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Miferia wants to expand its wholesale inventory marketplace across Latin America

TechCrunch

Musa has spent several months putting together a team, building a minimum viable product and working with customers. Meanwhile, Miferia is still in its early stages. Now the company is ready to accelerate growth and will use the new capital to build liquidity in the marketplace and add to its team of 30.

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

TechCrunch

But, one of the greatest challenges we were able to avoid was starting with a finished product. We decided before even coming up with a name, that the most important thing would be to start with a minimum viable product (MVP). In other words, the bare minimum required for someone to use it and get value out of it.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 5 pitch deck slides to fix, initial viable product, MLOps acceleration

TechCrunch

Making the case for IVP: Initial viable product. As a concept, minimum viable product (MVP) has given founders maximum flexibility. Dear Sophie: Any advice on visa issues for new hires? Image Credits: Flashpop (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Opaper takes the friction out of social commerce

TechCrunch

While at Streetlight Data and Lacuna, McIntosh worked on products that optimized pricing, logistics and the supply chain, or “making sure that things are moving the right way, at the right speed, at the right cadence,” she said. Opaper was launched to give social commerce sellers the same type of convenience.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Automattic TC-1, federal startup grants, ‘getting s done day’

TechCrunch

In a detailed post, Shen outlines the process they followed for acceptance into the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program, noting that his company is using the funding tactically “to convert our technology into a minimum viable product.”. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Both Sides of the Table , July 22, 2010 An updated Digital Trends presentation - Jeff Hilimire , June 2, 2010 I do what I hate - Jessica Mah , January 7, 2010 Startup Equity Allocation - charliecrystle.com , January 11, 2010 When good investment decisions end up backing more women CEOs: Conversation with Cameron Lester at Azure Capital.

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How To Create A Mobile App Marketplace?

Xicom

Here are some of the most popular types of the online marketplace: Supplier-oriented e-marketplace Buyer-oriented e-marketplace Independent e-marketplace Vertical and Horizontal e-marketplaces B2C (Business to Customer) eCommerce Target Audience B2B (Business to Business) C2C (Customer to Customer). Features of any successful marketplace app.

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