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The internet unlocks distribution. Traditionally, gatekeepers dictated who had influence: record labels, newspaper editors, studio executives. Now anyone can build an online community. You can share videos to YouTube, writing to Substack, music to Soundcloud
Rex Woodbury • The Creator Manifesto 🎨
Doris Dev I Product Development Agency
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- They keep intermediaries reasonably happy.
Bessemer Venture Partners • Roadmap: B2B Marketplaces
The best example of this alternative product is Indie.VC, run by Bryce Roberts. Over the course of 6 years, Indie invested in 40 companies. It held the two key components of limited fund size and gave equity optionality through redemption clauses or equity buybacks. The results are encouraging, with a 51% IRR and 4.3x TVPI, while 87% of the compani... See more
Evan Armstrong • Venture Capital Is Ripe for Disruption
- They are (mostly) horizontal
Bessemer Venture Partners • Roadmap: B2B Marketplaces
Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green , Into the Gloss co-founder Nick Axelrod (now at UTA Ventures), or Emily’s former assistant, Morgan Von Steen