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Validate Your Startup Idea Like a Pro: My 4-Step Framework

Entrepreneur's Handbook

As an early-stage founder, your ability to deliver value quickly is your most critical — and sometimes the only — competitive advantage over the incumbent competition. To address my own need to validate these opportunities, I built an internal framework to: Identify notable problems and challenges within an industry.

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How to Think of R&D Spend

Andreessen Horowitz

And, especially when you’re considering integrating a new technology platform into your business—like AI today, or cloud a decade ago—how do you invest in innovation without losing control of your runway and budget? Some investments will generate returns within a few months, while others may take years to produce results.

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Skio raises $3.7M to help brands on Shopify sell subscriptions

TechCrunch

Skio is taking on incumbents like ReCharge Payments, which too has built subscription software for e-commerce brands and was valued at $2.1 It claims to use modern frameworks that allow it to “build much quicker” than existing offerings. billion earlier this year after a $227 million raise. .

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Unbundling the Game Engine: The Rise of Next Generation 3D Creation Engines

Andreessen Horowitz

The name RenderMan was coined in reference to the Sony Walkman for a futuristic rendering software that was so tiny it could fit inside a pocket. It becomes an incredibly deep tech investment not just to get to an MVP but to then break through the developer cold start problem.

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Breaking Down a Typical VC/Startup Diligence Process

Tomasz Tunguz

Business : In some form, I walk through the Business Model Generation framework: value proposition, key activities, key partners, major assets, channels of distribution, customer segments, cost structure and revenue streams. What kinds of moves are the incumbents making and how they change the market? Are they passionate?

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What the midterm madness means for startups

TechCrunch

The antitrust bills, if passed, could significantly restrict the ability of Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and other tech incumbents to acquire and punish rivals to boost their own products and services. Carbon cap and trade for developing world could spur massive investments — if it works. billion valuation. billion valuation.

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