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B2B Marketplaces Revisited

Version One Ventures

As are a handful of vertical marketplaces that have emerged over the past few years (e.g. But overall, we’ve yet to see the large-scale success of B2B marketplaces across the full spectrum of verticals. B2B marketplaces will be particularly useful in heavily fragmented verticals where companies can source from a myriad of suppliers.

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Top Hat Raises $22.5M Series C in a Tough Vertical: What Can We Learn from their Success

Version One Ventures

Generally speaking, Ed Tech has proven to be a tough vertical, primarily due to the fact that it’s hard to charge consumers (students) directly. While bottom-up distribution is pretty common now in other verticals, it’s important to realize that bottom-up is rarely done in Ed Tech. The post Top Hat Raises $22.5M

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The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

VC Cafe

The rest of the competition in the generative AI search space is focused on enterprise search. We’re moving away from the 10 blue links (and sometimes 10 blue ads) and moving into something different. where rather than sift through noise to find an answer, users will generate a specific result to match their needs.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the 2023 Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

Positive experiences create emotional value, which keeps customers coming back and makes small businesses stand out from the rest. 14- Brands will prioritize vertical video marketing Photo Credit: Austin Armstrong The number 1 trend for 2023 digital marketing will be brands making vertical video marketing a top priority.

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You’ll Need At Least Two of These Four Qualifications to Get Hired By a Venture Firm

Hunter Walker

In exchange for doing this repeatedly, you get to learn the rest of the business. All of these areas require real understanding of core underlying technology, not just pattern matching against a business model applied to a vertical. The school you went to. The company you’re currently working at. Climate sustainability.

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The Biggest Barriers Keeping Your Startup From Seeing Its Full Potential

ReadWriteStart

With an effective brand visibility strategy, you can rest assured that brand recognition will be high – and that people will be capable of discovering your brand. . Are you going to grow vertically or horizontally? Memorability. But where does the relationship go from there? . How much growth is reasonable to achieve?

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2024’s First Link Blog Post (Because Happy Birthday Matt Mullenweg)

Hunter Walker

Use that value to pay for the rest. To be intellectually honest he supplies a few examples of companies which have navigated this tightrope walk but ends up ultimately believing… “My take is this: if you want to make money building something, sell it. And Happy Birthday Matt!