Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Online travel guide that is served up in-stream with restricted data size in the same was as Twitter. - New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Current round: $10mm in Series B by Norwest (lead), Storm Ventures and Adams Capital. Other Deals.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 21, 2021

Developer tools and business-to-developer companies are among some of our favorite category of startup. Guides that are easy to follow, have clear examples, and guide an engineer through a smooth experience grease the user engagement and acquisition funnel. How should B2D companies invest in their documentation?

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 11, 2025

It’s already reshaping how thousands of organizations operate, making Glean a frontrunner in the rapidly evolving Work AI category. It was also spotlighted in the 2025 Gartner Innovation Guide for Generative AI Technologies as an Emerging Leader. This human-centered approach to AI isn’t just theoretical.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

I've spent a lot of time reading and developing style guides, and this article will tell you everything you need to know about building a content style guide, from what it is, to whether your company truly needs it, to how to put one together. What is a style guide? Do you need a style guide: Non-negotiable or time-suck?

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StartupNation

JULY 7, 2025

The two main categories are open-ended and closed-ended questions. We can broadly categorize market research questions into a few key types, and understanding these categories will help you craft the most impactful questionnaires and interview guides for your specific research goals. What problem does our product solve for you?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Here’s my guide to how to do that. Yes, I include many micro VCs in this category. So obviously before agreeing to work with this VC you better make sure you know them really well. And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking. Get a fair price from outsiders or at least market test the interest level.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We had different categories and one was philanthropy. ” Piyush’s book, Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Creating a Culture that Matters , reinforces how to lead by example by giving to your employees. “When I joined EO almost 10 years ago, my Forum did an activity around bucket lists.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Here’s how it works: Consumers answer a few questions about the products they are looking for, and Curated matches them to a category expert who provides a list of personalized recommendations and will text or jump on a phone call to guide the consumer to the right product, which the consumer can buy directly from Curated.com.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

Pratt’s Guide. You can identify institutional investors through one of multiple online databases: All investors. Private equity. Venture capital. Preqin (free demo). Grey House (free demo). S&P Global Market Intelligence. Thomson One. PitchBook (free trial). PrivateEquityFirms.com. free trial). Eurekahedge. AngelList (free).

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This involves expanding our price comparison database to encompass an even wider range of e-commerce stores and product categories, ensuring that users can find the best deals on virtually anything they desire. It is in these times that your unwavering belief in your vision will be your guiding light.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

The 10 speakers — in each category — who receive the most votes will present their topics at the show. You pick the sessions you want at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Specifically, you help decide which of the 17 roundtable discussions and 15 breakout sessions will earn a spot on the Disrupt agenda.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

I've grouped them into categories to make things easier to scan, but keep in mind: the best ads don't always fit neatly into a box. That kind of third-party validation builds instant trust, especially in a category where trust is everything. Many blur the lines between formats, and that overlap is often what makes them work.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Accurate personalization can guide consumers to the right products, reducing waste while increasing conversion and loyalty. For big brands and retailers, personalization is expected to be the top category for tech investment this year. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion. AR virtual try-on with shade matching.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 11, 2020

I suspect this is because there was a valuation reset and the market needed to adjust more than in earlier categories. If history is a guide, though, we can look to the 2008 financial crisis. The Series B market had a nice resurgence as well, followed by a retrenchment in late 2010 and then another surge.

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Y Combinator

MAY 7, 2020

Classification categories include regular full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal employees that are either exempt or non-exempt. Other classification categories include W2 employee versus 1099 contractors and consultants. Some startups use an “Onboarding Guide” to help educate their new employees.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

This category is very dog-dominated — dog owners spend, on average, $1,480 per year, while an average of $902 is spent annually by cat owners; therefore, there are a lot of dog-focused products, including food. “It However, we’re still really alone in bringing fresh food to the category and to cat parents.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It grew in popularity as it livestreamed five-hour “cram shops” focused on a specific subject, created study guides and managed a Discord with thousands of students. The co-founders explained that the acquisition helped them understand the magic within study groups, and will guide the product roadmap for future features. .

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

Unless explicitly stated, we spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category. In some situations, especially when working in larger teams, you'll want the option to build a custom style guide so everyone writes consistently.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 16, 2016

Today I am so excited to announce our latest investment in the category —  Nanit  — which is a smart baby monitor. It can help guide us as parents to sleep more and monitor less (she’s going to be alright!) The objective behind Nanit is to help parent “sleep more and monitor less.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Although the online learning offered by Kodland’s platform is guided by teachers rather than self-serve. Gift Guide: 20+ STEM toy gift ideas for aspiring young builders.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A positioning statement is a crisp, comprehensive way to guide someone on how to think about your company. The specificity of a frame of reference signals to the customer where to place it in their minds, and the smaller the category, the better your chances of owning it (or at least, standing out). If you’re not No.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. They consider their ignorance of a new product category or market an advantage, a blank canvas of opportunity. You need lots of ideas and you will rarely find them in the usual places. Why do you want some Accidentals and Outsiders on your team?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The platform expanded its virtual care suite to be more comprehensive, including a partnership with telemedicine provider Teladoc, which Holland says is an example of how HealthJoy is helping HR and brokers deal with additional major claim categories like cancer and cardiometabolic disease by making it easier for people to get preventative care.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

More than innovating technically, Steven has guided Offchain Labs’ developer relations strategy in a unique way in the ecosystem. Arbitrum is a L2, a layer 2, that sits atop Ethereum, improving its performance & cost to write transactions. Steven authored many of the seminal papers behind modern blockchains.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We demonstrate the overlap below: Real-Time Music Streaming Thus far, most of the emerging generative streaming products have been in the functional music category: apps like Endel , Brain.fm , and Aimi. Many use retrieval-based voice conversion , which essentially transforms a clip of someone speaking (or singing!)

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

” “Warren and I are personally excited about helping people spend less time anxiously doomscrolling, and more time acquiring optimism and confidence through self-guided learning,” he said. As a result, Knowable has focused on “soft skills” in categories like professional development, self-improvement and health.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

This last product category is particularly important. The startup is looking to build a full suite of not only products, but educational resources and content to help guide women through these hyper common, but difficult, experiences. The company then expanded to ovulation tests and prenatal supplements. All are women.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

The budgets and timeframes for new end-user software products tend to fall into one of several categories. Establishing your bracket will anchor conversations with your financial and internal stakeholders, and help guide your selection of the right software development partner if you decide to outsource. Budget range. Timeframe. <$25,000.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It involves taking a systematic approach to measuring your current content’s status and actively guiding content creation to achieve your stated goals, such as increasing sign-ups for a newsletter or increasing conversion rates. Create a brand style guide. Take IKEA, for example.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While there are hundreds of marketing channels, they each fall into seven broad categories: Your website and blog : Make the most of your website and blog by sharing educational, helpful, and/or entertaining content with your audience. Create a beginner’s guide. If your customers engage with email (who doesn’t?!), Host an event.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Develop a buyer’s guide to educate your startup’s sales team and customers. One key challenge for early-stage companies that are disrupting a particular space or creating a new category is figuring out how to sell a unique product to customers who have never bought such a solution.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So with operations in four key cities and recurring revenue now firmly above $10 million per year and with 10,000+ customers we realized that we needed a proper CFO to guide our growth. We recently added Richard Mumby to our leadership team.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

The company’s original focus was around financial services and it counts a large base of customers in that area, but it is also seeing a lot of activity in adjacent industries like insurance, as well as education, retail and other categories Michaeli said.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In this guide, we’ll explore the diverse startup programs available in Singapore. It includes two primary categories: tourism companies undertaking capability development initiatives and technology companies contributing innovative products and services tailored for the tourism sector.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

It also has self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy-based programs. We are pleased to invest in Intellect, a market leader in this rapidly growing category, to boost their growth and enhance access to millions more people who require support, care or treatment.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Sales reps spend an average of four hours per day on Outplay, demonstrating the effectiveness of the product which has category-leading customer reviews.”. Develop a buyer’s guide to educate your startup’s sales team and customers. Atlanta’s SalesLoft raises $100M for its digital sales platform, now valued at $1.1B.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Since the company wanted to reach low-hanging fruit, they weighed the feasibility category at 2. PixelEdge workshop If you would like a guided IdeaPAD workshop like the one featured in this article, Contact Us. Feasible –Can this be done with existing people and budget?

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