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3 views: What does ‘Line Go Up’ tell us about the state of the NFT art market?

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The NFT art market is incredibly hot. Here’s where we ended up: Walter Thompson: NFTs are scarcely minimum viable products. Walter Thompson: NFTs are scarcely minimum viable products. Collectors spent $22 billion on NFTs in 2021, up from $100 million the year before.

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5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought

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The dampened outlook for startup funding at the start of 2022 thanks to the pandemic’s lingering uncertainties has only worsened following a global market downturn and the war in Ukraine. You probably presented a minimum viable product and initial consumer research, and were backed for that. When it rains, it pours.

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Miferia wants to expand its wholesale inventory marketplace across Latin America

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When you combine these pain points, it is obvious that the market needs a central platform solving these issues around product discovery, inventory and working capital.”. This enables retailers to bring their inventory relationships online, expand their product selection and get more favorable credit terms.

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3 methods for valuing pre-revenue novel AI startups

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AI can scale much faster than other technologies, so what works at the beta or minimum viable product stage may not work when an AI product scales to millions of users. This valuation method seeks to compare a startup with others in the market.

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Mitigating Risk in Digital Product Development

These are costly scenarios product leaders must try to avoid. Add to that the competitive need to get a product to market fast and you’ll find product teams shortening their sprint cycles, relying on minimum viable products, and most shockingly, forgoing customer feedback altogether. Wasted sprints.

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Here’s what I learned while leading a bootstrapped startup to $40M ARR

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It all starts with creating a product, testing it and finding the right market fit. But, one of the greatest challenges we were able to avoid was starting with a finished product. But, one of the greatest challenges we were able to avoid was starting with a finished product.

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Amazon wants to boost ten generative AI startups around the globe

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Generative AI startup founders within the cohort can expect to have access to AI models and tools as well as machine learning stack optimization and custom go-to-market advice. Announced today, AWS has created a 10-week program for generative AI startups around the globe. There’s also a Demo Day in San Francisco at the end of the program.