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“I think CEOs that are interested in a future acquisition need to be building relationships or at least awareness with potential buyers at least 2-3 years in advance, especially with strategics. If you’re not on the list, it’s rare for a deal to happen.” Joe Hyrkin on Selling Issuu to Bending Spoons, and More….

Hunter Walk

These events are organized as a conference format, so the discussions are casual and mixed with networking, planned appointments and good content. The point here is to build a partnership with the companies whose products are also used by your customers. Facebook is a great model to use for learning from the past.

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Behind the scenes: The challenges of building an EdTech startup

Startup Grind

Challenges facing EdTech founders: Small Network: A small number of hugely successful EdTech startups (compared to other markets like FinTech, AdTech, etc) so a very small network to learn from and everyone is still exploring and finding his own way. I would definitely recommend UCL educate program for that side.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

It seems the focus on “virtual&# goods has been both the demo of the consumer as well as the fact that by definition virtual goods have almost no marginal costs to the seller so giving a huge slice to the carrier (and Zong) isn’t a problem since actual costs are ~ $0. Add this new model to the mix. 15mm in Series A.

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Plume raises $300M as it passes 1.2B devices in 35M homes using its smart Wi-Fi service

TechCrunch

Plume’s CEO and founder Fahri Diner said the startup will be using the money to continue building out its software platform, inking and servicing more deals with carriers and generally expanding its horizons. Now it has closed a huge funding round to ride the wave. In an OTT-style play, in the U.K.,

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Who is a Solopreneur? – Characteristics & Types

Feedough

Innovation and networking have opened up many career opportunities for them, which consequently diversified both their presence and function. Influencer : These individuals use their media presence across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, etc. What Are The Types Of Solopreneur? Solopreneur vs Entrepreneur.

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This week in AI: Amazon ‘enhances’ reviews with AI while Snap’s goes rogue

TechCrunch

Sounds like a useful feature, no? OpenAI proposes new moderation technique: OpenAI claims that it’s developed a way to use GPT-4, its flagship generative AI model, for content moderation — lightening the burden on human teams. Perhaps for shoppers and sellers. But what about reviewers?

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. That is the definition of Disruptive Technology. But distribution is now unlimited.