Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Be the center of your knowledge space or geographic community. Offense is spending time thinking about a theme you care about, doing research and then trying to meet every major company in that category. You need the call before they’re thinking about leaving. It’s not going to yield a deal this quarter. Same objectives.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. These will be the winners in the space. I’m excited to watch this space evolve.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2018

On top of that, unlike almost everything else in the travel space, they're not offering yet another search based route to a commodity product. I'm excited about their ability to build a seriously large consumer brand in this category in a way that doesn't currently exist. I backed Noken's pre-seed round back in August.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Stay Unfocused Some of the biggest startup opportunities in the last few years have come in categories that you wouldn't normally have considered to be VC backable--Tesla, Uber, Blue Apron, WeWork, Shake Shack, Fitbit, Warby Parker, etc. So, yeah, it's quite a mix.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Create a table with the different collaboration modalities your team uses in the left hand column—email, phone calls, IM, collaborative spaces, etc. This makes following some of the practices I discuss in the book to streamline collaboration critical for both performance and well-being. Conversely, what is essential collaboration?

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Revolution

JULY 21, 2021

While nearly all categories of advertising have automated media buying, only 2 percent of OOH spend is currently programmatic. Ari understands how to transform the experience of public spaces and enable brands to reach consumers more efficiently and effectively. Place Exchange is working to change that.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2016

https://medium.com/media/04e41ec6870f1cd2f187590446d91f86/href As you can gather from the Giphy image above , Density anonymously tracks the movement of people as they move around work spaces. It’s a small and elegant device that hangs about doorways and provides “anonymous people tracking as a service.” Our role is sparring partner.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

One is “tentpole company,” or a category-defining startup that helps put their hometown on the map, both for investors and future generations of founders. Warehousing and Fulfillment : There is extensive availability of warehousing space with state-of-the-art logistics capabilities in the region.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Influencer parenting bloggers are already putting together lists of their favorites items in these categories and sharing them broadly. As consumers are increasingly avoidant of public spaces, the restaurant industry will likely be hit the hardest. Your business may want to consider partnering with them. Food Delivery.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Yet, for some reason, the goals for her pitch were incremental--despite being in an extremely hot space. That does not mean, however, that anyone else outside that category is unable to raise. I couldn't figure out why she wasn't raising $2 million. First off, the vast majority of venture dollars goes to white men. That is a fact.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 12, 2025

This years categories of FinTech , Life Sciences , and Environmental Impact reflect Delawares evolving innovation and industry landscape. The finals for each of the three categories will take place in person during a different industry event taking place in Wilmington. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Today they announced that they acquired a large competitor in their space for what is reported to be a $100 million transaction. Our goal is to produce a $10 billion+ winner and remain the market leader in this SaaS category of AI in Sales & Marketing. The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Here’s why its important: Sensationalist AI aside, Guo’s framework for interesting applications in this space is helpful when trying to divvy up what she is and isn’t interested in. I think that there are going to be completely novel applications of AI that don’t fit well into the existing categories.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

These companies were selected by TechCrunch editorial staff out of thousands of applications, and receive free exhibition space at Disrupt, special workshops, receptions and masterclasses on building and running a startup. The highlighted showcase categories. Space + Security. HealthTech + BioTech. SaaS, Enterprise + Retail.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In which categories do incumbents dominate—and where are new companies breaking out? Thus, this ranking serves as a tool to identify and understand category trends, and not as an exhaustive ranking of all consumer AI platforms. Alongside ChatGPT, this category includes Google’s Bard and Quora’s Poe, all ranked in the top 5.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

When you think about the category of scooters you think about Bird and that becomes a brand your friends want to try. The more people that see your brand as the innovator the more “earned media” the company gets and the product becomes synonymous with the category. Another obvious advantage is a term that often feels amorphous?—?“brand.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Unfortunately, our current linear economy produces enormous amounts of waste—and electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing categories to address. With more people depending on our planet’s finite natural resources, it will take careful planning to ensure that these resources meet future consumer demand.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

“Attractiveness to VCs” might be one consideration that you consider, but what happens if after you get started building, the market turns and all of a sudden, you’re in a category that investors view skeptically? Before we launch into that playbook though, let me give some examples of how this ‘category chill’ plays out. Founder pain!

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Identify the categories of organizations and entities that will be included. Define criteria by which any given asset will be included in a given resource category. Defining Categories of Information. It wasn’t until after that data collection that I took a step back to see what kind of categories the resources fell into.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 11, 2024

He has successfully led projects to completion, championed user-centric products, and is currently disrupting the online deals space with his startup, Prizeskout. This level of sophistication is unprecedented in the e-commerce space. Adekunle thrives on challenges, continuous learning, and making a real-world impact.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2025

In a bold move to transform the energy sector with cutting-edge AI, Collide, the category-defining GenAI platform for oil and gas professionals, has secured $5 million in seed funding. General-purpose AI tools, while powerful, often lack the context required for high-stakes industries like energy.

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Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

Across the globe, as the novel coronavirus moves us from communal spaces into the confinement of our homes, our social experiences are forced to adapt. Consumers’ desire for social engagement while shopping is highlighted by sales within categories. To maximize this effect, Pinduoduo launched in the fruits and vegetables category.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Meanwhile, few spaces were frothier in 2016 than virtual reality, but most VCs who gambled on VR following Facebook’s Oculus acquisition failed to strike it rich. The VR bets of several years ago have largely struggled to pan out, if you were to make a startup investment in this space today what would you need to see? .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

But for category leaders, there’s potential for significant upside. This survey examines the environmental impact of proptech and what startups are doing to minimize their footprint, and we’ll soon publish another covering upcoming tech in the space. It’s the last day of the TechCrunch+ Cyber Monday sale ! Where do they overlap?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

When I started covering the space nearly 15 years ago, there was a sense that something big was looming, just over the horizon. Categories like construction, agriculture and health care, among others, were very much looking to automate. Anyone looking to make a quick buck should avoid the category at all costs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Zhang said she has noticed a growing interest of funds coming into the crypto space or new funds launching to invest in crypto after they saw the potentials of blockchain technology and crypto ecosystem. More and more VCs are looking for ways to invest in crypto projects,” Zhang said.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 16, 2018

This is especially the case with a strong founder who has the best company in a space--because getting to know more investors wards off VCs from investing in your competitors. They'd just as soon go find another space where they can find the category leader. A lot of founders worry about information sharing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

They got a bigger office space so their employees would feel comfortable and they could improve employee retention. This is precisely why large Internet categories often produce “winner takes most” outcomes. They hired a marketing team to promote their products more broadly.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Gleb studied Physics at Georgia Tech and enjoys chess, motorcycles and space. As a result, categories that make up productivity infrastructure — cloud communications services, API platforms, low-code development tools, business process automation and AI software development kits — grew exponentially in 2020.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In this post, we’ll dive into what people are doing today, explore where AI music might be headed, and outline a few of the emerging companies and capabilities at the forefront of the space. Most of the products in the music streaming space have been focused on soundscapes or background noise, and they don’t generate vocals.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

While Adesanmi worked for years in Nigeria’s banking and fintech space, his family’s real estate background pushed him to establish a startup in proptech. But there’s recent activity suggesting that growth is imminent in the African proptech space. Eventually, these various activities will foster competition in the space.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. Sequoia backed 25 companies in the financial services space last year. More than a quarter (28%) of a16z’s fintech investments in 2022 went to the payments category.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

” While Precursor doesn’t particularly focus on audio-first startups, the team has seen a number of opportunities in that space. “The last two companies that I feel really innovated in this category were Tinder and Bumble. .

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The team knew that they had a wealth of data that helped them make deals for their clients, and they sold this data to companies in their space. Previous companies using the IdeaPAD scaled their product by 10x or became leaders in their space. They also wanted more market research and important announcements in the space.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Handful of temporal factors turbo’ed the amount of dollars and number of startups in the Creator Economy space. Do these folks want to be the 100th investor chasing SaaS or do they want to define/invent new categories where they can be the thought leaders? 1) The Creator Economy as an Investable Concept was ZIRP Accelerated.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital. The last category is most actionable. While some adapt and survive, others end up retreating and creating M&A opportunity down the line for those left standing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

We are clearly the creators of this category and the leaders in it. When we came out with this, with the vector database category, nobody knew what the hell we’re talking about. And so it’s very easy to bet on the leader of a category that is already formed,” Liberty told TechCrunch.

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