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How a Little Bit of Fear Breeds Innovation

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In 2015, one of the largest healthcare intermediaries in the country presented us these challenges. Incumbent human processes were cumbersome, laborious, costly, slow and demoralizing. This year’s event will feature profound insights from today’s top teachers in the fields of business growth and innovation.

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Digital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion

TechCrunch

Sennder competes with large incumbents like Wincanton and CH Robinson, as well as other startups such as OnTrac and Instafreight. Since its founding in 2015 by David Nothacker, Julius Köhler and Nicolaus Schefenacker, the company has grown to 800 employees and seven international offices.

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Catching a Second Wind

OurCrowd

Macy’s, its better-faring competitor, is moving away from physical storefronts, cutting its square footage by 13% between 2015 and 2018. While incumbent competitor Mattress Firm began a process of consolidation and subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2018, Casper announced it would be opening 200 retail locations across the US.

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Data-driven iteration helped China’s Genki Forest become a $6B beverage giant in 5 years

TechCrunch

Hundreds of startups dot the landscape, and the amount of money being raised and spent on innovating around the country’s industrial heft is mind-boggling. China doesn’t need any more good platforms,” Tang told his team in an internal email in 2015, “but it does need good products.” What’s different about Chinese D2C?