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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
VC Club▲130
The Venture Capital community on Slack
2015 · thevc.club · its alternatives →
2
TIC - Building the Future of Business Intelligence & Value in the Imperfect▲61
A chat with serial founder Jeff Judge of Bright.io
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
3
TIC - From Professional Poker Player To Chicago's Fastest Rising VC▲60
A chat with Ezra Galston / VC @ Chicago Ventures
2017 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
4
Blnkk▲202
An online community for crowdsourcing your startup needs
2015 · blnkk.com · its alternatives →
5
CTRL SHIFT!▲146
Stories and insights of startups and industries that pivoted
2022 · podcast.humbleteam.com · its alternatives →
6
TIC - How To Steal Business Away From Multi-Billion Dollar Competitors▲60
A chat with Jacob Babcock / Founder of NuCurrent
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
7
Traction.VC▲127
Weekly growth tactics for product-focused entrepreneurs
2014 · traction.vc · its alternatives →
8
Smart People Should Build Things: Dan Bloom, Co-Founder of Slope and 2012 VFA Fellow▲57
On joining the software big leagues
2017 · its alternatives →
9
The Twenty Minute VC: Founder's Friday: Hiten Shah, Co-Founder Kissmetrics & CrazyEgg▲69
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2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
10
TIC - Why Pornographers & Criminals Make For Great Customers▲55
A chat with Jeff Carter / VC at West Loop Ventures
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
11
Dreamit Ventures #Get2A Podcast: Scaling Businesses with High Touch Services▲56
Founders discuss moving from pilots/early customers to scale
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
12
Wittycircle▲129
Networking tool for entrepreneurs, makers and curious minds.
2016 · wittycircle.com · its alternatives →
13
Lovable Growth Tools▲106
From building your app to growing it, in one chat
13d ago · lovable.dev · its alternatives →
14
The Twenty Minute VC: Ryan Petersen, Founder & CEO @ Flexport▲68
Why investor relations are overrated
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
15
Slack Venture Capital▲134
Check out famous Venture Capital's portfolio on Slack!
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
Founder Suite▲102
Tools to get startup sh*t done!
2014 · foundersuite.com · its alternatives →
17
FoundersGyan▲50
Inspiring Entrepreneurs
2015 · foundersgyan.com · its alternatives →
18
The Twenty Minute VC: Sean Brecker, CEO @ Headspace▲72
How to maximise engagement and retention on mobile
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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The Twenty Minute VC: Josh Udashkin @ Raden▲71
Why great VCs know the opportunity in hardware
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
20
Single Founder Handbook▲120
A step-by-step guide for bootstrapped software entrepreneurs
2015 · singlefounderhandbook.com · its alternatives →
21
The Startup Tapes #023 — Enterprise is Eating the Software World▲55
with Ed Anuff (Apigee / Google)
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Twenty Minute VC: Founder's Friday: Gary Liu, CEO @ Digg▲64
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2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
23
Founders Grid▲77
The Growth Network For Global Entrepreneurs
2014 · its alternatives →
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The Hacking UI podcast #11 - Turning our side project into a full time gig▲62
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