next Web

If you are considering developing a vertical SaaS, it is your responsibility to communicate the technology’s robust benefits in a way that’s accessible to your potential customers. Here are a few pieces of advice for building well-loved software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms that have helped me and my team realize our ambitions.

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