Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. I don’t think my unwillingness to use it is generational (as in I’m 42 and don’t “get it&# ) – I think it’s a life stage issue. Add this new model to the mix. 13mm in Series B.

venture capital 270

venture capital capital ventures VC 270

ExactHire - Startups

JUNE 3, 2021

When considering how to make a tough hiring decision, develop a data-driven hiring process that artfully mixes objectivity with sound intuitive judgement to choose the best candidate. Recruiters often find the internet brings mixed blessings in their search for top candidates. Stellar candidates can easily get lost in the mix.

mix-use 59

mix-use leadership culture development 59

TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Maintaining source code is one of the toughest challenges that software developers face. In a 2020 survey from Sourcegraph, 51% of developers said that they have more than 100 times the volume of code they had ten years ago while 92% say the pressure to release software faster has increased. It’s an acute problem.

mix-use 91

mix-use development enablement support 91

TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Part 2: Product-led growth strategy “ The product-led growth behind edtech’s most downloaded app ” (3,000 words/12 minutes) — analyzes the tactics and tradeoffs that an edtech company has to evaluate as it grows from thousands to 500 million registered learners. Within 24 hours, tens of thousands of people had used it.

SaaS 98

SaaS mix-use health peer-to-peer 98

Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

It initially targeted a tiny niche of users: few people were on the Internet with a fast enough connection at the time, no one had an MP3 player, and there was nowhere convenient to download MP3 files. These were the knob-twiddling soundboard jockeys who actually mixed the albums. As Witt puts it: “The studio engineers hated the mp3.

incumbents 40

incumbents disruption frameworks innovation 40

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Quantified health activity is all around us these days, as scores of people use mobile sensing technologies to keep an eye on their well-being by tracking their steps, workouts and even how long and deep they sleep — so why shouldn’t women who cycle (as in menstrual cycle) track monthly changes to their hormone levels?

health 89

health disruption peer-to-peer pitching 89

OurCrowd

MAY 5, 2019

Sleek startups developing faux meats that smell, sizzle and even bleed are proving that the year’s most transformative venture-backed technologies are not about AI, drones, or robotics — they are about food. Finding soy milk used to be a chore and milk alternatives captured less than 1% of the market a decade ago. Look-alike markets

startup 31

startup mix-use culture sustainability 31

Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

Craig Cannon [00:56] – You guys have two different strategies, paid versus advertising. Jonathan Gill [01:03] – From the current state of the podcasting market, ad-supported sponsorship is one way forward when people are used to free products versus television and cable where they’re used to different tiers.

culture 57

culture education mix-use media 57

Campaign Monitor

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Or, you might use the newsletter content to tease a blog post outlining your company values. For instance, Glossier’s email campaign merely wants the reader to scroll through beautiful phone backgrounds and maybe download one to use as their wallpaper. . Little known uses for your product or service.

mix-use 75

mix-use education media opportunity 75