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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling. TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. Henry Harteveldt, Forrester.

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The Humanity of Our AI Future

thebarefootvc

Roomba vacuums, launched in 2004, are an example. Both hardware (such as sensors that interact with the environment to collect data) and software (the algorithms that are able to intelligently interact with humans or other machines) have become more sophisticated. We’ve been using simplistic robots for years, often without knowing it.

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The Humanity of Our AI Future

thebarefootvc

Roomba vacuums, launched in 2004, are an example. Both hardware (such as sensors that interact with the environment to collect data) and software (the algorithms that are able to intelligently interact with humans or other machines) have become more sophisticated. We’ve been using simplistic robots for years, often without knowing it.