BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

2018 Recap Welcome to our annual boldstart recap and enterprise predictions letter. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. ABM/Demand Gen), Richard Crowley (Slack, Ops Architect), Misha Brukman (JanusGraph, co-founder).

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2020

Energy Rates Could Rise If Demand Causes Outages. In Dallas, consumers saw their bills soar 700% when wind turbines failed to keep up with demand because there was no wind. People love it, and most governments around the world are pushing bold plans to gain compliance. There’s No Turning Back on the Road to Renewables.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The majority of that work is led by the Amazon Corp Dev team. The company also occasionally invests in startups out of the balance sheet (i.e.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 26, 2021

After several high-profile data breaches occurring in the last couple of years, the demand for cybersecurity services is bigger than ever. 2- Federal government contracting. Public sector contracting and more specifically federal government contracting is a cash cow. billion in 2018 to 93 billion by 2022. 10- E-commerce.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2018, Taobao GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) was a staggering RMB2,689 billion, which equates to $428 billion in US dollars. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

This is critical since the government is moving toward a speedier payment system, which will reduce the time it takes for victims to get compensation. So, we can expect that businesses and workplaces will keep on adjusting and readjusting their operations to accommodate the mandates and protocols that their respective governments will impose.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The main features and future benefits were discussed and presented at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit 2018 in Maui that was held from 4 up to 6 December. Both cases will cause an increasing demand for highly skilled data network and software engineers. Manufacturing will become faster and cheaper, products – more complex.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

In 2018, there were more than 7,450 breweries in the U.S.—well A new system might be subject to delays, especially if demand from other breweries is high, but you’ll be able to design to your needs and specifications, and you’ll have support when issues arise (and they will). What you need to know about buying new. It’s the law.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 11, 2018

When he heard that Kublai was just printing his own money, he saw his path to riches and summoned the Ambassador from Kublai’s court, demanding to see the new paper currency. He demanded that everyone accept these new notes as currency. Second, governments can block people from using Bitcoin as a measure of exchange.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

For instance, Uber’s rapid expansion into new markets demanded a fast, device-agnostic ride-hailing application that worked well regardless of location. The tag firing sequence and Data Layer pushes frequently face obstacles; data-layer governance is critical. Is mobile traffic dictating demand? Unique feature tracking.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The demand for safe and reliable public transportation for people with medical issues and disabilities, particularly in rural communities, continues to grow at remarkable rates. What’s a non-emergency medical transportation business? If you’re thinking about starting a NEMT business, read on. Handicap lift: 30” x 40” wide clear platform.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 26, 2021

We just hit a point in 2018 where the Cambridge Analytica scandal went supernova and the platforms began rolling back what data you could and couldn’t get from them. We launched it three weeks ago and the demand + usage has far exceeded even our most idealistic expectations. We built it to over $100k in MRR.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

The 5 years that I spent working in the US were majorly governed by 2 things: Work and Cooking. In 2016, we founded Melt On Demand together, an on-demand massage company. Melt became a national brand in less than 2 years and was acquired by Soothe in 2018.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

For example, if you’re building a plan for a biotech firm, your plan will go into details about government approval processes. And LivePlan offers an excellent alternative with what it (as of August 2018) calls the Pitch page , a standard summary. You could consider using your one-page business plan as your executive summary.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

billion in 2018. The pandemic has significantly increased the demand for access to digital services. Now the pandemic has settled, startups in the region should meet the demands of millions of new customers. We’re going to have more than a billion new consumers added to the population, which obviously drives demand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2018

Startup investors have no insight to management or governance. Thus, I always recommend crowdfunding as an alternative to entrepreneurs who may be struggling to find conventional investors, or may not yet have evidence of widespread demand for their solution. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 08/14/2018.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

David Goldhill, in his enlightening book Catastrophic Care , declared: “…a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. By 2018, they will operate 75 offices in 8 markets with over 400 primary care clinicians.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

Like the stock market, Cryptocurrency can be bought and sold based on supply and demand. When demand is high the price people are willing to pay will go up. The project failed in 2018. Since these crypto’s store value, they are considered a form of digital money which can be freely traded on a crypto exchange.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The latest estimates put the number of Russians online at 66 million, with growth expected to continue by around 15 to 20 percent year-on-year up until 2018. It is also worth noting that the laws which govern the tech sector, although less developed than the West, will eventually offer the same level of protection and clarity as in the EU.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

A frenzy of buying activity in Q4 2017 led to a massive surge in demand and prices for these digital assets. 2018 has been a brutal year for this nascent market. Governments do not control the supply of cryptocurrency, but they can impose restrictions to limit or eliminate its usage.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2018

Complicating the process even more is the new tax act recently introduced by the government. For a better, more organized 2019 Tax Day, small businesses should consider an efficient and organized process in 2018. A couple of steps that small businesses should incorporate into their everyday workflows throughout this year include: 1.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2020

Back in 2018, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, emphasized that Bitcoin would become the world’s single currency. The internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government,” he said at the time. What the visionary, Milton Friedman, predicted about Bitcoin in 1999.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This is making the area an attractive prospect for property investment – both buy to let and property development, as demand for housing continues to build. The Reuters survey found a range of forecasts for the capital, for example, ranging from a price rise of two percent to a fall of six percent in 2018.

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Up and Running

APRIL 13, 2016

Furthermore, if medical marijuana is not legalized in your state, any dispensary is liable to be shut down by the federal government. Make sure that when you do access a property that it will be consistent with new laws that take effect in 2017, 2018,” Lincoln says. Is there consumer demand? Know your market,” says Lincoln.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

ESG , or environmental, social , and governance, is an issue that’s making big waves, and ESG for nonprofits is getting its share of attention as well. The governance portion of ESG has to do with how ethically organizations govern themselves. Donors demanded it. Why should that matter to your nonprofit?

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

“We are challenging the FBI’s demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country. While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. I love the last two paragraphs as they reflect how I feel.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Then followed, in 2017-2018, assisting a Senator in Ottawa as a Policy Advisor. During that time, she acquired experience in governance, by-laws and policies concerning not-for-profit agencies. It can help to ease the impact of a job’s demands. She complemented her career with volunteering. That said, it was often grueling.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 21, 2018

Last week I wrote about how geopolitics can impact demand for public blockchain cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. In Venezuela, where citizens have flocked to bitcoin in light of hyperinflation, the government countered by announcing a state-controlled cryptocurrency called the petro. The petro also does not trade on any exchanges.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

However, it seems now SMEs are adopting these on a much more voluntary basis than ever before – spurred on by, as we have mentioned previously, consumer demand. It appears as though consumer demand is motivating businesses to become more sustainable which is reinforced by government green tax breaks for energy-efficient SMEs.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 20, 2022

million in government funding. It will support a range of private and non-government sector innovators and innovations. Big Street Bikers was founded by Cleve Cameron, Andrew Charlesworth, and Matt Weavers in Auckland in 2018 when they launched The Rechargery, a solar-powered service station for e-bikes.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

New industries never ask if it’s ok to sell a new raw material, they just take it and commercialise the demand for it. But this didn’t stop the Government having the courage back then to take it and put the industry in public hands. Industrialists just took it and sold it. An unstoppable economic force.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2018

” – Coindesk (August 10, 2018). Bitcoin was priced at a 12-15% premium on Indian exchanges vs US exchanges during that time given the increased demand. Yavuz told CoinDesk his holdings now consist of 30 percent cryptocurrencies, 20 percent U.S. dollars, and just 10 percent lira.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 31, 2018

Interestingly, Satis, a blockchain advisory firm, published a report this past week (link below) that predicts offshore markets for cryptocurrency will be main drivers of crypto market growth, citing a loss of confidence in government monetary policy around the world. The post Drinking from a Firehose appeared first on The Barefoot VC.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

LLMs have driven an increased demand for data, caused a complete architecture change inside companies and changed how data is manipulated. billion in 2023, the lowest amount since 2018 and a 60% decrease from 2022. Likewise, venture dollars will still funnel into startups in the space. Overall, Israeli startups raised $7.3

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I realized that working for large companies who were fighting each other, or fighting the government, was never going to scratch that itch. While operating a tutoring business I was able to identify a demand for niche business software. In 2018, I decided to put up my remote digital agency. 13- Showcase different communities.

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Transformify

JUNE 11, 2021

Make a list of questions according to your demands by keeping the prominent issues in the beginning. According to a 2018 study by Deloitte , 10,500 people shows that a lack of flexibility is the most likely reason a millennial would quit their job role. The next question is what your survey should contain?

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

That’s right now in 2018 and year 10 of an expansion when we’ve been plowing hundreds of billions of dollars into the capital markets to try and boost activity. But at this point, our government is so backward, dysfunctional and unresponsive that it’s not even on the agenda. Then the government says ‘hey, great news!

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