TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

Companies want to build for the pain point you never dreamed to disrupt; VCs want to invest in an emerging trend before it becomes a household name; and those breaking into tech are told to lean into their earnestness, because you never know who is going to answer your cold email. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Luos , a participant in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield competition this week, wants to make it easy for embedded hardware developers to connect to any hardware component, such as a motor or sensor, then build a reusable configuration profile to give them the same type of flexibility that software engineers have with microservices.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Meet Fizz, the social app downloaded by ‘95% of Stanford undergrads’ . We’re less than one month away from TechCrunch Disrupt, and I’m already emotional. First up, use code “STARTUPS” for a special reader discount for Disrupt tickets. If you were laid off, go here to get a free ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt’s Expo.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Demoing as part of the Battlefield 200 cohort at TC Disrupt this week, Zette is trying to achieve something that others before have tried. A new startup wants to help online media outlets make money by making it easier for consumers to access paywalled content without being locked in to multiple subscriptions. So, how does it all work?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In 2014, they pitched MicroBlink at TechCrunch Disrupt in London. Photomath has now attracted over 220 million downloads. It planned to sell its core technology to other companies that might find it useful. And things changed drastically overnight as Photomath reached the first spot of the iOS App Store.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

So here are all of the bacteria and fungi and importantly what is the relative amount of each of those bacteria,” explains CEO and co-founder Priyanka Jain, noting that users also get their test data in a downloadable format so they can take the information to their healthcare provider if they wish.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

And they’re also increasingly not downloading or using apps on their phone — or they don’t even have a phone that you can use an app on. They’re probably not using email [and] they probably don’t even have an email address. For employers who manage an in-person workforce, attrition is a huge issue.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

This post was a shortened version of a more detailed post he had written for his own blog titled “ A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff.” On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

I’ve written more about “why now” in the context of pitching elsewhere , but it’s interesting to see that surface. There’s a stark change: Investors are spending 60% more time on the financials section of a pitch deck compared to a year ago. Decks are getting shorter; last year, the average successful deck had 19 slides.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

London-based femtech, Hormona , which is pitching its hormone tracker in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt, hopes to encourage people with periods to do just that: Add hormone-monitoring to their quantified health mix. Today it’s announcing the launch of its app in the U.S. Image Credit: Haje Kamps / TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

From the earliest pitch decks I had ever created. But vaginal douching, vaginal washing, any scented douches and period care items they disrupt your vaginal microbiome and they leave you prone to greater risk of vaginal infections — including STIs.” Image credits: Daye. They look to the floor. They avoid eye contact.”

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