Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. Market Opportunity. But what about markets? Think about Twitter.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

There is a clear opportunity to upend the status quo, but its intricacies have made freight one of the toughest sectors in which to build an online marketplace. In the last few years, incumbents have started to adopt technology to fix inefficiencies, but they’ve focused on tools to streamline individual tasks (e.g.,

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Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Stepping back, it’s interesting to see this cultural shift among larger companies who are comfortable with these co-branding scenarios, which actually may provide better PR and future opportunities to add to their portfolios.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

While incumbent competitor Mattress Firm began a process of consolidation and subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2018, Casper announced it would be opening 200 retail locations across the US. Buyers now expect stores to offer an opportunity to connect with a brand in a way that is relational rather than purely transactional. “A

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2013

Instead of running a series of interviews of everyone in the NYC tech community, I'm going to use proxies--media lists, suggestions from others. Being on those lists and getting into certain events has real impact on your opportunity set, and that's not b t at all. Where did I make that wrong turn? Aim to be the obvious invitation.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

And I helped him set up his blog, and I remember he wrote his first blog article. ” That was the early days of HubSpot, not only helping people set their blog up, but actually posting it and editing it. Use our template, put your blog out and put your site, you’re going to be happy. We lost that battle.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

One obvious solution to this list of issues and opportunities is to leverage technology to better serve the needs of the customer. Some members of the “urgent care” community are intelligently rebranding their services as “convenient care.” Service Level – Do your doctors ask you for feedback?

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