ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 18, 2020

The essential requirements for food brands and restaurants have changed along with customer eating habits and the rising demand for delivery services. To stay competitive, they have had to build a robust online presence; that’s why we have witnessed the decreasing demand for website development.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 26, 2023

While web search requires huge resources, I believe that smaller LLMs and open source technology will play a big role in creating specialised vertical search engines for topics like health, legal tech, travel, education, etc and there lies the opportunity for startups.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

To do that we will create end-user demand and drive it into the sales channel, educate the channel and customers about why our products are superior, and help Engineering understand customer needs and desires. We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.),

Silicon Valley 271

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 28, 2020

Whether you are a confident professional or an experienced beginner, you should make sure that all your website elements are easy on the eyes and create low cognitive demand by being properly aligned, columns vertically segment contents, and content blocks are aligned correctly and positioned for most effective user navigation.

Design 173

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ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

Our research showed that LTV was much higher compared to other verticals we have worked in the past which made the decision to change our approach a no-brainer. For Fullfunnel.io, there were three key activities that brought the highest ROI for us: LinkedIn demand generation, publishing new detailed case studies, and webinars.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

Regarding extended reality, gaming is a key sector for popular jobs that do not demand advanced degrees but do require a desire for online gaming. As a result, securing and properly storing our data has become an in-demand specialization in our economy. Thanks to Max Whiteside, Breaking Muscle ! #3-

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Digital Wallets – Digital wallets could grow select vertical software platforms’ revenues to $27-$50bn in 2030. Verticalized Video Understanding – machine interpreted video. I also recommend Erik Torenberg’s podcast ‘ Requests for Startups ‘ for in-depth deep dives on various verticals.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

Rooftop gardens and vertical farming operations offer a sustainable solution to the growing demand for fresh, locally sourced produce in urban areas, and startups focusing on modular farming are positioned to address this demand. Green Roof Startups Green roofs are growing in popularity in the U.S.,

Green 147

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

To put it another way, this implies that you won’t be tethered to an IT service provider that can’t keep up with your company’s evolving demands. You can increase or decrease resources, use vertical or horizontal scaling – as you wish. Automation. Flexibility.

Cloud 147

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Just like catching a bug in development is cheaper than fixing it once it has been released, confirming lack of customer demand prior to ramping up a sales engine is cheaper than finding out once you have a paid sales team. The primary goal of customer development is to reduce the cost of mistakes.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

Finally, GM created the notion of perpetual demand within brands by continually obsoleting their own products with new models rolled out every year. He also believed that to succeed the company needed to be vertically integrated and bought up 29 parts manufacturers and suppliers. Think of the iPhone and its yearly new models.).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

There isn’t a sales problem, the problem is that marketing just did not understand its customers and how to create demand or position the product. She quickly comes to the conclusion that the company’s positioning and marketing strategy were incorrect. Now the VP of Marketing starts sweating.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Did the VC’s like your team ? Do they believe you have a big enough vision and market.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Our habits have changed thanks to the disruptive companies that questioned our habits themselves; rules had to adapt to face the overwhelming demand that has been created. Consumers’ demand is too strong to be ignored by the regulators, and the impact of certain technologies and products is now too deep to be eradicated.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

This was the big consumer behavior story of 2018, behind the rapid rise of digitally-native vertical brands (like the breakout , Hims), and the rise of prosumer-level data applications (like breakout Airtable). The shift in consumer behavior and the intensity of the Scooter demand was undeniable. 2/ The Scooter Phenomenon.

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View from Seed

JUNE 23, 2022

Long-term: Influencers across the world with 10K+ followers and across all major verticals (e.g. Influencers today are leveraging social commerce to sell various print-on-demand products like apparel, mugs, and small accessories. DC: Short-term: Do-it-yourself (DIY) social media influencers in the United States with 100K+ followers.

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sixrevisions.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Vertical Bar/Sidebar Navigation. Vertical bar/sidebar navigation is when navigation items are arranged in a single column, one on top of another. The vertical bar/sidebar navigation design pattern is seen all over the place, on virtually every kind of website. Common Characteristics of Vertical Bar/Sidebar Navigation.

Design 83

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

You must also organically aggregate demand. Aggregating demand is much harder and more critical. Another repeated mistake is attacking verticals where a satisfactory supplier “match” end’s the customer’s need to re-enter the market in search of an alternative. Size of the Market Opportunity.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

press and use it to generate end user demand and then drive that demand into our sales channel. The Potrero benchmark strategy was one component of this creating end user demand through PR.) We were constantly creating metrics [.] there were words of encouragement on the package.

Silicon Valley 128

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

We need our team members to have sustainable work / life balance or risk losing them to another less demanding industry all together. Reply YA , on June 29, 2009 at 2:00 am Said: It seems to me that American families are (used to be) very demanding. In other areas, if we work our people that hard, we’ll lose them.

Entrepreneur 295

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David Cohen

AUGUST 29, 2013

Several entrepreneurs wrote me, but this story really stands out as a warning to do your diligence and demand full transparency. It’s not our first rodeo, as we’d graduated from [name of an unrelated accelerator] but we wanted and needed some support around our vertical. Not all accelerators are created equal.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Install horizontal and vertical grab bars near the toilet, tub, or shower for maximum safety. A raised toilet seat promotes independence in the bathroom by easing physical demands. Complement of bathroom, kitchen. Heavily mounted bars securely fastened into wall studs hold substantial weight to break a fall.

Product 146

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

Enventys Partners was born when my company Command Partners, a digital marketing firm, vertically merged with Enventys, a product development firm. 11- By identifying customers demand. I came up with my business name by identifying what our customers fundamentally and uniquely demanded from our Agency at a core value level.

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The Next Web

JULY 19, 2013

It’s through this partnership with Qinec that Price hopes Zesty will be able to expand through “all the other verticals” and, as importantly, outside of London. It’s clear to him that demand is far outstripping supply. This is all in the cloud. It’s Web-based.”. We want to show what’s on the receptionist’s screen.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

Were they vertically integrated ? Where do the new entrants like YouTube, Pandora, iTunes, Huffington Post, Boxee, Netflix, Demand Media and other disruptive offerings fit into that equation and how is it changing? Underpinning it all I wrote: sales, asset management, analytics & talent management. If so, why?

Technical Review 356

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

There are elements of vertical integration and franchising , classic business strategies for achieving operational efficiency and scale. To stay competitive, businesses have to learn to leverage the power of platforms. That starts with platform thinking. What is platform thinking? The underlying strategies are not new.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 4, 2023

The vehicle produced by Alef Automotive and rightly given the name “Model A” combines the capabilities of vertical takeoff and landing with the ability to drive on highways and park in the same manner as a conventional car.

Technical Review 150

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

According to the Covid-19 impact report by research firm Beauhurst: 5,070 UK companies are at a ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ risk 615K startup and scaleup jobs are at risk Later stage startups are at the most risk Across the board, tech sectors and verticals are the most likely to experience a positive or low impact.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

I wanted to know if marketing was getting any bang-for-the-buck in spending its demand creation dollars. Which ones? Had they seen any our ads? Did they understand them? Had they read any stories about us? I wanted to understand how customers bought our products. I knew we were selling through a multi-level indirect sales channel.

Silicon Valley 213

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams. Post-launch, product marketers focus on improving sales enablement and work to drive demand and adoption of the product. Slack’s experience isn’t a phenomenon.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Unfortunately most startups learn this by going through the “Fire the first Sales VP&# drill: You start your company with a list of potential customers reading like a “who’s who&# of whatever vertical market you’re in (or the Fortune 1000 list.) Your board nods sagely at your target customer list.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2017

John Jantsch: One of the ways to really drive up profit is to specialize, is to go into a vertical market, is to go have a niche, to get known as an expert in X, Y, or Z. That could be a market vertical, or that could be an audience. Market vertical would be what you said, dentists. Dentists would be market vertical.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Horizontal vs vertical vs diagonal lines. Unlike vertical or diagonal lines, they look as though gravity has already acted upon them and there is nowhere for them to fall. Vertical lines run perpendicular to the horizon. Vertical lines draw the eye upward. Softer curves are more calming to look at. Dogs will always poop.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

What is the future of Pay-Per-View/Video-on-Demand (PPV and VOD)? Video-on-demand alone is estimated to grow from a $1.1 Has the U.S. movie box office - traditionally the holy grail of movie industry metrics -- become increasingly irrelevant?

Los Angeles 85

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2013

In examining mature software companies in vertical markets, one of my first questions is to ask for the percentage of total revenues coming from recurring sources – leased software, maintenance agreements, or monthly retainers. Email readers, continue here.] Think of the portion of fixed overhead covered by recurring revenues.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The goal was simple: validate demand or move on. For example, after looking at the broader market, we saw that a service that helps marketers scale their video content was in demand. Choose to expand vertically or horizontally. And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born. The former is simple.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 24, 2016

Observing a handful of companies, such as Uber, Airbnb, Warby Parker, founders were taking those models and trying to apply them to other verticals. A ton of private label vertical commerce. On-demand and excess capacity apps. On-demand and excess capacity apps. Labor marketplaces for a variety of professions.

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