AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 31, 2023

Harshet Lunani, Qoala’s Founder and CEO, said the recent funding would enable the firm to further simplify insurance ownership by advancing its product offerings and experience, strengthening its position for sustainable growth in the region. The post Indonesia’s Qoala scores $7.5m

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incumbents economic growth sustainability enablement 96

Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 21, 2022

UBP presented an opportunity to reinvent the account executive (AE) compensation model. AEs deliberately undersized the contract commitment to ensure customer happiness and create opportunities to re-engage the customer for expansion. Gross profit equals revenue minus COGS. Lee shared a counterpoint to the reflex to cut GTM spend.

startup 79

startup incumbents accelerator sustainability 79

Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Inside sales teams selling $5-30K products can sustain a deal velocity of 3-8 transactions per month, depending on quota. Higher price points decrease sales velocity, the number of deals closed per sales rep per unit time, and increase sales volatility, the chances a deal closes. What should my unit of pricing be?

SaaS 110

SaaS strategy enablement startup 110

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Teampay will collaborate with Mastercard “deeper” going forward, Hoag says, to “mutually explore opportunities” that “enhance product capabilities at scale.” But the total addressable market is certainly large enough to sustain more than one vendor — Grand View Research estimated its size at $15.9

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economic environments incumbents financing finance 86

TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Part of our mission at Draper Esprit is to democratize venture capital, as Simon would say; and [being listed on the main market] increases that opportunity. In a perfect world, the answer is no, because realizations equal investments, so you are self-sustaining. funds with an angle on technology.

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VC venture capital incumbents capital 102

TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

But if you focus and leave your preconceptions behind, you’ll find that beyond the skein of valuations and share prices, there is a world of spirited dealmaking, ripe with impetus for building a sustainable industry.

startup 99

startup digital therapeutics health development 99

Hunter Walk

MAY 17, 2024

A recent essay covered the ‘AI gold rush’ and as it related to startups operating in this area, very much ‘caution ahead’ in terms of building a sustainable, differentiated business. Are there specific paths/opportunities in AI that you believe startups are actually better qualified to take advantage of than incumbents?

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founder startup coworking culture 109

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The round was led by investors Aegon Asset Management and the Avenue Sustainable Solutions Fund. . ” Of course, the incumbents are also starting to produce tankless heaters, but Intellihot believes it has an edge in the approach it takes.

hospitality 71

hospitality sustainability energy incumbents 71

TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

These platforms have become popular with neobanks or upstarts in different segments trying to embed financial services into their offerings because large, incumbent banks have been relatively slow to bring their services up to speed with the pace of change in the world of tech and banking.

startup 93

startup incumbents financing finance 93

TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Weder planned on using the Series A funding to expand across Mexico and Latin America — a market he told me represents a $600 billion opportunity — and that’s just what the company did. The global pandemic helped a lot in terms of grocery adoption in Latin America,” he added. Before, it was 1% and now it is 3% and growing aggressively.”.

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capital venture capital incumbents sustainability 92

TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

“Establishing a healthy and sustainable community has to do a lot with managing emotions, negativity in particular,” Daily.dev co-founder and CEO Nimrod Kramer explained to TechCrunch. Kramer reckons that most of the incumbents are either too general or too focused on specific problems.

mix-use 93

mix-use communities incumbents collaboration 93

Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 28, 2012

It would be foolish for any investor to write off consumer investing as a category because of the massive opportunity consumer internet companies offer. It depends on the incumbents successfully developing new revenue models that can be either syndicated to or replicated by new startups. Fatigue is too strong a characterization.

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investment investing social gaming incumbents 40

OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

While incumbent competitor Mattress Firm began a process of consolidation and subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2018, Casper announced it would be opening 200 retail locations across the US. Buyers now expect stores to offer an opportunity to connect with a brand in a way that is relational rather than purely transactional. “A

sustainability 51

sustainability incumbents technology strategy 51

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Despite the ease of product building, sustainable growth has become increasingly challenging as many traditional channels no longer deliver the same results. In these challenging times, we explore the remaining growth opportunities. Show Notes 00:00 – What growth opportunities exist in 2023? 03:00 – What still works in growth?

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incumbents frameworks leadership culture 80

StartupNation

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Startups often overlook market research, specifically the market-in approach, but it is a crucial component of a successful, sustainable growth strategy. In-depth market research and analysis is necessary for startups to identify opportunities, develop strategies to take advantage of those opportunities, and then execute.

startup 107

startup strategy incumbents disruption 107

TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

I met Cruz Foam co-founder John Felts during the memorable Accelerator at Sea hosted by the Sustainable Ocean Alliance. We seek innovation from everywhere and we know sometimes the newest ideas don’t necessarily come from the incumbents in the industry.” ” In the Accelerator over the Sea. .”

ecology 99

ecology sustainability innovation pitching 99

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. Unfortunately, there are many companies that should not have raised as much as they did, or perhaps don’t have sustainable business models.

peer-to-peer 92

peer-to-peer sustainability ventures technology 92

Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The financial opportunity of doing so is massive: an estimated $3-10 trillion in EBITDA will be up for grabs. Electrifying these vehicles is a big carbon opportunity: while buses and trucks only represent 10% of the vehicles on the road, they generate 30 percent of the sector’s global greenhouse gas emissions.

energy 97

energy startup transportation construction 97

TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

To learn more about the opportunities they’re chasing and to discover how climate change is shaping their investment thesis, he surveyed: Daniela V. Basically, it’s Uber’s attempt to follow the Instacart model, which is working well for the incumbent grocery delivery company,” she reports.

incumbents 96

incumbents energy ventures disruption 96

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

High rakes also create a natural impetus for suppliers to look elsewhere, which endangers sustainability. High volume combined with a modest rake is the perfect formula for a true organic marketplace and a sustainable competitive advantage. As Jeff Bezos is fond of saying, “ your margin is my opportunity.”.

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strategy networking disruption sustainability 101

Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

In just liking to make fun of things, or liking to try and be funny and criticize things, it seemed like a good sort of opportunity to do that. But it was more that this opportunity came up that was not something that was in my purview, which was working at Patreon. Jarvis Johnson [00:02:14] – Because I was like, wow.

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peer-to-peer advice creativity opportunity 45

A Smart Bear

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

They say things like “we have a unique feature” and “the incumbents are dumb,” which might be true, but isn’t a strategy. If you can’t find one sustainable, sizable source of customers, the company is doomed. Maximize opportunity rather than minimize down-side. Founders almost never have a real strategy. Karma works.

culture 161

culture strategy SaaS founder 161

TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Hear from its creator Anatoly Yakovenko about the opportunities and challenges ahead as Solana seeks to take web3 to mobile devices in a push for mass adoption. So how should startups that have incumbents to take on, other startups to best, or both, approach the balance between growth and spend this year? with Peter A.

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disruption pitching VC ventures 81

Revolution

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In 2025, startups beyond the coasts and outside of the traditional tech hubs will face new challenges and, with customary resourcefulness, also seize new opportunities. With scarcer exit opportunities and LPs looking for returns, VCs may retreat further to perceived safety in traditional techhubs.

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startup ecosystem startup incumbents venture capital 189