TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

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Venture Well

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Our experts offer five tips to help early-stage startups manage global supply chain disruptions. The post 5 Strategies for Startups Navigating an Uncertain Supply Chain appeared first on VentureWell.

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Dream It

AUGUST 10, 2020

Red Flag #1: Trendy Buzzwords Red Flag #2: Superlative Overuse Red Flag #3: Words that shall not be spoken Red Flag #1: Buzzword Bingo Founders often throw around words like “disrupt”, “revolutionize” and other trendy buzzwords in their pitch. Consider, many customers don’t actually want to be “disrupted”.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

” With a favorable regulatory environment, a growing demand for innovative financial solutions, and a dynamic startup ecosystem, the stage is set for continued disruption.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself. Was this episode from five years ago?

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JULY 15, 2015

Not yet, because it seems like the NYC government picks and chooses which startups it wants to go after depending on which lobby being disrupted complains the most. Given that kind of environment, what's the likelihood that the next Uber or Airbnb will want to set up shop in New York City?

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

an industry I deemed “ ripe for disruption ”?—?in But we believed in the founders, Jonathan Neman, Nicolas Jammet, and Nathaniel Ru, and their vision of a healthier way to eat. What did we see in the then-regional salad company? Its potential to transform fast food?—?an in the same way Starbucks transformed coffee.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Society is reorienting to a new post-pandemic norm?—?even even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Freedom and Disruption. Disruption: Market failures are the bane of my existence. Disruption: Market failures are the bane of my existence. As an entrepreneur, I can turn industries on their head by disrupting them with innovative products.”. Kean Graham, EO Vancouver, founder and CEO, Monetize More. Realizing Dreams.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Primarily, there are three levels of innovation: incremental, sustaining and disruptive. Disruptive innovation is what most people mean when they say innovation. The opportunities for disruption often don’t just hurt your business but disrupt the market on the whole with a completely new product service.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 13, 2013

Despite everything it theoretically knows about me, Facebook ad units disrupt my feed. It provides me the least amount of critical and impactful value--and it feels like, compared to a year ago, it provides less and less value because of its efforts to monetize. They are glaringly in the way, lowering the quality of the signal even further.

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500

OCTOBER 25, 2019

In the decade since the Great Recession, we have seen digital upstarts – taking advantage of disruptive technologies from AI to IoT – reshape the economy and the corporate pecking order. The following is an excerpt from 500’s CVC report. How has corporate venture capital changed?

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500

JUNE 9, 2020

Supply chains have been disrupted, businesses have had to close or operate at limited capacity for months, and even founders have had to expand their fundraising timeframes as we saw in our 2020 Female Founders Data Report. There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has affected nearly every industry globally.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

I’m convinced WeWork is part of a sea change in how business think about real estate, and from great disruption comes great economic opportunity. How big these winners will be is not a game I’m in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In March 2020 when the pandemic hit and the US shut down, the events industry was completely disrupted. The disruption impacted my business negatively in a significant way. The entire industry ground to a halt. In my company, projects left and right were being cancelled or put on hold indefinitely.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2015

We will have two well-funded companies educating the market on why this market opportunity for the $24 billion US storage market is ripe for disruption. But the bigger truth is the competition is important. When we funded Sam , Rahul and team at MakeSpace > 2.5

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Revolution

MARCH 28, 2023

The platform continues to achieve historical milestones, garnering more than 100 million users in its first two months, marking the beginning of a new era of disruption. There is inevitably upheaval and unforeseen pitfalls that come with disruptive new technology, but there are also many reasons for optimism.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Invite participation through disruptive activations. Do something disruptive and leverage TikTok’s participatory nature to create a true cultural moment for your brand. You’ll want to design a challenge concept that tees up virality, and music that perfectly coordinates (second-by-second). Interested in standing out from the pack?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

Why is it ready for disruption? That could lead you to conclude that there’s more evidence that VC is being disrupted by outsiders. Your business needs to be cast in a story that puts it into perspective. Why is your market broken? Why is your solution 10x better? Why are you the unique person to solve this problem?

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APRIL 11, 2022

A few years ago, I was at Techcrunch Disrupt and this guy taps me on the shoulder as I was chatting in a group. He simply extended a handshake and said: “Hi, sorry to interrupt. My name is Alan. My company is Bread and we make ad creative super easy.

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MARCH 30, 2015

Innovation continues to disrupt older industries, create opportunities, and create new streams of revenue. The later stage guys would just have to wait longer for the company to grow into its valuation. If you''re a long term investor, you''ll realize that the market for new technology continues to grow.

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500

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We’ve recently partnered with LA Fund, an innovative hospitality-focused venture fund, to launch a bootcamp for startups building products that have the potential to disrupt this space. One which you may not have heard much about is HTaaS — or Hospitality Tech as a Service.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

The ones above are the ones I’ve prioritized this year (other than Disrupt – I never seem to get invited to that one). Angels have been prolific for years now and they, too, rely on downstream money to cover their bets. And we live in public so many people are able just to reach out. And there’s conferences. Web Summit.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2021

Kara Goldin is a force of nature: Authentic, unafraid of failure, and creative in pushing boundaries and disrupting the status quo. When you’re trying to disrupt an established category: Go outside of your business to search for inspiration and ideas. I wanted to reset, disrupt, create something that helped people.”.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

At the second American Dynamism Summit in January, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks sat down for an interview with Wall Street Journal national security and foreign policy editor Sharon Weinberger. Here is a transcript of their conversation. service members.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2015

I met Sarah in person at Techcrunch Disrupt in NYC a few years ago. So when Meg and Carolyn wanted help on their announcement, I knew the right person to cover it from the tech side-- Sarah Perez from Techcrunch. We had connected by e-mail about Tinybop and I knew she was interested in kids apps and companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

With private markets capturing more value in the future and continued disruption of every industry – can LPs afford NOT to be long in Venture Capital? to raise “opportunity funds” to fund the prorata participation of their best early-stage investments.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That being said, we have seen many examples of large companies that get disrupted by smaller, scrappier startups. What general advice do you have for entrepreneurs looking to compete with larger competitors in the marketplace? Taking on bigger (and better funded) competitors is not easy. Many paths to successful startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

With his extensive industry experience and visionary leadership, Jordan has established Equifund as a pivotal player in disrupting middle market investment banking. Registered with both FINRA and SEC, Equifund is dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and educating investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2017

And the giant gets disrupted precisely because its cost structure to serve its customers and its cash cow, high-priced offering makes it nearly impossible for it to try compete. And what prompted this lawsuit?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

If it takes compulsive individuals to be at the absolute peek in sports or music – why wouldn’t it take the same to create a disruptive product or service that can change an industry. I know it sounds cliché. But I would ask you this. It’s not a 9-to-5 job. It’s not for people with soft elbows or compressed egos.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

We have no doubt that the storage market is being disrupted and that each city is lined with what will look like ex Blockbuster Video locations one day or frankly be converted to more productive / high value use since many of them are urban. That’s some of what I suspect that team at 8VC saw in MakeSpace.

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APRIL 6, 2015

I''m probably biased against just out of school hackers who think that just because they built a thing, they''re going to disrupt an industry they don''t care about understanding. We all have biases--and not all bias is bad. Am I wrong to have that? Do I want to change that?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

How did the pandemic disrupt your company, and what pivot did you make in response? Our classes gained quick popularity as peoples’ lives were disrupted and routines turned upside down. The Table Less Traveled operated international, boutique tours emphasizing building local relationships through food experiences.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 22, 2020

You have to go back to the Depression and World War II to find a disruption of this magnitude—and that shaped an entire generation. This will definitely be a generation shaping event—one in which we’re going to undergo a lot of pain and difficulty, but ultimately, for the better.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

Expect a disruption of normal terms (expect to get paid slower, but you may have to pay faster). During economic disruption, customers will take longer to pay and vendors will need to be paid faster. . • In a crisis, you must have a keen understanding of when profit turns to cash.

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