Revolution

JUNE 10, 2019

There is something inherently exciting about this growth and the opportunities it implies. and by substantial amounts of invested capital in formal amenities required by incumbent brands that are frequently cost centers rather than profit centers (lobby restaurant, room service, etc.).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

At first, Lydia was a peer-to-peer payment app. the new trading feature could represent a big opportunity for the future of the French startup. By adding more products on top of peer-to-peer payments, Lydia wants to drive engagement. Times are changing. But now, many VC firms have raised huge funds.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking. There is a massive opportunity to provide products and services that will make life better for today’s seniors and future generations of older adults to come.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

to “scale given the market opportunity.” to “scale given the market opportunity.” The cloud is growing expensive. A separate report from Gartner forecasts that worldwide spending on public cloud services will grow to total $591.8 billion in 2023, up from $490.3 billion in 2022. ” “H.I.G.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

The business opportunity for remittance is lucrative despite digital lenders vying for less than 20% of the international money market dominated by traditional offline players. Their collective bet is that their market will grow over time and eat into traditional incumbents’ share. Whether that’ll happen remains to be seen.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Notably, Metromile saw its valuation decline over 85% and was subsequently acquired by peer Lemonade , and it hasn’t been alone in losing a lot of value and being eyed by peers and incumbents. If you’re an investor who’d like to participate in future surveys, fill out this form.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

More recently, this trend has shifted a bit within the Bay Area, which today’s giants like Uber, Airbnb, and Stripe being built in San Francisco proper while incumbents down south have begun scooping up premium commercial real estate in the city. Well, that time has finally come. These questions have been rattling around my brain. Here goes….

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Internet usage continues to skyrocket, with 29.3 billion networked devices projected to be in use by 2023 and the growth rate currently at around 10%. This Series C is being led by D2 Investments, a new investment fund with LPs from the U.S. This Series C is being led by D2 Investments, a new investment fund with LPs from the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

If you’ve ever taken out a mortgage, you know how painful and tedious the process can be. In an effort to make it simpler, faster and cheaper, a pair of former Blend employees have teamed up to build mortgage loan origination software that will connect banks, credit unions, mortgage bankers and brokers. trillion in loan originations in 2022.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 30, 2021

But where there is a gap, there is an opportunity. Gusto launched in 2012 to tackle this opportunity, and more. In the long run, software platforms have the potential to be much larger than traditional incumbents. There are nearly six million small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the country, employing 43 million people.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations. Scaling a consumer-focused financial platform—that is also now the primary bank account for millions of UK consumers—in the midst of a once in a century pandemic is close to impossible.

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Unvalidated Learnings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

There are two ways to size a market opportunity: top-down ( adding up the revenues of all the companies operating on that market today) and bottom-up ( coming up with an estimate for how many people would be willing to pay for the service, and at what price). What’s yours? ”?—?below below is my answer to his question. Four things: 1.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2013

Being on those lists and getting into certain events has real impact on your opportunity set, and that's not b t at all. You're in a different network of peers and they're getting some invites that you don't. I succeeded. I couldn't wait to join the upper level team the next year. Except, they didn't invite me back.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

00:00 – Jarvis’ intro. 00:30 – Where his videos first got traction. 1:10 – Being part of the software industry while critiquing it. 3:45 – How he got into programming. 6:10 – Moving to California. 7:30 – Interning at Google then Yelp. 9:00 – Interviewing multiple times at the same company. Google Play.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

You can try it out at HubSpot.com. Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC and cofounder of Wufoo. Brian is on Twitter @bhalligan and Kevin is @ilikevests. 00:00 – Brian’s an introvert that likes to work from home. He also runs a public company. How does he do both? 1:45 – How does he manage his calendar as an introvert? Google Play.

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