Request for startups non-VC edition Running thread of not-VC-fundable business ideas that i kinda like Disclaimer/Warning: this is all over the place – most of it might already exist in some state – feel free to add your ideas LMK if i should do a VC-fundable edition too
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Overfunded Startups with Recurring Revenue Models
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This but for overfunded startups that have recurring revenue. https://t.co/DyR49lCnnh
— Andreas Klinger 🦾 (@andreasklinger) 17 décembre 2023This but for overfunded startups that have recurring revenue.
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Minimalist pocket device concept for phone calls only
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Product idea: a small pocket device that you can use to make phone calls and nothing else.
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Competitive OSS Model Market Analysis via Major Endpoints
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Some thoughts on how the actual market for competitive OSS models is manifesting via endpoints from @togethercompute
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Mistral co-founders shaped by FAIR-Paris open research culture
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Two of the three co-founders of Mistral did their PhD in residence at FAIR-Paris and worked there as research scientists for a few years before founding Mistral.
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Startup Profitability Reality: VC Market Trends Analysis
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Thanks, a very good article. Gives me more perspective on the way VC works. BTW, do you have any information on actual profitability of startups that have been founded over the past 20 years? I have an impression that the vast majority are not doing all too well.
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Venture Firm Collapse Triggers Startup Investor Layoff Fears
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A Venture Firm’s Collapse Stokes Layoff Fears Among Startup Investors! https://
theinformation.com/articles/a-ven
ture-firms-collapse-stokes-layoff-fears-among-startup-investors
… #startup #startups #Entrepreneur #Unicorn #StartupIndia #Entrepreneurship #SiliconValley #startupspace #StartupNews #LeanStartup #business #bot #MSMEs #MakeInIndia #StartupIdeas #RT -
Small Team Building AI: Three Full-Time Members Plus Contractors
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Very small team. 3 of us full-time and a few contractors. 🙂
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Visiting tldraw offices: Impressive team building momentum
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I had a lot of fun hanging out at the @tldraw offices yesterday. These folks are smashing it 🔥 https://t.co/oX6bXp3HSz
— fofr (@fofrAI) 15 décembre 2023I had a lot of fun hanging out at the @tldraw offices yesterday. These folks are smashing it