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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

Both Sides of the Table

There are some smart if not somewhat cerebral bloggers I read who say that you shouldn’t take any startup advice at all because it’s too generalized to be useful to your situation. Draw from Frameworks. The most helpful type of advice in my mind are frameworks for how to solve a problem. So what IS one to do?

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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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Sylvera takes $32M to build trust in carbon offsetting ratings

TechCrunch

based startup which uses machine learning technology to analyze a variety of visual data like satellite imagery and lidar with the goal of boosting accountability and credibility around carbon offsetting projects, has fast followed a $5.8 “We have a mix of customers spanning corporate buyers, traders and exchanges,” it adds.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Build a founding team, choose a VC and recruit your board

TechCrunch

” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. But not everyone can do it well, and more importantly, not everyone wants to.”

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Vue Storefront snaps up $20M to grow its open source based ‘frontend-as-a-service’ e-commerce toolkit and platform

TechCrunch

The current slowdown in e-commerce growth, and in some pockets straight declines in spend , might not seem like the most opportune time to build an e-commerce tooling startup, let alone invest in one. It has some 2,000 customers, retailers and merchants, and is seeing quite a bit of growth at the moment in the U.S.

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