abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). Given Facebook’s position as the leading global social network with high barriers to entry, there was no need to maximize revenue on day one.

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

The trend now seems to be bending toward incentivizing network participation , where those who see the opportunity will want to not just invest in a new network, but put their time and resources into participating by running nodes themselves. 1/ Social Network Interference. 2/ The Scooter Phenomenon.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Interest 1: The next generation of patient social networks. This could be similar to Hint, as an example, where people buy memberships for standardized services in a particular vertical (i.e. I’m going to continue the trend by highlighting some of the key areas in healthcare that I’m most excited about right now.

Social Network 100

Social Network Vertical Cofounder Software Improvement 100

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. 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. Do a web search to find platform-specific tools.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? There are elements of vertical integration and franchising , classic business strategies for achieving operational efficiency and scale. By Kurt Bilafer, Global Vice President Sales & Success at WePay. What’s the hottest trend in business right now? What is platform thinking?

Japan 100

Japan Global Asia API 100

YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2015

Social networks have gained genuine power as a marketing tool for businesses looking to increase their reach, traffic and leads. But there’s no guarantee that the places where most social networking happens now will be the same places hosting it in the future. By Vanessa Richardson. Who’s Doing It Right.

Social Network 100

Social Network Vertical Networking San Francisco 100

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Horizontal vs vertical vs diagonal lines.

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2012

Even if you’re not sure you’re business is ready to spend significant time engaging in a specific social network, you should make the time to claim and build strong profiles and place and optimize content and brand assets in these outposts. Start sharing your blog posts on social networks.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Network Social Media Analytics 78

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Then research which journalists at that publication cover the vertical in which your startup or its news would fall. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social media marketing. social networking.

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2024

For example, our portfolio company Munch automatically creates short form, vertical clips for social media from any long form video and understands what’ s trending. billion in earn out based on performance.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Technical Review Vertical Government 78

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

I recently wrote a post about how to get access to people at conferences and how to connect with people on social networks. I got to thinking more broadly about social networks and the real-time web. Facebook has much more value to me as a networking tool. It is already organized around vertical niches and topics.

Social Network 276

Social Network Networking RSS Vertical 276

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Out of hundreds of social networks launched, only one changed the world. Vertical integration of different funding risks. I also believe that the ebb and flow of the venture investment cycle has been exacerbated by the recent vertical integration of early, growth, and even late stage venture funds.

Harvest 60

Harvest Vertical IPO Early Stage 60

Version One Ventures

APRIL 19, 2016

We welcomed two new companies to our portfolio in Q1; both will be announced at a later date but fall into the themes we have been exciting about: AI/ML/bots and vertical social networks. Our new investments and refined investment thesis.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio San Francisco API Software Review 60

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 16, 2024

What if you could draw that same-sized opportunity around a different set of criteria—not a vertical, but a theme that affects multiple verticals? It could mean focusing on combating lonliness, which could be a proptech focus and a social networking play. Data wasn’t a sector.

Vertical 97

Vertical Differentiation Cofounder Deal Flow 97

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

This begs the question: how much time do users spend in Snapchat today compared to other social networks, and how will that number change over time? The smartphone is for everyone, we don’t have to think the iPhone is about a certain demographic, or country or vertical market: it’s for everyone.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Social Network Forecast 48

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2014

One way to get around this is for sites to have a native app, which (depending on the vertical) has the user perpetually logged in, or requires the user to login before the purchase is finally made. From here, whenever a user shares the page via text, social network, etc, a unique share id is generated at the end.

Mobile 99

Mobile eCommerce Design Analytics 99

Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2019

Attend events to scout for any opportunities of vertical and horizontal mergers and tie-ups. As they themselves are the most active consumers of social media, they can be safely relied upon to work through the SEO needs while posting three to four stories per week (food images, new updates, customer snaps) on popular social networking sites.

Technical Review 86

Technical Review SBA Merger Customer 86

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.

Small Business 196

Small Business Social Media Vertical Social Network 196

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2009

In the past 6 months we’ve heard from Dmitry Shapiro on the future of online video, Ian Rogers on the future music model, David Sacks on the future of social networking and Michael Crandell on where Cloud Computing is headed. couponing, vertical social networks, Internet TV, etc. All have been fascinating.

Asia 188

Asia Southern California China Japan 188

VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

Footbo - a football-centric social network that enables fans to follow leagues & competitions from around the world while easily connecting with fans from all locations. ForNova provides a B2B turnkey solution to enable building aggregation solutions for classifieds eCommerce, travel and many other specific content verticals.

Media 145

Media Israel Social Network Flash 145

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2011

Many of the students had heard phrases that fall under Customer Relationships before; “customer acquisition, SEO/SEM, public relations, Social Network, Advertising, Loyalty programs, cross-sell and up-sell” etc., but now they were actually trying to implement it. (If If you can’t see the slides above, click here. Agora Cloud Services.

Customer 264

Customer Cloud EC2 Channel 264

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We did find some specific industry verticals where the model works (some high schools, some boxing and mixed martial arts events, some exclusive conferences), but not enough to warrant a large market and an independent company. Video producers are afraid of charging for content, because they don’t think people will pay.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

But even if that’s the right strategy for their business – and we’re not saying it is – many of these business owners may not be exactly be sure how to approach the social network. e-Commerce And Mobile Commerce Has Changed The Game.

Advertising 150

Advertising Japan Mobile Social Network 150

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While big ticket products might carry longer and more complex sales cycles, high-end buyers are just as lazy as the rest of us, so they use the same methods: Google, social media, and yes, their inboxes. Which of your client verticals are your champions? The strategy in a nutshell. Write and send email sequences to your list.

Curation 67

Curation Lead Generation Technical Review Email 67

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2012

We all like the entrepreneur a lot, but the company didn’t feel like it fit in any of our themes and was too vertically oriented for us. I had a call yesterday with another entrepreneur running a company that we passed on the seed round.

Advisory Board 135

Advisory Board Vertical New York Community 135

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The PR agency helps the company understand and influence key bloggers, social networks, industry analysts, luminaries, and references. Doesn’t it depend on vertical market.? All this leads up to a flurry of press events and interviews, all geared to the product/web site launch date. Thanks for sharing.

Customer Development 229

Customer Development Developer Silicon Valley Customer 229

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I said as much in my post about The Future of Social Networking. And I’m a big believer in vertical use cases (in additional to more generalized platforms for sharing content). I am on record as saying that my opinion is that Web 2.0 “And importantly Web 2.0 ushered in the era of “participation” – we all know that.

Term Sheet 303

Term Sheet Mobile Cofounder Early Stage 303

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

But it’s probably wise to be more secretive in some vertical markets: [link]. I’ve designed a pattern to extract a user’s preference from posts in my social networking site, then I shall share this to others. A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is: how [.].

Stealth 68

Stealth Startup NDA Cofounder 68

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The new ones are obviously offering more social network awareness and more ways to communicate, so that’s kind of where everyone is moving. And if you did make one that was kind of like these three, in that vertical, you’d be awesome. No reason to just copy a market that’s already done.

Cofounder 208

Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 26, 2016

These vertically-focused platforms cater to the specific needs of their users, offering a close networking community around shared interests. However, the real threat for LinkedIn is that these hundreds of vertical platforms are becoming more and more relevant for their users on a daily basis than LinkedIn ever was.

Vertical 60

Vertical Reputation Portfolio Curation 60

The Next Web

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Think Linkedin – social networking concept adapted to the business industry. Every business vertical has issues that will range from areas in marketing, customer acquisition, customer service, sales, operations and others. Germany’s Samwer Brothers built a fortune doing this. Apply existing solutions to your industry.

Mobile 151

Mobile Startup Singapore India 151

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2010

Entrepreneur, investor and blogger Gabriel Weinberg has an excellent list of "traction verticals" that he curated earlier this year based on the dozens of interviews with fellow startup founders. Other examples include creating events, speaking at conferences, social networking, search engine optimization and publicity stunts.

Hockey Stick 130

Hockey Stick Startup Curation Vertical 130

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Luckily, we had our team spread across the world and were able to get these (real) shots without spending a fortune: We selected a few reporters that wrote about our space (had expertise in it) and started shooting pictures through their social networks. With a nice “Can I email you about Slidebean? this drops by $0.30-$0.50

Revenue 60

Revenue Channel Acquisition Campaign 60

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 22, 2013

These changes are driven, in part, by the growth of social networks and media platforms. For example, in a recent report from BIA/Kelsey , 63% of SMBs said they use social media as a marketing tool for their business. of respondents said that they started their search on social networks when looking for a lawyer.

Small Business 98

Small Business Marketing Social Network Vertical 98

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. The VC Software Stack — the Untouched Vertical. Cobalt helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. Harvard Business School Current Research Sources for Private Equity. Private Equity Software and Services Directory.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

Topics are an important feature for social networks, just as genres are for music or categories for ecommerce sites. If you can’t invite people into your office and squeeze a new feature out of them, you have two options: Use social networks or a user-testing platform. Quora did just that.

SEO 159

SEO SCRUM Framework Search 159

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. the Untouched Vertical. LPs, coinvestors, and press use these tools, so I work for free for these data vendors to make sure that their data about our activities is correct. The VC Software Stack?—?the

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78