The time-honored approach to quantifying markets is to work outward from a specific technology or tool to a targeted customer who will potentially use the technology in myriad ways. These potential markets with applicable benefit from the technology are then tabulated into initial total addressable markets (TAMs). In turn, the TAMs help justify strategic investment in an organization or the investment round in a startup.
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Tackling the AI Investment Logjam
Posted May 21, 2020 | Leadership | Technology |
About The Author
William Jolitz is founder of Valux and leads fundraising and portfolio management. As an investor, entrepreneur, and inventor of today’s technologies, he has handled M&A for companies like Tandem Computers and due diligence for venture capital firms. Mr. Jolitz has founded, grown, and exited several Silicon Valley–based technology companies in systems, enterprise, and Internet. He is the inventor of OpenBSD (open source Berkeley Software… Read More
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