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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. We spent a bunch of time in the video talking about “disruption” as described by Clay Christensen in his seminal book, “The Innovator’s Dilemman” which I profiled here. And so they never got consumer adoption.

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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017: Failing Forward

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The two riff on topics including martial arts, disrupting the financial industry, the perils of being kicked out of college multiple times and how strong foundational values guide future successes. Shelley joined the EO Brisbane chapter in 2003. Did you miss Thursday’s spotlight on work-life balance?

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Ibex Investors’ newest fund is betting on a mobility revolution

TechCrunch

” Ibex Investors , which is based in Denver with offices in New York and Tel Aviv, was founded in 2003 with a “multi-stage” and “multi-strategy” investment strategy. Borus told TechCrunch that he believes trucking will be among the first sectors to be disrupted by autonomous vehicle technology.

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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

TechCrunch

Automattic founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg at TechCrunch Disrupt 2014. But in retrospect, doing everything wrong was exactly the right strategy — a fact that’s just now becoming apparent. Back in 2003, that was the context for the so-called weblog, which would shortly be elided to blog. billion valuation.

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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

From 2003-2022 the River Valley Investors operated as a traditional angel group, investing in nearly 100 startups. 2015 Waterdog We’re disrupting the traditional channel model by fundamentally changing the way the partner and reseller relationship works. Tursus Developing innovative back-office solutions for the point-of-sale industry.

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