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Revolution
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
an industry I deemed “ ripe for disruption ”?—?in something that sounds obvious today but was rare circa 2007. A First Mover Mindset: Sweetgreen had a digital-first approach early on in a sector that wasn’t quick to adopt tech innovations. What did we see in the then-regional salad company? As a long-standing partner?—?Revolution
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
These days that’s not the case and it’s a great outcome for entrepreneurs and for innovation. At GRP we sat out 2007 and much of 2008 for that reason and we’re now looking pretty smart for doing so. So what took me $2 million at my first company now takes $20,000. That’s awesome.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
So Fox ludicrously set up a quasi internal innovation center called Slingshot Labs. The goal was to create innovations outside of MySpace and then MySpace would acquire them at pre-agreed prices based on how well they performed. This was Politburo-style innovation and was laughable. Enter Facebook.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. 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.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
Even an extraordinary engineer or product lead who have built a breakthrough product aren’t guaranteed success unless they can get access to capital, get much needed press to drive low-cost customer acquisition and persuade fickle business leaders to join their company and help them shape their businesses beyond tech innovation.
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. Innovative new startups are continually entering the space. Something in both the masonry and bricklayer arena as well as framing would be interesting.
Andreessen Horowitz
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
That success has been bolstered by the fact that the UK is among the world’s most innovative financial services regulatory environments. Regulation is generally a blocker to innovation. In 2007, it became one of the first markets in the world to issue contactless (tap-to-pay) cards. (A A full 8 years earlier than the U.S.)
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