The Top 25 Fastest Growing 500 Startups Batch 20 Demo Day Companies (read) This 500 Startups batch pitched to an audience of Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, and decision makers at large tech companies, in hopes of closing their first (or next) round of funding. This list of companies includes products and services ranging from a crowdsourced texting ticket app, an open alternative to Siri, ecommerce retargeting software, automation technology for individual investors, a leadership tool for millennial teams, biometric based personal nutrition, and Machine Learning analytics for city planning, natural language interface software for databases, fundraising software for universities, and more.
We ranked this batch of 41 companies and found the following 25 with the highest Mattermark Growth Score.
From the Investors Jim Scheinman of Maven Ventures recounts the lessons learned from his time at the first failed social network in "Friendster: Lessons from a Missed $400B Opportunity" David Skok of Matrix Partners explains how to develop a great recruiting process to nurture, evaluate and sell passive candidates in "Recruiting: Middle of the Funnel— Selling and Evaluating" Srikar Kalvakolanu of High Alpha discusses the future of Mobile, Voice, VR, Neuro, and more in "The Now, The New, and The Next of Alternative UIs" Heather Strachan of Village Capital releases the results of what Global Accelerator Learning Initiative found when they looked at 2,400 entrepreneurs in emerging markets in “Why Do Investors Continue to Shortchange Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets?” Angela Tran Kingyens of Version One Ventures sheds some light on three aspects of their NPS survey and what they’ve learned about themselves as entrepreneurs, as well as some best practices and areas where they continue to improve in “What’s Our NPS as Investors?”
From the Operators Brooke Goodbary of Natero lays out the timeline to understand your product’s use case, know when and how to encourage customers to take actions that drive value, and have a vision of where you want to lead your team in the future in “First 90 Days in Customer Success” Daniel Incandela of Return Path covers how the importance of building your team affects a CMO's ability to maximize their tenure and impact in “5 Steps to Building Your Marketing Team” Lance Powers of Sigmend confides his own battle with Bipolar disorder and the importance of community in “The Vital Role of Community in Mental Health Support” Ryan Rucker of Charmer encourages people to strive to work toward outsized returns in accordance with but more importantly, regardless of identity-based advantages in “Silicon Valley’s Hidden Identity Crisis” Sarah McCasland of Modus finds the remote market is much different and needs to be approached differently than when applying for a local brick and mortar position in “Tips for Landing the <Remote> Job You Want”
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