Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 1, 2020

Plains Venture Partners is a growth-oriented venture fund focused on investing in entrepreneurs and technologies with a strong potential for disruption. Since 2007, iMCI and i2E, Inc. Plains evaluates companies that have established proof of concept, including strong market validation and a demonstrated ability to execute. i2E.org.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

When Troy and Lady Gaga were introduced the market had been in a free fall from the financial crisis of 2007-09 and Troy had had some setbacks professionally while Lady Gaga was sleeping on her grandmother’s couch in West Virginia, having just been dropped by Def Jam Records. She was disruptive. Same with Gaga.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

On a whim, Moeller and a friend tried out for a reality show called American Inventor, a precursor to Shark Tank that aired on ABC in summer 2007. The company launched at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 and became a finalist in the competition. It was here that the entrepreneurial bug first bit.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

These financing options can help you mitigate cash flow disruptions, cover short-term expenses (including employee bonuses and raises), and even invest in larger projects and initiatives so your business shows growth and direction. Working to establish a diverse staff allows your business to cast a wider net for talent at lower risk.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 5, 2018

They said as much on page 6 of Berkshire’s 2007 shareholder letter. The speculators believe great investments develop competitive advantage through innovation, disruption and displacement. The investors advocate competitive advantage prevents disruption and displacement. They speculate and bet on disruption to win.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

For companies like Shop-Ware, the disruptive wake of COVID-19 has cleared a path to capital as mainstream investors have sought out startups with services and products needed in the pandemic era. The idea of Shop-Ware began when Coquillette started her own San Francisco-based auto shop, Luscious Garage, in 2007.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It was founded in 2007, per Crunchbase data, making it nearly old enough to secure a learner’s permit to drive in the United States. As noted above, office culture has proved to be no small part of Sweetgreen’s growth. Not that losing money is a sin, per se; many venture-backed companies run stiff deficits while they scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). The ones above are the ones I’ve prioritized this year (other than Disrupt – I never seem to get invited to that one). And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This is the largest increase in new businesses since 2007. There’s no such thing as an easy environment for starting a business, and the pandemic, in particular, has caused a lot of disruption in the business world. But if you’re one of the 3.2 However, it’s also presenting entrepreneurs and startups with unique opportunities.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

2007 marked an important milestone for the Earth’s cities. In early 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting food supply chains across the planet, it was time to double down on the Feeding the City mission. It happened without us realizing at the time. Photo: Kina Mama. A translocal collaboration is born.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 13, 2020

They desperately want things to go back to the way they were before, so they pretend that everything is fine—that life as we knew it can resume with minimal further disruption. Nassim Nicholas Taleb also addresses this in his 2007 book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I found GroupMe at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon. I watched Twitter blow up at SXSW in 2007—even got into the Twitter book about surfacing it to the USV team, which was awesome except for the part where Nick Bilton (of all people) felt the need to describe me as “shorter” (I’m 5’11”, thank you).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 24, 2022

But startups are all about disrupting industry standards. They launched SEMrush at the height of the financial crisis of 2007–2008. YouTube is the world’s second-most visited website (after Google), and people watch more than a billion hours of content on the platform daily. So give your inner voice the microphone this year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. I see opportunities for disruption all around me and am meeting amazingly talented entrepreneurs. That asset class need not represent the broader market. The road ahead.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds. The professor showed that there is a big increase in volume of buyers as a market peaks and a big increase in selling as the market is falling. I avoided much of this.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

They empathize with their customers’ challenges and have the expertise to disrupt the mature e-commerce market with a significantly better product.” . “Most importantly, however, is the fact that Faisal (CEO) and [co-founder Ryan Bartley] are rockstar veterans of the e-commerce world from Amazon, eBay, Staples and Groupon.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The CoronaVirus (Covid19) could potentially cause some real disruptions in the US generally and, specifically, to the small and medium sized businesses that probably make up the bulk of your readership. Take a lesson from Ford Motor Company and their prescient CFO and President in 2006 and 2007. A lesson from the recent past.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In 2007, it became one of the first markets in the world to issue contactless (tap-to-pay) cards. (A The creativity of UK entrepreneurs has and will continue to disrupt the status quo in financial services. To do this, it played to its structural strengths: The UK was an early adopter of fintech infrastructure.

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Surdna Foundation

MARCH 17, 2016

Since the 2007 financial meltdown, we have seen firsthand the disruptive power of rising inequality and economic volatility. The rate of growth for co-ops has greatly increased since 2007, particularly within economically disadvantaged communities, such as immigrants and women. economy more inclusive and equal.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers. This is an indication that the industry is ready for disruption. Any other thoughts you want to share with TechCrunch readers?

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. I believe we have now reached the inflection point that Doerr foresaw in 2007. Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. “We Wall Street Journal: OurCrowd chases the ‘trillion-dollar opportunity’. SALT Talks: Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. For this reason one of the most important companies for me at TC Disrupt was Datasift. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly. Enter Facebook. provides you.

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OurCrowd

MAY 11, 2020

Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. That’s a very good entry point for new venture investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. I go on record saying that LinkedIn is ripe for disruption; and while Hashable might not be competing with them directly, the “personal relationship management” market is ripe for disruption. Judged his instincts, and felt it was Quigo’s time.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally. The firm supports dynamic entrepreneurs building disruptive companies in a broad range of industries, including consumer services and products, technology, healthcare, business services, education, and financial services.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

Here are some of the fifteen tactics that industry leaders, Nobel Laureates, and disruptive upstarts have used to build mutual prosperity for shareholders, the planet and the local community. In 2007, as the most affluent people in the world were meeting the first iPhone, another mobile innovator entered the market. billion in sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. I have always believed that TV was ripe for disruption. Yesterday was a Monday. And not a pleasant one.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

on lunch breaks) if discussions are not disruptive or discriminatory. Jaime began her career in HR in 2007 as an HR Manager at a small marketing firm. You may decide to ban all political discussions when employees are on the clock to curb any potential arguments.

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