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24 alternatives to TIC - The Future of the Gig Economy With A VC Turned Founder

A chat with Eddie Lou / Co-Founder of Shiftgig

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. TIC - The Future of the Gig Economy With A VC Turned Founder launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   VC Club▲130

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2. 2
   TIC - Building the Future of Business Intelligence & Value in the Imperfect▲61

   A chat with serial founder Jeff Judge of Bright.io

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TIC - From Professional Poker Player To Chicago's Fastest Rising VC▲60

   A chat with Ezra Galston / VC @ Chicago Ventures

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
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5. 5
   CTRL SHIFT!▲146

   Stories and insights of startups and industries that pivoted

   2022 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   TIC - How To Steal Business Away From Multi-Billion Dollar Competitors▲60

   A chat with Jacob Babcock / Founder of NuCurrent

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Traction.VC▲127

   Weekly growth tactics for product-focused entrepreneurs

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   On joining the software big leagues

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   TIC - Why Pornographers & Criminals Make For Great Customers▲55

   A chat with Jeff Carter / VC at West Loop Ventures

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Dreamit Ventures #Get2A Podcast: Scaling Businesses with High Touch Services▲56

    Founders discuss moving from pilots/early customers to scale

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Twenty Minute VC: Ryan Petersen, Founder & CEO @ Flexport▲68

    Why investor relations are overrated

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Slack Venture Capital▲134

    Check out famous Venture Capital's portfolio on Slack!

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13. 13
    Pitchdeck▲151

    Snapchat meets Shark Tank

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
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    How to maximise engagement and retention on mobile

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Why great VCs know the opportunity in hardware

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
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    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Startup Tapes #023 — Enterprise is Eating the Software World▲55

    with Ed Anuff (Apigee / Google)

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Gum▲132

    Build & grow your startups together with short videos

    2022 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Founders Grid▲77

    The Growth Network For Global Entrepreneurs

    2014 · its alternatives →

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21. 21
    This Week in Startups #663: Jason Lemkin▲75

    Indicators of hyper-growth SaaS & investment strategies

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Tim Chang, Managing Director @ Mayfield Fund▲58

    Why We Will See A Big Series B Crunch?

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    VB Engage 015 - Peter Dering, Kickstarter, and winning with radical transparency▲64

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