Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

Beyond the social networks we already know and use, we are finding new ways to integrate social into our online lives. PDD has one of the most powerful network effects in the world ( Reed’s law : The value of a group-forming network is proportional to number and the ease with which groups form within it. Card Program.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

First, they believe that the current offerings from the financial incumbents are lacking. banking system is the Automated Clearing House network, broadly known as ACH. This supposedly “electronic” network enables people to transfer funds from one bank account to another. The basis of this argument is really two fold.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

They can accrue huge value by reducing friction and aggregating supply and demand — particularly because they have the ability to build network effects and economies of scale. In the last few years, incumbents have started to adopt technology to fix inefficiencies, but they’ve focused on tools to streamline individual tasks (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Launched in 1987, the company provides hundreds of transportation and hospitality providers with inventory management and booking services. If you can map every oasis in a desert, you’ve created a transportation network. Gogoro’s public debut could supercharge EV battery swapping across the globe.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win. The BCV team understood the opportunities that can come out of a business that integrates hardware, logistics and software into a single solution, as well as the challenges that come with building in many areas simultaneously,” says Gulley.

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Continuations

OCTOBER 18, 2019

This made sense in the age of the printed newspaper and the telephone network of yesteryear. The second trap is misunderstanding network effects. But each of these three separate networks would still be ridiculously powerful in its own right and so would be Twitter and whatever new networks are yet to come.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

David Goldhill, in his enlightening book Catastrophic Care , declared: “…a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. How far in advance do you have to book an appointment ( the average is 24 days )? Can you cancel or reschedule online?

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

How An Algorithm Transformed The Music Industry And Created The Mobile & Social Web As the music industry recently announced its first annual revenue growth after 15 years of uninterrupted contraction, I thought it was a good time to share some of the things I learnt from reading Stephen Witt’s book How Music Got Free.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Founders : Before beU delivery, Hao Zheng, who leads the team as chief executive, was the founder and CEO of Yooul, a social networking app in China. The only worry is incumbents might want to eat into Duplo’s meal — but then again, the market is massive. YC-backed Duplo raises $1.3M Website : getnashglobal.com/.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Ones that offer amazing value (low relative margins) at high volumes that makes it nearly impossible for high-cost incumbents to compete. How does the incumbent respond? That is what Clay Christenson defined in his book as “The Innovator’s Dilemma.”. How do existing incumbents compete with that? It’s remarkable.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 26, 2021

Even with $125K from YC and $1–2M in venture funding, a startup’s credit limit is still likely to tap out at $20K from an incumbent creditor—which is not nearly enough to cover software, marketing, and other expenses. incumbent offerings which only offered end-of-month reconciliation). The incumbent system involves three key “stacks.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

For example, he says there aren’t standard contracts, and there isn’t a financial services network that holds deposits and settles payments. Nyshex can also match freight bookings and physical container movements.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

But it can certainly help provide additional valuable information to customers, importers and exporters,” Chen said, adding, “We try to empower incumbents to compete with Flexport. Once a job is confirmed, GoFreight manages bookings, real-time shipments and any necessary electronic filings.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In a few days, Thiel and Masters will release a book version of these notes called Zero to One: Notes on Startups or How to Build the Future. These are my three favorite ideas from the book. Second, network effects that enable the business to grow faster as it scales. I was given a copy at TechCrunch Disrupt. Fourth, a brand.

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Continuations

MAY 29, 2020

Openness: anyone can join a globally connected network and express themselves without being trolled or harassed. By reducing the network effect lock in of the incumbents. In other words, require Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc. to be fully programmable in order to have their liability limited.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Years ago we had been to the Ritz Carlton nearby and we were saved by Trip Advisor because a commenter had mentioned that one of the wings was under renovation so we were able to book the right side of the hotel. Sure, I’d like to know what my Facebook friends think about the wine, books, films, hotels, airlines, etc.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

We’ll have the new Discovery Stage featuring in-depth demos and speaker Q&As, roundtables, networking, breakout sessions and more. Remember to book your tickets to the show today before prices go up $1,100. . How To Build Your Early VC Network: Turning Social Capital Into Financial Capital. Disrupt Stage Agenda.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

And you can learn a lot of what you need just by reading the top three books on it and just practicing the craft, right? What you should do, since now you're out of Twitch, you should do a professional network that's powered by the blockchain that, and I'm going to say this as kindly. Because people don't love the incumbent right now.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. Ezra Klein : Hello and welcome to the Ezra Klein Show, a podcast on Vox Media Podcast Network.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

Brian Halligan [02:14] – I basically just block all that day Wednesday so no one can book a meeting there. I think what helped a lot of introverts, I don’t know about you guys, is when that lady wrote that, what was her name, wrote that book. Craig Cannon [03:56] – I felt that after that book came out.

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