Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with co-founder and CEO of Mercury Immad Akhund about the idea of a minimum delightful product in fintech, doing the spreadsheet math on unit economics early on, and how to compete in a category already filled with incumbents. When I first started in 2006, everything was really bad.

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incumbents founder leadership advice 95

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Leading the round is M2 Asset Management, the Swedish investment company controlled by Rutger Arnhult, and asset management firm Coeli. For me, this is an investment in a tech company with long-term owners, who are just at the beginning of their journey. Next stop, Norway. I see great growth potential in the bank.”. Anyfin bags €4.8M

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incumbents sustainability board accelerator 93

TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Lately, we’ve had to touch on rolling funds, solo GPs and a faster-than-ever investing cadence that has rewritten the rules of venture investing. The investing group focuses on European fintech. In a perfect world, the answer is no, because realizations equal investments, so you are self-sustaining.

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VC venture capital incumbents capital 102

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

When evaluating new marketplace investments, we are naturally biased towards entrepreneurs who understand the strategic rationale behind the argument for a lower rake. Booking.com was not always the online leader in Europe – in fact they were a disrupter stealing the flag from other large incumbents.

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strategy networking disruption sustainability 101

Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

30:00 – Investing in yourself. Jarvis Johnson [00:30:39] – Right, but it’s like for personal capital, like investing in yourself. Jarvis Johnson [00:54:57] – Yeah, that was like, 2006, 2007. 00:00 – Jarvis’ intro. 00:30 – Where his videos first got traction. I don’t know what for.

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peer-to-peer advice creativity opportunity 44

Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

Brian Halligan [17:10] – Yep, if I thought there was, the arbitrage opportunity when we started HubSpot in 2006 was generating leads online. What’s fascinating to me about my mornings is those six startups, and they are startups, are all very much part of my life and have completely disrupted the incumbents in those space.

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