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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

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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Kevin Hart gets serious about financial inclusion at Disrupt

TechCrunch

He is also the founder and managing partner of HartBeat Ventures, an early-stage VC firm with a focus on lifestyle, media and technology. These are just some of the reasons why we’re thrilled that Kevin Hart; his venture firm’s president and co-founder, Robert Roman; and Michael Elanjian, J.P.

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

Both Sides of the Table

In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. And Greg has had the most influence on Upfront Ventures’ strategy since he joined. If we don’t, we’re be disrupted from external sources.

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B2B Game Changers: How to Discover a Distinct Advantage and Become a Market Leader

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Tim Hamilton, an EO member in Austin, is founder and CEO of Praxent , a custom software and web app development firm that has been named for three consecutive years to the Inc. While the desire and intention to create disruptive digital customer experiences grows, however, the majority of B2B companies struggle to deliver. . >>

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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

Alpha is a zero-sum game ”, according to Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio. However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. Rolling ten-year returns have steadily declined across hedge fund strategies.

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Birdzeye’s Norlock is Helping Minority Owned Businesses Gain Equal Access to North American Retail…

Jason Malki

He specializes in Identifying new lucrative markets, implementing and developing creative strategies, and fun-damental relationship building which have been pivotal in launching new products and guiding companies toward new revenue heights. While managing Sales + Strategy over the last 5.5 global revenue.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

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. Through our Brand Advocate Process, we plan , build, promote and monitor social media strategies that include "app-vertising". We’re not doing it for you.

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