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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

Lowe; “2016 Partner Compensation Survey”; 2016. Continue reading… This is part of a series on disruption of investment management that I co-wrote with Katina Stefanova, CIO and CEO of Marto Capital , a multi-strategy asset manager, which creates customizable investment solutions for institutional clients. Contributors.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Promoting Disruption. Obviously, EO had an impact on me as well,” he says.

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Singapore edtech GIFT.ed gets $1m from IMC Pan Asia Alliance

AsiaTechDaily

“The pandemic has brought existential threats and societal challenges to the fore and generated a fresh impetus for change,” Nair added saying the company is committed to solving these challenges through disruptive e-learning, which empowers users with insights and understanding to redesign society.

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Make no bones about it, Fuzzy expands reach into pet care market with capital infusion

TechCrunch

The company, founded in 2016, provides 24/7 live chat and telehealth, ship-to-home prescriptions, vet-curated items in its e-commerce marketplace and educational content and programs. He called Bhettay “an energetic and smart entrepreneur” who is building a strong team to go after a space that is ripe for disruption.

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Meet the 5 judges who will pick the 2021 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield

TechCrunch

The battle to win Startup Battlefield began long before TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off Tuesday. After graduating from Harvard with a degree in philosophy, Tavel was a consultant at The Kerden Group and then vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners.

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How the Gig Economy is Transforming Entrepreneurship

StartupNation

In 2016, a survey by the Freelancers Union found that 79 percent of freelancers believe that freelancing is better than having a traditional job. By embracing the gig economy, you might even gather the resources to introduce the next big disruption yourself. Meanwhile, generations of workers differ in their preferences about work.

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

Jason Malki

After building a few other startup and successfully selling another to GoPrio in 2016, he and his partner Alex Waddell found Birdzeye; an agency supporting Woman-Owned, Black-Owned, Minority-Owned, & Earth-Friendly brands EQUAL access to North American retail & eCommerce. While managing Sales + Strategy over the last 5.5