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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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Europe is roughly the same as the US. These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. That is the definition of Disruptive Technology. The next part of the margin mix online video companies must get control of is talent margins.

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Penpot inks $8M as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe’s $20B acquisition move

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Now, a Spanish startup called Penpot — which is taking a new approach to design collaboration through an open source platform that brings designers and developers into the mix simultaneously — says that it’s been seeing a huge amount of adoption since the Figma deal.

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SoftBank-backed Oyo files for $1.16 billion IPO

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Much like every other hospitality and travel firm, Oyo was also severely disrupted by the pandemic. That deal immediately proved to be a success, which then propelled Agarwal to explore broadening his offering — now using technology — to focus on what were the neglected segments of the market. Oyo’s offerings.

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The Duolingo EC-1

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From humble origins a decade ago as a translation platform for news agencies, it’s now used by 500 million people across the world to learn Spanish, English, French and more, all while generating bookings of $190 million in 2020. Discover how Duolingo started with CEO Luis von Ahn at Disrupt 2021.

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WaitWhat raises $12M to double down on what comes after podcasts

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Maybe in-car calls need to be disrupted soon, too). ” An existing iteration on the podcast theme — a entrepreneur training course that it has developed in connection with its Masters of Scale podcast, has been downloaded 10,000 times in its first 8 weeks on the market. .”

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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

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Second, while financial terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed by the two companies, but we have confirmed other details with Go1’s co-CEO and founder Andrew Barnes: the acquisition is a mix of cash and shares. “But there was never something before Go1 that looked like a great fit,” Seim said.

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History of The MP3

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As such, the history of the MP3 gives an excellent framework to anticipate how disruptive 10x innovations impact a market, and who the winners and losers of such breakthroughs will be. These were the knob-twiddling soundboard jockeys who actually mixed the albums. The MP3 is a perfect case study of Innovator’s Dilemma.