A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

On the one hand, tokens enable developers and users to contribute to open-source protocols and participate in the economic upside of doing so, leading to strong developer communities. Coinbase’s early innovation was creating a secure, easy-to-use, regulated bridge from fiat currencies to crypto and a safe place to store crypto assets.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. When I first opened my salon 15 years ago, there wasn’t education or companies you could reach out to about sustainability. Long gone are the days of asking your neighbor or someone in the grocery store. 5000 list twice! .

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 12, 2019

One of the areas of blockchain innovation I am most excited about is building open, permissionless, and decentralized technology infrastructure. The three areas that seem most obvious to me for decentralized infrastructure are compute (code execution), storage (storing files, etc), and bandwidth (network infrastructure).

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 29, 2021

If, on the other hand, the database is an open public database that is not controlled and administered by a single company, but instead is a truly open system available to all, then that kind of market power cannot be built up around a data asset. As Albert says in his post : It is difficult to overstate how big an innovation this is.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If the retailer can get the product “exclusively” (even for just a time window) then it hopes to get more customers shopping at its store or watching its video channel vs. its competitors. They were the fastest retailer in history to go from $0 to $1 billion (3 years) and today they have 500 stores in 24 countries.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

It’s one thing to have “big data” initiatives with terabytes of data stored to query at any moment. And before that you might enjoy this longer analysis on why I invested in DataSift in the first place , which was written 2.5 Asymmetric. Location Aware. Referral Traffic. Explicit Indicator (intent).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2011

When Steve Jobs decided to open retail Apple stores people thought he was crazy. If you think you’re on to a really big idea and everybody else thinks so, too, then most likely it’s already conventional wisdom and you’re too late.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 16, 2020

They decided to raise venture capital money in order to build a factory, open new stores, and take advantage of their newfound fame to go into wholesale. Shop openings were delayed for reasons ranging from unexpected asbestos that needed to be removed to delays in the opening of buildings we were located in.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 25, 2020

The YLAI Network team spoke with her to discuss the success of her business, the challenges she has faced, and what she has in store for the future. For Cinthya, keeping Beleaf’s doors open and employees working was a key priority. Staying open to change in the face of adversity is key to expansion, growth, and opportunity.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 3, 2019

I would prefer that politicians and policy makers think about opening up as the better intervention. In mobile, a good first step is to open up the app stores and allow the browsers to have the same access to the operating system as native mobile apps. Breaking up a large monopoly feels like a very 19th/20th century move to me.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

Open a savings account with your child: A perfect opportunity to teach children about budgeting and saving is when they receive money from special events or birthdays. Consider taking your child with you to the bank to open the account or having them help make online deposits.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 8, 2019

I think it opens up the possibility that some very large new companies will be created that innovate largely on entirely new business models. That is precisely what a decentralized application built on an open data protocol would do from a technology perspective. So why have we not seen this emerge yet?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Launching an online store with Marcello, the two occasionally opened pop-ups to bring the community together. Making Waves Lennert and Murnaghan opened a newcomer-friendly, Toronto-based surf and coffee shop in 2017, Surf the Greats. Lennert’s cause initially focused on making surfing safer in the north.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2024

As I undertake a significant next step in scaling my business—opening the Aldea model to interested franchisees across the country—I realize my success wouldn’t have been possible without the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)’s role in my professional and personal evolution.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 15, 2024

What if, instead of relying on high commissions and centralized kitchens, vendors could operate mobile stores that brought products directly to the neighborhood? Inspired by the vegetable trucks of Istanbul, Jingle allows small businesses to operate mobile stores that moves where the demand is.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2021

TikTok ads are the best way to get started on the platform if you’re performance-driven and focused on lower-funnel marketing, since they allow you to drive users to landing pages or the app store. High-performing TikTok ads look and feel like organic TikTok content. There’s a big opportunity to drive audience participation and brand love.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 7, 2021

But that’s what happened: My daughter was born in April 2013; my first gym opened in June 2013. After the gym opened, she slept in her car seat under the front desk while we worked 6am through 11pm, seven days a week for the first year. My immediate thought was, ‘No, that’s not classy.’

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 2, 2024

So I am starting a series called “I’ve Moved Onchain” to explain this journey to everyone and today’s opening post is about blogging, naturally. First, the posts are stored in a closed database hosted by me in the cloud. These web3 blogging platforms store all of my posts onchain at Arweave.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

However, opening a franchise location is not a fast track to riches, as the 90% 5-year success rate lauded by many franchises is a myth. While you will have the freedom to set store hours, menu prices and decide who to hire, your creative license as a franchisee is extremely limited.

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

The resulting approach was risk tolerant but thoughtful: CAVA opened its first store beyond the D.C.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 26, 2021

One of our opening activations was, if a customer spent enough money on alcohol in-app, to send a bartender out to their home to make drinks for them for an hour. As we have been ushered into a distinctive digital era, people are less likely to be exposed to new products on the market while out in stores or driving by billboards.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Location is everything in retail—no one can shop at your store if they can't find it. That applies just as much to eCommerce as it does to brick-and-mortar stores, and for the same reason: you want to open in a place with regular traffic that's convenient to get to. But the disadvantages are also more formidable.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2016

A mobile marketing company could track campaigns and then measure increases in retail traffic driven into local stores. The software and computer vision recognize when it’s a human passing by the laser and can filter out other movements like doors opening or other objects passing by (dogs, for example).

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Although fashion has become streamlined into the latest trends in department stores, Nayleen’s vision is to break into the industry on an international scale to show the world the value of the hand craftsmanship of the local people of Los Santos, Panama. “We

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For example, consider cloud computing services that allow you to store and access data securely without worrying about hardware limitations. Its essential to remain adaptable and open to change as your business evolves.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The company that thrived is a novel better-for-you beverage business that, before COVID-19, distributed its products through physical stores. Just as the pandemic gripped the nation and the world, the beverage company Waku was about to launch new products to new store locations. Listen to feedback with an open and accepting mind.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

The Tokyo-based robotics startup has further strengthened its funding with investments from KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Airbus Ventures, Monoful Venture Partners, and new investors, including Globis Capital Partners and HH-CTBC Partnership. This additional funding brings Telexistence ‘s total funding to over $190 million (27.5

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

Challenges and risks of AI integration AI integration opens up incredible opportunities, but it's not without its hurdles. To avoid getting stuck: Choose tools with open APIs and integration-friendly setups. Be clear on where your data is going, who can access it, and how long it's being stored. Learn more.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 30, 2020

And just like that, the company has built a data mesh: a network of producers and consumers of data who share data via standard APIs or open-source formats like Apache Arrow & Parquet. When the data is stored in the cloud, we call it a cloud data lake. So all of these teams share data. Planning the software to build.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

Spreading your income across multiple sources not only cushions you against market fluctuations but also opens up exciting new avenues for yourself and your team. Final Thoughts By diversifying your revenue streams, you open yourself up to tons of new possibilities. Choose brands that you believe in and work with them to find success.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

This opened up a space for startups to offer similar subscription box conveniences that people had for food and other products, with companies like Chewy and Barkbox being some of the biggest. Image Credits: Bundle x Joy “They’re excited to get back into stores,” Berger said. Of that, $50 billion was spent in the U.S.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

UK regulatory bodies have advanced that vision through various initiatives—including advancing Open Banking, enacting trust-instilling consumer protections , and supporting emerging fintech companies at early stages. only banks can access systems like Fedwire, and funds must be stored at a bank. The sandbox has now been made “ digital.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

. “[We are] introducing a database for AI, specifically a storage layer that helps to very efficiently store the data and then stream this to machine learning applications or training models to do computer vision, audio processing, NLP (natural language processing) and so on,” Buniatyan explained. Activeloop image database.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, countries are opening up at different speeds. We will return to our offices , perhaps begin visiting our favorite local stores again. We have learned new technologies , changed the way we communicate and adapted our schedules to balance our time the right way, but only as much as the virus allowed. Now is the time for planning.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

A wave of disruption of digitizing informal retail stores is sweeping across emerging markets this year, and Chari is joining in on the action. The company allows traditional retailers in Morocco and some parts of North Africa to order consumer goods via its platform and handles free delivery to their stores. Pylon (Egypt).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 28, 2022

Overall, the business benefits from impenetrable security, more efficient access to stored company files, and lower storage costs. While it’s absolutely opened up the talent pool for small businesses, it’s also made it more difficult to verify a candidate’s background and experience. Patrick Crane, Love Sew. Smart contracts.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Hardware wallets are secure by design because the private key of the crypto wallet never leaves the device — it is stored in a certified secure chip. You should then store this recovery phrase in a safe place as it allows you (or someone else) to recover your wallet in case you lose your Ledger wallet.

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