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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

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The founder of Parachute, Ariel Kaye , had a clear vision for what she wanted to disrupt and how she thought she could do it. I will avoid talking about Ring (for obviously reasons) but can return to how Jamie built an amazing business in a future post. and thumbing through undifferentiated products in plastic wrapping.

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

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I discussed it in my post on the topic linked above. ** One small note: many VCs who got into the industry in 2001 or later have never seen a “carry&# check. The hardest thing is deciding what the right time to allow founder liquidity is.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. I see opportunities for disruption all around me and am meeting amazingly talented entrepreneurs. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out.

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Hockey Stick Growth Explained

Feedough

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings. Such demand and other metrics of a disruptive startup, when represented in the form of a graph, form a shape of a hockey stick. Did we miss something?

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How Understanding Multigenerational Workforces Can Make You a Better Leader

StartupNation

Generation Z (2001-2020) = 5%. Employees must align their ambitions with a strategy that will help them obtain it, whereas employers need to proactively address any generational gaps or disruptions. Breakdown of workforce by generation : Traditionalists (1925-1945) = 2%. Baby boomers (1946- 1964) = 25%. Generation X (1965-1980) = 33%.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.”

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Extra Crunch roundup: Edtech VC survey, 5 founder mistakes, fintech liquidity, more

TechCrunch

Since the pandemic disrupted the social rhythms of work and school, many of us have compensated by changing our relationship to digital media. Rapid shifts in the way we buy goods and services disrupted old-school marketplaces like local newspapers and the Yellow Pages. End-to-end operators are the next generation of consumer business.

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