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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt. Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between.

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Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab hosts Global Demo Day of Disruptive Startups

American Entrepreneurship

The disruptive technology-enabled startups are being showcased at its Demo Day, following their five-month participation in the Labs’ accelerator program. “At FLUIX: provides autonomous AI for infrastructure that saves up to 40% in energy costs. Twelve of 23 cohort members are based in U.S.

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As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future

TechCrunch

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. The company is driving change in the industry through the open sourcing of materials for others to benefit, and in doing so, is becoming the industry’s standard bearer on sustainability practices. The fashion industry alone dumps 2.1

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Future First: Finding Opportunity in Global Challenges

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Alice Mann’s latest book, Future First: How Successful Leaders Turn Innovation Challenges into New Value Frontiers is an important read for any business leader or entrepreneur who wishes to embrace global challenges as innovation opportunities. Why do you believe they are opportunities for leaders and companies?

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The enormous challenges and abundant opportunities in climate tech

TechCrunch

The decarbonization of the planet will be the next major disruption of the 21st century, according to SOSV managing general partner Sean O’Sullivan and Carmichael Roberts of Breakthrough Energy Ventures. ” This opportunity has helped climate tech become one of the hottest sectors to invest in. .”

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Innovation Through Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written by Ruchir Punjabi , the co-founder and chief digital officer of Distributed Energy , a company that matches investors with renewable energy projects across Africa, Middle East and India, and the founder of Langoor, which was sold to Havas Group in 2019. For example, my energy business matches investors with renewable projects.

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6 Ways a Retreat from Globalization Could Impact Entrepreneurs (For the Better)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

More companies are near-shoring production and localizing or regionalizing operations because, as Foroohar explains, “rising wages in emerging markets and increasing energy inflation have made it more costly and less productive to ship products all over the world.”. While paradigm shifts can be scary, they also bring opportunity.