StartupNation

MAY 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst that accelerated innovation and change in almost every industry. Given this, three relevant questions for all entrepreneurs to consider in the context of their own company and industry are: Why did it take a pandemic to accelerate innovation and change? How did your business fare? Opportunity.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2023

It has already started disrupting many industries, most notably education and computer programming. But having now played with ChatGPT for several months and read about all the different applications to date, I believe that the generative AI powering it will be one of the most disruptive forces of my lifetime.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

Tulikas focus on fostering a culture of innovation not only inspires her team but also ensures customer success, consistently delivering exceptional value and creating substantial improvements for clients. Every day, Im surrounded by a passionate team that shares a common vision of disrupting an industry.

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

That financing kicked off a period of accelerated growth for the company — from creating a compelling digital offering to acquiring a company three times its size to scaling to more than 250 locations across the country — that led CAVA to today: its public debut. Maryland, and Virginia.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. .

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

It become such a quick part of popular culture that Jim Carrey rode a Bird in an opening segment of the Jimmy Kimmel show (hilarious if you haven’t seen it). In the meantime we think we can build a globally complex, economically viable business that will be hard to disrupt. This led to massive funding rounds at Bird, Lime and others.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

But when he was struck by the urge to start a company, he researched the money-attracting industries of the world, and then, using AngelList, saw how many companies were trying to disrupt those industries. So YC viewed this as a major disruptive play. What do you think made Convoy stand out? Is that still a good method?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2022

Traditional investment that prioritizes pedigree and culture, or the “art” of a founder, has left out an entire class of historically overlooked individuals. As we spoke about on the latest Equity , Plaid has matured to host a growing startup accelerator, acquire companies and clearly expand its strategic ambitions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Disruptive led the round and joined existing investors PeakBridge and PICO Venture Partners. Is cell-cultured meat ready for prime time? And now it has secured another round of funding, this time $17 million in Series A funding. The latest funding round gives Tastewise $21.5 million in total funding to date.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2021

The company will join nine other startups in the accelerator’s class of 2021. Before TalentQL, Yusuf co-founded Nigeria-based tech media publication Techpoint Africa; Awoyemi co-founded online recruitment site Jobberman; and Sultan founded nonprofit tech accelerator DevCareer. The TalentQL team. Image Credits: TalentQL.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Throughout the first year we made many fixes and saw our revenue base in these markets accelerate so we felt we were ready to attack Los Angeles, amongst the most important storage markets in the country. We used our refined playbooks for LA and figured this time we knew how to launch a market. They are filled with growth spurts and setbacks.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Soda that serves a purpose, whether that be more healthy or even functional, is the new wave of drinks disrupting the $38 billion U.S. Lester touts the company’s success as “the first major disruptive innovation in the soda category in over 40 years since Coca-Cola launched Diet Coke in 1981.”. soft drink industry.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Bokksu CEO Danny Taing has always been passionate about Japanese food and culture, so he moved to Tokyo after college and lived there for four years. Today, the New York and Tokyo-based startup announced a $22 million Series A at a $100 million valuation to bridge cultures by helping traditional Asian products reach a global audience.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

“We’re pleased to support Ryan and the ambitious Bolt team and see tremendous opportunity in the space that Bolt is disrupting.”. Finally, after launching Conscious Culture, a playbook aimed at helping businesses create people-first work cultures, last May, it now counts nearly 80 companies and hundreds of customers in the collective.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The main thing is getting construction companies and contractors to accelerate their adoption of the tech and the labor shortage issue is putting substantial pressure on them to act. Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Buildings are the same, however often historically and culturally significant and therefore protected.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

For IndieBio, a science and biotech accelerator run by VC firm SOSV, this unprecedented year offered high stakes and new challenges. Today and tomorrow, the biotech accelerator is hosting its twice-annual demo day. Over the years, the accelerator has created a portfolio of biotech companies valued at over $3.2 Leaving the $3.2

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In the fourth industrial revolution era, having succeeded as an economic powerhouse with a technological edge in manufacturing and industries led by large corporations, South Korea is now fostering disruptive innovation through startups. The country strives to create a balance between industrial conglomerates and the startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

That’s Lumchain’s goal: help the global meat industry innovate and solve some of the key challenges they face, including employee shortages, the impact of inflation and high operational costs, supply chain disruptions and that meat plants are still operating the same way they did 50 years ago. Is cell-cultured meat ready for prime time?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Wider issues seem more cultural; startups not thinking big enough, investors lacking the necessary appetite for risk, and even — among wider society — some latent suspicion of entrepreneurs. We accelerate also that path — into innovative entrepreneurship system.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

To be sure, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted and profoundly altered many aspects of work life, including in-person diversity training and workforce development. The resources already exist, and there is a wealth of external partners that can help improve corporate culture and diversity metrics. Companies must start now.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2017

This is the story of how I sold my digital-marketing agency, Only Sky, in less than one month by connecting the dots between EO and the EO Accelerator program, which I am a member of in San Francisco. After just one month of due diligence and a single flight to Utah, I decided to go with Jacob Baadsgaard and Disruptive Advertising.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

When he looked around a couple of years ago, he saw a space fully of these legacy vendors and ripe for disruption. Frechette says that he has managed to grow the company and build a culture in spite of the pandemic not allowing employees to come into an office. Anything under that is what’s known as tail spend.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Apply to Startup Battlefield 200 anyway — and announce your public debut at TechCrunch Disrupt! Thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices and cloud infrastructure — the latter of which accelerated during the pandemic — apps now need to store and process data in more places, from the edge to the public cloud.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It accelerates enrollment and improve retainment of trial participants. Genomenon , a genomics health IT company cofounded by serial Ann Arbor software entrepreneur Steve Schwartz, helps pharma and clinical diagnostics labs accelerate research and work for solutions for patients with rare genetic diseases and cancer. FreightVerify.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. You’re involved in other aspects of the firm’s activities: due diligence, portfolio acceleration, board service, etc. Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

They went on to participate in the Nestlé R&D Accelerator in Switzerland where they were able to test their formula for the plant-based wings. Is cell-cultured meat ready for prime time? And, as they approach full-scale manufacturing, the co-founders say they will be working on meeting the price parity of chicken wings.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Jonathan Greechan is co-founder of the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, Founder Institute , has run over 100 webinars including 100,000+ live attendees, and is one of Meetup's most active organizers. Startup investors can be the financial backbone for mass disruption. Jonathan Greechan. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Ramon Ray and Megan O’Brien co-hosted the Future of Business event, which is a part of NetSuite’s new event series – A New Age of Growth , helping entrepreneurs shed a light on the superpowers needed to accelerate growth. Here are some strategies to manage supply chain disruptions: Have a supply chain emergency plan.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

This is not an easy decision – especially within a culture like ours that is shaped around community and sharing,” they added. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. This is unlikely to be the final chapter for Thrasio, which remains the owner of hundreds of big-selling e-commerce brands.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

I think the large push for flexible/remote work will result in a culture where ‘personal travel’ and ‘work’ aren’t oil and water anymore, and that’s where an experience like Minoan fits nicely between consumer and business.”. As e-commerce booms during the pandemic, Shopify accelerates.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Instead of putting the onus on customers to roll up their sleeves, he suggests that SaaS startups learn from cryptocurrency culture and find ways to “incentivize users to do the necessary work to have the right experience.” In just a few short years, Vise has gone from launching on the Disrupt Battlefield stage to a unicorn.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As director of Techstars’ startup pipeline, Saba Karim spends much of his time touting the ways entrepreneurs can benefit by joining an accelerator. 6 reasons why you shouldn’t join an accelerator. But is it the right choice for every founder? But none of those are determining factors for success. “If yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

“I believe knowledge is power, and my mission is to change the way companies work by creating a data-driven culture that is accessible to everyone. “The pandemic accelerated a massive shift to digital, which highlighted the gaps in online experience and confirmed customer experience as a key differentiator.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 2, 2022

Register ScaleUp Malaysia , an accelerator that focuses exclusively on growth-stage companies in Malaysia , in partnership with Quest Ventures, Indelible Ventures, and Mranti signalled the culmination of its third cohort with the unveiling of its selection of top startups.

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OurCrowd

JULY 1, 2019

Summit Week will be as packed as ever, with corporate meetups, VC forums, insider access to accelerators and labs, and touring opportunities providing a unique insider’s look at the innovation ecosystem. Attendees will also get a deep dive into the history, culture and vibe of Israel, including the nightlife of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Tal placed a strong emphasis on fostering a culture of engineering at Magical, with a focus on growth, impact, and experimentation as key values. This sentiment was echoed by other founders he mentored at the FusionLA Accelerator program. Sharing this technology with others is the only logical next step.”

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Businesses are transforming their ways of working to keep pace with disruption. As workspaces and workforce needs continue to evolve, theDesk has been growing alongside our member businesses to further support and accelerate their growth.

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