Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

The LexSet Co-Founders (left to right) CEO Francis Bitonti , President Leslie Oliver Karpas , and COO Azam Khan won $250,000 in Verizon’s Built on 5G Challenge The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 LexSet serves AI engineers, especially those with limited resources, with a better way to annotate photos. An example of LexSet training data.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Are your campaigns driving conversions? Unlike conversion rate formulas that produce statistically significant results, the ROI of brand awareness is less obvious and quantifiable. This partnership would leverage both audiences and the rapidly growing awareness of the vertical. Do consumers know who you are? Brand consideration.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 1, 2020 People are rightfully concerned about the threat of coronavirus, which has so far killed about 2,800 people worldwide. What is your top goal for Milis Bio for 2020? What will be the most overhyped tech trend of 2020? The prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2020 Seattle-based Syndio has a bold ambition: to eradicate unlawful pay disparities in the workplace. This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2021

One of the highest we saw in 2020 was Ke.com , a Chinese platform for buying and selling properties. Find your vertical and stick to it (for a few years at least). was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2024

written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Sean Malone In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Sean Malone, a leading expert in the sales industry and a pioneer in leveraging direct messaging (DM) as a powerful tool for high-conversion sales. One-to-one at scale.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

I started making predictions for the decade ahead in 2020 , then made 2021 predictions , then 2022 predictions. This is a fun quote to start things off with because I began this journey with my 2020 predictions. Thats it for now – join me on Twitter for the conversation to continue. -.75: Bill Gates. 1: Failed it.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

I started making predictions for the decade ahead in 2020 , then made 2021 predictions , then 2022 predictions. This is a fun quote to start things off with because I began this journey with my 2020 predictions. Thats it for now – join me on Twitter for the conversation to continue. -.75: Bill Gates. 1: Failed it.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Common examples include: Average order value; Sales conversion rate; Cart abandonment rate; Customer acquisition cost; Customer lifetime value; Bounce rate; Click-through rates; Pop-up engagement rates; ROI (return on investment; Average inventory sold per day. Some goals may be measured by more than one metric. Brian Balfour , Reforge.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Lofty AI team includes (from left to right) Jerry Chu , Alysia Silberg , Mark Keane , and Max Ball The Forrest Four-Cast: February 24, 2020 Lofty AI serves both full-time and part-time real estate investors by helping them make more data-driven decisions yielding higher returns. What is your top goal for Lofty AI for 2020?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The US Census put out a statistic one day before we shared our study results that business applications for the third quarter of 2020 were 1,566,373, an increase of 77.4 percent compared to the second quarter of 2020. That’s why the health vertical has a virtually permanent spot near the top of the percentage of new startups.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

I've had several conversations over the years on TV show financing, and the basic formula is that you have to get a network to finance your show. In fact, in the discussion on JuJu brands is yet another validation of the verticalization and niche-ization of the Internet. Photo by yirsh. Discuss.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced the 10 startups selected for the 2020 class of Techstars Austin. Techstars funds all types of startups, working across all verticals, applying all types of business models.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

Today, he has over a thousand, and he has chosen to focus on the realtor vertical. Now, the other wonderful feature in Stanzr is that all these conversations are shared across social media platforms - Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook. He is seeing excellent results. In February, he had about 200 customers. Following a guerrilla p.r.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The trends include Cloud computing, outsourcing, social Web, vertical and local Web, smartphones and tablets, online advertising, online video, online gaming, e-books, and bootstrapped entrepreneurship. We started this week's roundtable with a discussion of the top 10 tech trends to watch for the upcoming decade. Discuss.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2024

We discuss the findings of a recent benchmark report on CONVERSION RATES. Our conversation covers the importance of simplified copy, the enduring effectiveness of email marketing, the dynamics of mobile versus desktop conversions, and the rise of Instagram as a leading platform for conversions. Appreciate it.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 17, 2020 Skilllab has a clear mission: to develop technology-based solutions to empower employment services to better integrate refugees into local labor markets. What is your top goal for Skilllab for 2020? A curious conversation over a great meal and drink. Biking everywhere. Absolutely not.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2020 AR apps don’t scale?—?these A finalist for SXSW Pitch 2020 in the category of Augmented & Virtual Reality , echoAR co-founder and CEO Alon Grinshpoon will pitch at 3:30 to 4:30 pm Saturday, March 14), before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Our vision is to become the ?1

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2020 AR apps don’t scale?—?these A finalist for SXSW Pitch 2020 in the category of Augmented & Virtual Reality , echoAR co-founder and CEO Alon Grinshpoon will pitch at 3:30 to 4:30 pm Saturday, March 14), before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Our vision is to become the ?1

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 16, 2020 Maria Tanjala , co-founder of FilmChain , is passionate about tech solutions that bring transparency and automation to creative industries. What is your top goal for FilmChain for 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Deepblocks ’ leadership: CEO Olivia Ramos , CTO Jesus Cabrera , and COO Jeff Millett The Forrest Four-Cast: February 13, 2020 Is it possible to bring down the cost of optimizing housing to zero? That’s the goal of Deepblocks , one of the 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020. What is your top goal for Deepblocks in 2020?

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This post is inspired by some of the earliest conversations I have had with the team here at NextView and since the beginning of my VC journey. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 22, 2020

The product is a complex AI service in an industry vertical that is large and growing fast. Didn’t make sense to him that the industry vertical had revenue anywhere near their forecast. Originally published at [link] on June 22, 2020. How could a company only six months old have $600k in revenue this month?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Account-based marketing (ABM) accounted for 79% of all sales opportunities in 2020. In 2020, smart home and building automation platform iRidium mobile wanted to land bigger clients and announce new products. Snowflake decides which channels to use according to industry verticals and where their buyers are likely to be.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

Tony Martens , Co-Founder at Plantible Foods , moved his company to San Diego from the Netherlands The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 Plantible Foods wants to contribute to a more sustainable and responsible future while meeting the food needs of a hungry planet. What is your top goal for your startup for 2020?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Ed Yu , CEO and co-founder of StrongSalt The Forrest Four-Cast: February 3, 2020 Is it possible for companies to protect their customers with data privacy that complies with regulations and is easy for developers to use? What is your top goal for StrongSalt for 2020? “Encryption sucks and we fix that.”?—?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2020 A B2B tech company, Flugauto is developing a world-class UAV platform for aerial delivery of industrial cargo for the energy industry. What is your top goal for Flugauto for 2020? What is the most overhyped tech trend of 2020? Georgia Tech and Stanford. The entrepreneurial vibe.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 10, 2020 Here’s the problem Arist set out to solve: too often video-based learning and training is ineffective, inaccessible, and expensive. Ioffe founded TILE , the world’s largest conversation series, which now has more than 400 chapters and is in 49 countries. What is your top goal for Arist for 2020?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 10, 2020 Here’s the problem Arist set out to solve: too often video-based learning and training is ineffective, inaccessible, and expensive. Ioffe founded TILE , the world’s largest conversation series, which now has more than 400 chapters and is in 49 countries. What is your top goal for Arist for 2020?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 16, 2020 For anyone who is looking to get value from their data, Virtualitics offers a unique solution to solve modern data challenges and lack of data scientists. The cornerstone feature of VIP 2020 is its “Network Graph” package. An example of what Virtualitics can do with your data.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 31, 2020 Make video captioning easier and better in a world where audiences now watch extensively without sound. What is your top goal for Quicc for 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17. Quicc co-founders Jason Toevs and Mike Mathia.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 23, 2020 One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Virsix Games reimagines how people play together by remixing analogue play with cutting-edge emerging technologies such as AI, voice-activated smart speakers, augmented reality, near field communication, machine learning techniques and more.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The Forrest Four-Cast: January 29, 2020 Here’s a problem: worldwide, there aren’t enough radiologists to meet patient needs. What is your top goal for Radiobotics in 2020? If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17. All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The Applied Bioplastics Co-Founders: CEO Colin Ardern and CRO Alex Blum The Forrest Four-Cast: February 29, 2020 We’ve got a serious plastic problem. One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Applied Bioplastics makes the use of more sustainable plastic affordable. What is your top goal for Applied Bioplastics for 2020?

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

LEE: It’s silly to express it, but one thing to note is that companies like Tesla or Ford have an incentive to say, “We’re going to have fully driver-less cars — a full fleet — by 2020.” Conversely, I can look ahead and parse what I see in different ways than the computer. LEE: Exactly.

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