VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

AI Agents & Software Personalised AI Agent Development: Create AI agents that can understand user intent, plan actions, and improve through continuous learning, with a focus on specific verticals like travel, healthcare, or finance. This includes creating APIs to help agents pay for services, book travel, or engage in contracts.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 6, 2019

Why A Small Business Needs A Responsive Website written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Otherwise, you’re turning business away at the first click. Though it is a common business marketing term, many small business owners still wonder what a responsive website really entails.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The SaaS model, with its inherent low customer acquisition costs (CAC) and ease of deployment, makes it possible for companies to be successful when focusing on the SMB market, as well as niche verticals. News Cloud computing saas Sales Small Business Software as a service Version One' Final thoughts.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2016

For small businesses and third-party suppliers looking to enhance their security capabilities and foresight, and convert potential customers into collaborators, we suggest following a four-step approach. As a supplier, making your customers comfortable around your own security posture should be a priority.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In the past, small businesses were unable to provide the tools they needed to address a wide range of business issues. When it comes to IT, small and big enterprises may now compete on equal footing because of the cloud app development company services. Flexibility. For example, cloud hosting and coaching.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

4- Investments in digitalization will grow Photo Credit: Sean Stevens Even though small businesses have come a long way in adopting digitalization and tech solutions, 57% of small business owners say they still need to update their IT infrastructure to make their operations run more smoothly.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Too often, CEOs and small business managers suffer from analysis paralysis. And nice site. It looks as though you and I have the same taste in layout, no? I’ve written about this subject many times and could not agree more. This happens for any number of reasons. Some are afraid of making the wrong decision.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 18, 2020

Small businesses, medium-sized ventures, and international enterprises in different niches are actively rethinking operateions and how to address customer needs during the Coronavirus recession. The post-Coronavirus world is now experiencing a complex change affecting all the industries and verticals.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2017

With a growing number of budding entrepreneurs and small business enterprises spreading across the globe, there is intense competition in every industry you can name. Smaller businesses particularly find themselves stifled due to the fierce competitive practices of large companies, which restricts their growth.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Transcript of What Small Businesses Need to Know About Google Ads written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. She is the Product Leader and General Manager, Ads for Small Business and Emerging Markets at Google. Probably, in some ways, many of them are missed by small businesses. Transcript.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Established companies launch incremental products that increase the offering (more features) for less cost and/or introduce products that more correctly align with an ever-increasing vertical niche within the larger market (the “sports luxury” automobile vertical for example).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2013

We’ve noted previously in this survey that although some 59% of small businesses are on the social network, only 25% of those actually found it useful. Granted Market Probe International was contracted by Twitter to do so, but understanding some of these findings can help your small business’ social media outreach.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

For example, Friendster was famously vertically partitioned at one time in its growth curve. I normally recommend you just store this directory on your master database, but you could use a standalone vertical shard (or even a key-based partition!) This type of vertical partitioning sharding scheme wont work in most cases.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 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.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

If you pick one vertical and do it well, other folks will find you. Our strategy was to not even attempt to take them on head-to-head by trying to offer everything they did, instead, we sliced off a piece of the solution that we believed we could do better and that addressed a critical pain point for small businesses – invoicing.”.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

According to the Small Business Administration , just one in two businesses with employees survives to see its fifth anniversary. By the 10-year mark, fewer than 30% of businesses with employees remain viable. Surprisingly, macroeconomic trends have minimal impact on long-term business survival rates.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

Unfortunately, this pool of capital quickly dried up, leaving many small businesses empty handed and creating public backlash on how the money was distributed , stating that banks gave concierge treatment to their richest clients (which isn’t surprising).

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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. Often, investors miss out on vertically focused companies like RigUp as they find themselves overly anxious about TAM (total available market). based teachers.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2019

9- Get small businesses to improve their customer response rate. BizText’s goal this year is to get one hundred small businesses per month to triple their customer response rate by texting. Looking forward to the new year and new skills to learn! . Thanks to Alexey Orap, YouScan ! #9- Photo Credit: Brian Matthews.

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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.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. We think this gap will reduce dramatically in the next few years.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2018

We’re working hard to streamline the process so it’s accessible and financially feasible for small businesses. The reality is that SMBs need to have some sort of digital process driving paid traffic, even if it’s small. These micro processes and EXPRESS packages represent BlitzMetrics’ biggest goal for 2018.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This partnership would leverage both audiences and the rapidly growing awareness of the vertical. This is just how Holvi , a digital banking service for freelancers and small business owners, approached brand building. Brand consideration. They rank number one for brand awareness in the luxury car segment in the U.S.,

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ConversionXL

JUNE 20, 2019

Pricing : If you’re a small business, plans start at $12/month, with a maximum of 50,000 video plays. Anything over that falls into the Business plan, charged at $50/month for up to 150,000 plays. Display the video in 16:9 format for desktop viewers, then automatically resize to square or vertical for mobile viewers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Small businesses and startups have to compete in an increasingly noisy world, often against large, dominant businesses. Customers who are just discovering your brand need something to remember you by, and your logo serves as a symbol of your business. A great logo will help boost your marketing. 3- Be versatile.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

18- Rise of small businesses Photo Credit: Matt Miller Traditionally, entrepreneurs had profit as their driving motive but the future of entrepreneurship is now focused on small businesses creating a purpose as well. Fundamentally, it all comes down to having a smart business model that can be scaled appropriately.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2021

And really a lot of what I see with the model of the widest net is that in many, for many business owners, even those that have been established for a very long time, like you and I, there we can get in ruts and limit our thinking about who the potential customers are for our business. Pamela Slim (06:48): That's right.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

If winning $5-10K is your goal, you’re not a scalable startup, just a small business. steve Gabrielle , on May 30, 2010 at 9:16 pm Said: Jacek said: “I think the problem here isn’t with Business Plan Competitions, but with the way they are organized. &# You are most probably right.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2015

Without positive cash flow, all companies (and small businesses in particular) likely won’t possess the agility necessary to respond to today’s quickly evolving business landscape. And on top of that, one out of every five small business owners indicates that cash flow problems are actually the norm —not the exception.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%. It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Then research which journalists at that publication cover the vertical in which your startup or its news would fall. Look for people writing about hiring, about real estate about small business in general. Small Business. World Featured in US & World Featured: Facebook iPhone 4S Media Summit. Flag this comment.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%. It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2015

Here are the reasons why you should create a “vertical” social network for your brand: Create a more personalized social experience. Nike’s vertical network, Nike + , lets customers join a “training club” on its website so athletes can set personal goals, challenge friends and share their successes with the vertical network’s community.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2021

Though it should be noted Segment’s industry leader status is baked into their pricing, with many small businesses reporting it can get pricey fast. G2 Reviewer. As one reviewer shared: “Cost can skyrocket pretty quickly. Must be considered.” ” Mparticle a Brief Overview.

Technical Review 86

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%. It’s too bad, because a report by local & small business locator, Manta.com found that 61% of the small businesses surveyed indicated more than half of their revenue comes from repeat customers.

Retention 105

Retention Customer Developer Programming 105

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

As a company selling to other businesses, you can be selling a relatively straightforward piece of technology “off the shelf” to small businesses to the end-user who is also paying for it. Again, the way F500 buy software is very different from the way you & I pay for productivity tools or how small businesses buy software.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

by Lonnie Sciambi, author of “ Secrets to Entrepreneurial Success “ It never ceases to amaze me how many small business owners think that having multiple sources of revenue, often across multiple market types is a good business model. Small business success, especially in the early years, is dependent on focus.

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