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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. Finally, productivity mobile calendaring app Sunrise has been adding features which leverage demand-side economies of scale. Empowering Content Creators.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

And as they do so, the demand for high-quality engineering talent is going up exponentially. And because of this, the demand for Silicon Valley caliber talent is growing exponentially. Toyota is a software company. Johnson and Johnson is a software company. Image credit: kelsey -knight-unsplash.

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Twitter Link Roundup #60 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The great RockMelt social disintermediation – [link]. The next legal frontier: courts can demand access to your social content, even if marked private – [link]. Business plans for entrepreneurs: the three ‘Rs’ – Part I – [link]. Important insight – Harsh Realities From 500 Startups Founders – [link].

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Greatly Improve Your Real Estate Business By Using Blockchain Technology

YoungUpstarts

Consumers today are expecting a lot more from businesses; they’re demanding transparency, eco-consciousness, disintermediation, as well as upfront and fair pricing. In addition to that, the blockchain allows for complete transparency throughout the entire operations, which in turn helps you build trust with your tenants.

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A Critical, but Ignored Metric for Marketplaces

A Crowded Space

They will not care much about their online reputation, they will not drive turnaround times lower, and they will be disintermediation risks. Make sure you have enough demand to support your network - make sure they can spend most of their time working and earning. I bet Uber has phenomenal metrics in this regard for their drivers.

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Where are the opportunities for the next venture-scale marketplace business?

Version One Ventures

For example, Wish has given shoppers direct access to Chinese sellers; LetGo and OfferUp have connected local buyers and sellers with a visually appealing mobile-first experience; and our portfolio company Headout has taken the supply of offline attractions, activities and events online as well as mobile for travellers to book on-demand.

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Don’t call it AdTech. It’s “Adhesive”

VC Adventure

The ability of Adhesive companies to insert themselves into the data stream, which existing marketplace players will enable and encourage this, and exactly who the ultimate beneficiaries are (not to mention who is being disintermediated) are key components to a company’s ability to gain rapid market share and scale. Margin Dynamics.