Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. It’s like “direct” traffic to your website that seems to magically appear. When to start PR?

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Part 3: Monetization “ How Duolingo became fluent in monetization ” (2,800 words/11 minutes) — examines how Duolingo experimented with a variety of different business models to match its unique community, and why it chose subscription in the end. How to attract large investors to your direct investing platform. billion by 2026.

SaaS 98

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Table of Contents Challenge #1: The Lean Startup encourages agnostic experimentation instead of starting with a compelling strategy. It fully encapsulated a new way to build startups that was starting to take hold in Silicon Valley. And in turn, we were never able to find a viable business model for our product.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

cover by finstack.app When my co-founder and I started finstack.app, we were two individuals with a visionary mindset, driven to achieve what was previously thought to be unrealistic. However, that obvious gap alone wouldn’t have been the problem to go for, it can only be the starting point and a lever.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 30, 2022

I intend to use my knowledge of crypto, financial services, and common sense to tease out the story of what I think led to its collapse, starting with the implosion of TerraUSD and Luna. But what made the 3AC default so impactful is that it blew a whale shark-sized hole in many of the largest centralised crypto lending businesses.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While the marketplace business model is evergreen, every new platform changes how and where transactions happen. Over the next 3 to 5 years, we expect some existing marketplaces will pivot, some will go out of business, and some will be supercharged with the help of AI. Think of this as “Etsy on steroids” for every type of product.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 17, 2024

And I think it’s that kind of story that sadly happens every day—thankfully not in your community every day—but those are 2 more recent stories. Building trust through tech David Ulevitch: You’ve had a long career as a patrolman, working your way up all the way to undersheriff, and then being elected sheriff.

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