TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The sands of market power are shifting and incumbents are poorly-positioned to adapt to evolving customer needs, so there’s a massive opportunity for us to capitalize.” . Founded by McGinniss, Brian Maxwell and Ahmed Salman, David Energy raised $1.5 million in pre-seed financing back in March 2020. .”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

We seek innovation from everywhere and we know sometimes the newest ideas don’t necessarily come from the incumbents in the industry.” We want to create new technologies around new types of materials that we can deploy into industries, be it automotive, construction, consumer goods.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

One incredible thing about this deck is that, in seeing its construction, I can imagine the frustration of Five Flute’s founder. That’s Five Flute’s competition slide, and the company argues that none of the incumbents or competitors are positioned to tackle this segment. Go-to-market slide. Closing/contact us slide.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 3, 2016

Textura provides collaboration tools for the construction industry and is based in Illinois. Large software incumbents must bolster their product portfolios so their sales teams have new products to sell. OPower is an Arlington Virginia based company that employs approximately 600 people.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

Startups like these are keeping the incumbents (relatively speaking) on their toes. Handle.com raises $10M Series A for construction payment compliance. Tomo, a PayPal for the mortgage industry started by former Zillow execs, lands $40M at a $640M valuation ; TechCrunch covered the startup’s seed round last June. In other news.

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

I find it kind of fascinating when fintechs buy incumbents, and I expect we’ll only continue to see more of it. I’m always open to constructive feedback, so let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see more — or less — of. This newsletter is a work in progress, so I’m experimenting with different formats, lengths, etc.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two factors often come down to how Q&A will be shared and/or if we are the incumbent. Phases: Construct the options based on the main phases involved in the assignment (e.g. Outputs: Construct options using outputs (deliverables, specific work product). There are times to ask questions and times not to.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Their wireless sensors capture five frames per second of thermal body heat data — posture, quality of sleep and temperature — and then turn that into insights that customers can use to make decisions on anything from constructing a building to planning how people will coexist in physician spaces.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Shlomo claims the company currently has “hundreds” of customers across retail, agriculture, robotics, autonomous vehicles and construction, although he declined to reveal revenue figures. Shlomo says it’s incumbent on the companies using Dataloop’s tools to affect change — not necessarily Dataloop itself. “We

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A Smart Bear

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

They say things like “we have a unique feature” and “the incumbents are dumb,” which might be true, but isn’t a strategy. Often there’s a constructive learning inside which you should take to heart, but discard the petulant packaging. Founders almost never have a real strategy. Editing is 10x easier than writing. Just stop already.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Brief History Of Game Engines Humans have always desired to construct and explore worlds of our own imagination. A game engine is the canvas by which these real-time 3D interactive worlds are constructed and rendered. In tech, there is always a constant pendulum swing between unbundling and rebundling.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Other considerations include market size, incumbent strength, founder fit with an enterprise-like sales cycle, and ability to create significantly better-electrified products faster than the incumbents can modify their existing lines and supply chains. Construction vehicles (4%): Very early category with limited progress to date.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Rachel Holt , co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. This trend will continue, and the larger incumbents will be working hard to get their act together for streamlining fulfillment rather than let the delivery fleets capture all of the upsides. Shawn Carolan , partner, Menlo Ventures. Dave Clark , partner, Expa.

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Revolution

JUNE 3, 2021

Despite waiting for a “return to normal,” it’s clear that over the last year society has been constructing a “new normal.” Venture investors pay close attention to the innovation that emerges when startups unbundle the offerings of industry incumbents. The same thing is happening with startup talent recruitment and retention.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

But it is illustrative of the measures that financial services companies — incumbents and fintechs alike — are taking to make their installment loans available to more consumers. In other words, it wants to help fintechs be in a stronger position to compete with incumbents, something it believes will benefit consumers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

. “We’ve made it a priority to focus on safe and quality enterprise data collections in the construction of our training sets to avoid biased or toxic data and copyright infringement,” he said. “Overall, our commitment to ethical and responsible training of AI models sets us apart from our competitors.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Fintech startups have thrown a curve ball into the world of financial services by building more flexible, cheaper and user-friendly tools to businesses and consumers, who in turn are walking away from older incumbents and taking their custom to newer providers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Investment in construction automation is essential to rebuilding US infrastructure. While the Biden administration’s plan will certainly expand the workforce, it also provides a massive opportunity for the adoption of automation technologies within the construction industry. How to fundraise over Zoom more effectively.

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