founder incumbents opportunity 
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 22, 2015
For starters – the co-founder of Clutter.io, Ari Mir, is a friend and 6 years ago I backed the first startup he co-founded with Ophir Tanz , GumGum. 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.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 13, 2011
Revolution is a “stage agnostic&# fund (means they invest early or late) funded entirely by Steve Case , the founder of AOL and co-founded by two other individuals, Tige Savage (yes, pronounced like the golfer, minus the “r&# ) and Donn Davis. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC.
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Dream It
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
But founders are often so consumed with talking metrics, milestones achieved, or the capital they need that they sometimes forget to talk about their overarching vision for their startups. As all investors know from the case of Uber, you cannot size a market based on an incumbent. It’s not about the slide deck.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
I’m a female founder. I don’t have a technical co-founder. These are all of the things I heard from a founder that I recently backed. So what about all of the above statements—things that founders widely hold to be true barriers to fundraising? Nearly half of the teams I’ve backed have female founders.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 19, 2022
Today a startup that is building tools to help incumbent address this challenge is announcing a round of funding on the back of a lot of demand for its services. “T hey are seeing the impact of the alternatives,” he said, with the migration away from the incumbents happening gradually. That’s a common thing.”
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
As entrepreneurs many people are driven to solve their personal issues right in front of them, which leads a disproportionate number of founders to focus on: music, bars, restaurants, photos, etc. Mission Driven I also am looking for founders that are on a personal mission to solve a big problem. But really it’s something I look for.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2016
I was asked again in an LP meeting later in the week and then again at a founder breakfast gathering we hosted yesterday. I fall in love with both the founders and the concept. I spend hours thinking about the products, competitors, market opportunities, recruiting and financing of these businesses. I fall in love.”
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