TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Users download Leda Health’s app and are prompted to type in information while they save evidence of the assault, such as ripped panties, in separate Ziploc bags. . “Disruptive innovation in any industry is never comfortable; it never starts out as something that the incumbents are pleased with,” Sheth said. “I’m

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

It initially targeted a tiny niche of users: few people were on the Internet with a fast enough connection at the time, no one had an MP3 player, and there was nowhere convenient to download MP3 files. incumbents simply did not have the right teams to adapt to the changing environment. There is also a DNA issue at stake?—?incumbents

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

Then came client-server, which also launched new winners at the expense of older incumbents. Most interestingly, new company wealth (pure play Internet companies) far exceeds “transitioned wealth” (incumbent companies transitioning their model successfully to the new platform). TripAdvisor and Yelp rule the day, not Frommers and Zagat.

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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).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Raji sees adoption of Statsig coming from a few different places: developers and engineers that are downloading it and using it to serve a few million people a month, and then through referrals. The Seattle-based company on Thursday announced $10.4 Now the company is talking to bigger customers.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

There are so many directions this can go—fighting disease, slowing aging, merging humans and computers, downloading memories, genetic programming, etc. As they expanded into new areas, they spun off multiple companies as joint-ventures. It’s still early, but it seems like we’re finally making real progress hacking biology.

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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? Does your product dramatically reduce costs in an industry with large incumbents and fat margins? How do existing incumbents compete with that?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Thndr, launched in late 2020 by Ahmad Hammouda and Seif Amr , is filling the gap by making it easier to open and manage investment accounts, consequently replacing traditionally slow and outdated processes by incumbents. So how has Thndr managed to garner more than 300,000 downloads just providing local stocks?

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Bill is a general partner at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley’s really legendary venture capital firms. He is one of Silicon Valley’s legendary venture capitalists. He was named the venture capitalist of the year in 2016 at the TechCrunch’s annual Crunchy awards. Before we jump into it. A quick couple of plugs.

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