TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

27:00 – Second Measure’s product development process. Mike, Kevin was your group partner when you did YC in the Summer 2015 batch. We worked together there and then at another gaming start-up. Did you ask you dev team, did you ask your engineering team? What were both your roles? Kevin is partner at YC.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

The end of a second straight month of nearly daily layoffs shows how every startup sector, from mobility to fintech, is impacted by the downturn. When Niantic released Pokémon Go in 2016, the company put itself firmly on the map as an AR and mobile gaming company to watch out for. Either way, the data is grim. Over the last six (!)

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So if Internet and mobile technologies can be used to change real estate or transportation, why not healthcare? Eventually, however, we gained our footing and developed a mental model for the industry and a framework for where opportunities do exist. In between you and the healthcare system, say you have your employer, right?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 17, 2021

Unless you find an alternative business model to monetize a totally free SaaS product, you’ll have to attach a price tag to it. In this blog post, we’re not going to talk about different business models, seat-based VS usage volume pricing, or subscription VS pay-as-you-go. This is the wrong question to ask.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I rarely meet a company that hasn’t experimented with AdWords in some way, and most of those that do understand the basic math around the cost of customer acquisition. There are two reasons why customer acquisition alone is a poor place to establish your company’s competitive advantage. Basic conversion is easy to understand.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

The NFT market was worth $41 billion at the end of last year — nearly as large as the conventional art market by some estimates — and it’s expected to nearly double in size by the end of 2022, according to a report released this week by blockchain analytics firm Nansen.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. The deck should achieve three things: It needs to tell your company story. Must-read: 5 Terms That are Killing Your Startup’s Pitch. As the plot changes direction, stakes start getting higher. Now you start narrowing down.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. He writes that his hope is that it “gives entrepreneurs a better benchmark to work off of when scaling their businesses.” The company also has formed a new B2B business led by Brandon Krieg, former CEO and now head of business development.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. And the more public you can make your goals for these key metrics the better. Make them widely available inside the company and share your most important goals with your board. On measurement. Is it 4/1,000?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In it he asserts that the web is dying and in its ashes will see the rise of the “App Internet.” And while the App Internet is currently more powerful than the Mobile Internet it has fundamental flaws. The web is dying and will be replaced by “the App Internet.” He’s right about this.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

If you’re just catching up, here’s a complete timeline of what’s going down at the bird app, starting with the most recent news: August 2023 X lowers requirements for its creator payout program The company said that creators who have garnered 5 million impressions in the last three months will be eligible for ad revenue sharing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Squad Mobility’s vision of the perfect urban vehicle is a low-cost EV equipped with solar panels, swappable batteries and enough zip and range in its diminutive 6.5-foot Pre-production is also expected to begin this year with a goal to start delivering the car at the end of 2022. Image Credits: Squad Mobility.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

QuestBook , from CreatorOS, is an app for professionals to teach in bite-sized courses using chat and a mobile-first experience. CashBook is building a cash account app for small businesses in India. The startup launched its app just six months ago and has already amassed 200,000 monthly active users.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Drivr has built apps for the two sides of its marketplace: residents to tip money, and drives to sign up and collect those tips, and it’s launching first in the city of Santa Cruz, CA, before looking to expand elsewhere in the U.S. Estimates vary but one report estimated that 15.8% In short, drivers have it bad.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

The table above shows estimated rakes for several online businesses as a percentage of GMS. If your objective is to build a winner-take-all marketplace over a very long term, you want to build a platform that has the least amount of friction (both product and pricing).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Harnil Oza, CEO of Hyperlink Infosystem , outlines the many obstacles that face mobile app developers. . Mobile apps—software applications designed to run on mobile devices—are in high demand. In fact, some estimates put the number of apps downloaded during 2017 at 178.1 Since less than 0.01

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 21, 2018

Have you ever dreamed of developing your own mobile app? Let’s get started! Step 1: Validate your mobile app start-up idea. By validating your app idea, I mean confirming that your product will be wanted—that it will be useful for people.

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