Tag: Silicon Valley
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Sales platform Apollo is valued at $1.6 billion. But in 2016, it was a little company called ZenProspect. This morning, I watched their YC Demo Day pitch. Founder Tim Zheng clearly shows us why salespeople need ZenProspect. Then, he shows us some incredible traction. Let’s dive in… A Clear Value…
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+ Apollo, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, SaaS, Silicon Valley, Startups, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, YC+
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Today, GitLab is valued at over $9 billion. But in 2015, it was a tiny startup with just a couple employees. Let’s dig into their YC Demo Day pitch. GitLab is a platform for software development. It lets developers collaborate, version control their code, and more. Who Ever Saw an…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, YC+
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In 2008, Airbnb was near death. Founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were living off dry cereal. If they didn’t raise this $500,000, it was probably over. This morning, I dug into the pitch deck Brian and his team used to raise that crucial round of funding. Framing the Problem…
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I’m 38 years old. Of all my friends, only one has a child, a little boy. So if I had to lay a bet, I’d say our generation is going to use a lot of IVF. A fascinating startup called Alife might make that process a lot easier. How AI…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Fathers, Fertility, Health, IVF, Machine Learning, Mothers, Silicon Valley, Startups, Venture Capital+
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“Can I have something to eat?” “Sure thing.” The man’s friend hands him an apple. His friend is not human — it is a robot. This is the latest demo from Figure. Figure is developing an android, with the goal to produce one for every human on the planet. This…
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“Every waking moment I’m not spending with my family or in church, I’m thinking about this. Most of my sleeping moments too.” That’s Zach Barney, Founder and CEO of Mobly. Mobly makes it easy for outside sales teams to capture info about leads and turn them into customers, fast. Ever…
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+ Conferences, CRM, Events, Finance, Investing, Money, SaaS, Sales, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Utah, Venture Capital+
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More than anything else, I need to know these 2 things about your startup. What do you do, and what’s your traction? This morning, I was looking through a ton of decks I just got from Mercury Raise. This is an awesome program that connects founders and investors. Some of…
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+ Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stock Market, VC+
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I was trying to find some info on startup valuations this afternoon. I kept prompting GPT-4, but I couldn’t get the right answer. Turns out, I should’ve let the AI prompt itself. Or at least that’s the conclusion of a team from VMware. From IEEE Spectrum: There is an alternative…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Claude, DeepMind, Google, LLM, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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I’ve usually been a SaaS or marketplace guy. But then something interesting happened at Duolingo… A year ago, I looked at the consumer subscription market and I didn’t see a lot of big winners. What I did see were crowded markets, high advertising costs, and scary churn. But Duolingo’s rise…
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+ Duolingo, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stock Market, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Coinbase is the world’s 2nd largest crypto exchange. But in 2012, the company was barely getting off the ground. Let’s dig into the deck they used to pitch investors at YC Demo Day… Explaining What Coinbase Does Right on slide #1, founder Brian Armstrong makes clear what Coinbase does: it…
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+ Bitcoin, Coinbase, Crypto, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Silicon Valley, Stocks, Tech, Venture Capital, YC+
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