Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And somebody who isn’t thinking necessarily thinking about how to maximize their ownership in your next round of financing. Experience. Relationships. Founder’s perspective. In the Growth Years. Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

#13- Sustainability and ethical investing Photo Credit: Zach Larsen I'm really excited to see how technology will continue to shape the personal finance space in 2023. All of these changes should make managing our finances easier and more accessible for everyone. #14- Thanks to Austin Armstrong, Socialty Pro ! #15-

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

Actually, the latter could be a reasonable strategy for super technical entrepreneurs who can sustain themselves without big financing needs (see: Atebits, owner of Tweetie). Specifically we encouraged vertical applications like financial services and healthcare. We didn’t have the resources to do it all.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 18, 2020

In the context of COVID-19, banks try to keep their customers safe, educating them on how to make contactless payments, use remote channels, and leverage digital tools to manage their finances and complete transactions. The post-Coronavirus world is now experiencing a complex change affecting all the industries and verticals.

Global 179

Global Technical Review Mobile Analytics 179

VC Adventure

AUGUST 31, 2017

There are a ton of private SaaS financings. In 2016 there were over 2,000 financing rounds of private SaaS companies ($18.5Bn invested). Verticalization. More on this below, but growth is more important than profitability, subject to the balance in the rule of 40 note above.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn.

Silicon Valley 261

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Parallel6 is already clocking over $1 million in revenue and is looking to enhance its customer acquisition and also raise some financing. I suggested going for larger companies and also to pick some verticals where the value proposition really shines through. Statisco Economic Analytics.

North Carolina 116

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

Our homeownership programs help people build momentum with their finances , and we hope to continue building momentum in our business for years to come! My business name „Finanzentdecker“ (Finance Explorer“) was created in front of the whiteboard in a long night full of ideas, that just weren‘t good enough. Photo Credit: Roy Morejon.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Business processes span industries, both vertical and horizontal, and can include any type of business operation. Finance – an invoicing process, a billing process, a risk management process. Some examples may include: Automotive – managing parts and/or suppliers.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

We could for example, find warning signs in popular literature about e.g. finance suggesting rapid maturation in bond trading. I think that one of the good themes of this blog is that years != “dog years&# in deep industries. Warning sign? Say 40 years = 20 years real direct experience. At best. ~ Is 20 years enough?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. Many large companies will be built (Michael Wolfe, Point Nine Capital).

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Artificial Inteligence Israel Technical Review Startup 122

Hunter Walker

MAY 4, 2014

New VCs are vulnerable to fashionable verticals. Our strategy isn’t to necessarily be contrarian but we decided there were certain verticals that we weren’t going to pursue in 2013. While not perfect, these experiences helped tune my radar before Homebrew invested Dollar One. Chasing Hot Markets. For example, food delivery.

Software Review 123

Software Review Vertical Seed Stage Portfolio 123

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants. AskAnything.VC

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. originally raised $3 million in financing from some of the smartest people in the industry including Peter Chernin, Allen DeBevoise and Shari Redstone.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. They have helped 2,000 substitute teachers get in the classroom in 2018, including 400 educators who earned permits, which Swing willingly financed. based teachers.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

These growing national companies were challenged to figure out how to organize an organization of increased complexity that resulted from their large size, and geographic scale as well as their horizontal and vertical integration. and to develop professional managers and management hierarchies to run them.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Venture Capital United States Technical Review 120

Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

For example, “flying taxi” startup Joby Aviation aligned its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with the Air Force’s stated interest in advancing the market for air mobility vehicles. Palmer Luckey’s Anduril has aggressively pursued financing to sustain growth. Recently public enterprise-AI firm C3.ai

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2014

In another study, Granify, a CRO software company, conducted a real time behavior analysis of 20+ million visitors over 5 different verticals and also found that “lower prices” was not as pervasive as we may have believed. Financing Options. Social Proof. Return Policy. Customer Education. Shipping Costs.

Software Review 117

Software Review Social Media Vertical Algorithm 117

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.

Israel 124

Israel SBA Technical Review Startup 124

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

In the last three posts, we drew the relationship of market risk and invention risk with vertical markets and pointed out verticals where customer development would be useful. would look in each of the verticals. Seed and Follow-on Financing – How do your finance it? Manufacturing – How do you build it?

Vertical 126

Vertical Silicon Valley RSS Marketing 126

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

In 2019, I want to take that to another level by setting specific goals to develop the expertise of our staff members and to further cement our authority as the digital marketing experts in our verticals. Our staff will improve their expertise through more in-depth research and training. Thanks to Dan Goldstein, Page 1 Solutions, LLC ! #11-

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 26, 2016

2 nd hire: VP of Finance. Brad Feld has a great post on the importance of hiring a VP of Finance sooner rather than later. If your start-up has at least 15 people, you should hire a VP Finance/VP Accounting. At 15 people, you want someone who will do all the work, but also has the ability to scale up and manage a small team.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

With typically no in-house accounting and finance teams, and traditional accounts payable (AP) automation solutions like Bill.com not meeting their flexibility and cash flow control needs, small businesses are still writing and posting checks to pay suppliers, a process exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Israel 62

Israel B2B Cloud Europe 62

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2012

It’s a very common occurrence that a young startup with sub 20 staff and sub $2m in financing is racing around doing too many things. ok, I know our product isn't yet verticalized. Let me explain. As a VC I regularly meet with companies and listen to their plans. This level of complexity always worries me.

Bandwidth 415

Bandwidth Management Startup Channel 415

View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

Pros of taking their angel money include the feeder system to venture financing of the next round and the vast network of portfolio CEOs which can be tapped into for connections and help. Cons: Potentially not much value-add beyond initial financing round. The Domain Angel. The Friends & Family Angel. The Grouped Angels.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2014

It’s too bad, because the open & click rates across nearly every vertical are also significantly higher. Mint is a prime example of using “high quality” content marketing to generate leads, as their personal finance blog helped them to grow to 1.5 Yet surprisingly, 70% of brands do not personalize. image source.

eCommerce 112

eCommerce Sales Marketing Software Review 112

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Which at this stage of the company was marketing and financing. Our “Hollywood meets Silicon Valley” story played great in Silicon Valley, they ate it up in Hollywood, and the business press tripped over themselves to talk to us. The story had universal appeal, and we spun the tale and keep the buzz going.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Here, developers and dev shops are organized by vertical so you can find a shop that has expertise in the kind of app you want to build. Fees for these devs and shops run from under $5,000 to more than $20,000. Another good resource is Appolicious’ directory.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

deal architect

MARCH 14, 2024

For the 115th episode of Burning Platform, we host Sivaramakrishnan "Siva" Iswaran, who heads the Finance and Operations Suite at Zoho globally At the recent ZohoDay24 event, I saw Siva present on Financial and Operational capabilities they have been investing.

Operations 170

Operations Finance Global Hosting 170

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. And that is what I advised J.J.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. The $900M of SaaS VC funding in 2015 now represents less than Europe's largest financing round, with Celonis raising $1B in June this year. Private cloud companies in the US, Europe and Israel have raised a whopping $78B YTD.

Global 62

Global Israel Europe Software Review 62

Transformify

APRIL 21, 2017

Developers, designers, and finance experts from around the world go through a rigorous process that includes live screening and weeks-long test projects before being invited to join Toptal’s network. And we’ll be expanding into more business verticals soon. Why did you prioritize finance over another capability?

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review Cofounder 40

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. According to John Borchers, Co-founder, Decathlon is the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR. Bigfoot Capital. Decathlon Capital. Key elements: . “We

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

Entrepreneurs are fearless, persistent and uninhibited about asking – whether it’s asking to assemble a team, get financing, sell customers, etc. or whatever is necessary to build a company. If you are on the path to be a successful entrepreneur, hopefully you are already asking for things you want/need/aspire to.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley RSS Technical Review California 120

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

27- It will not be overly saturated Photo Credit: Ben Tabai As long as there is a need for what you are selling and the market is not overly saturated for the vertical you are looking to establish a business in, the future of entrepreneurship looks bright. Thanks to Mark Aselstine, Wine Club Review ! #27-

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2015

So if your business is low on funds, you might want to look into lease financing instead of heading over to the bank to ask for a loan. No matter your vertical, switching things up a little bit may very well direct more attention on your brand, bolstering your bottom line—without even necessarily costing you that much.

Management 60

Management Technical Review Software Review .Net 60

deal architect

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As we have moved to virtual briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission) as part of my Analyst Cam series. Aiaz Kazi, an alum of SAP, Google, Bank of Santander and Tibco presents on his startup,

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Operations Finance Video Startup 170