Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

What would happen if companies offered flexibility to their employees, backed by data and scalable strategies? In contrast to her future success in finance, Kelly Peeler’s early start as an entrepreneur began with flipping refurbished furniture at the age of 11. Anna Auerbach and Annie Dean / Werk Enterprises Inc.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

“Company disrupted an existing industry with a new business model, has been doing well for a while, and is now raising more money to do more of the same, except more” is hard to tell a compelling story around. Especially when that — albeit with slightly smaller numbers — was also the story back in 2017.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). What is a reasonable payback period and how quickly do we want to grow?

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

The company, which first launched in Uganda, is disrupting the offline market of local motorcycles referred to as boda-bodas in Uganda and okadas in Nigeria. In 2017, SafeBoda officially started operations in Kampala and almost immediately began to deal with the threat posed by new entrants at the time: uberBODA and Bolt boda. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Frustrated with only helping the rich get richer, the pair founded Titan in 2017 with the goal of disrupting what they viewed as “an archaic industry. The startup currently offers two stock-focused strategies on its platform, One of those strategies, called Flagship, is focused on large cap growth.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

It’s no secret that the Brazilian banking system has been poised for disruption, considering the sector’s little attention to customer service and exorbitant fee structure that’s left most Brazilians unbanked, and alt.bank is just the latest company trying to take home a piece of the pie. insurance giant Travelers in 2017.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

But at least one Realtor I talked to believes the startup’s strategy of turning agents into employees is part of its problem. Grant Clayton , a Louisiana Realtor, believes that it’s that strategy of giving agents a salary that has, at least in part, played a role in Homie’s recent challenges. YC-backed Duplo raised a $1.3M

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

The company chose a price disruption strategy to swiftly dethrone Samsung from its leadership position in the Indian smartphone market, making it one of the trailblazers in the first wave of cheap, sub-$200 smartphones. With margins shrinking at the company, in February 2017, Mathur left and was not replaced.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Kelly Chen, DCVC: Robotics startups have an additional layer to their banking relationship, typically tying equipment financing and other debt structures to banking. Murielle Thinard McLane, Intuitive Ventures: Robotics capitalization strategies will shift. Rodney Brooks (Rethink Robotics) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. As of February 2017, nearly 200,000 construction jobs were left unfilled across the U.S., AI has also begun to play a bigger role in the construction supply chain, production scheduling, labor management, insurance and financing, risk assessment etc.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

Embedded finance — where financial services companies and others bring in different kinds of fintech technology by way of APIs to enhance their own offerings with more data and functionality — remains a growing opportunity, both to help fuel new business and to help incumbents get up to speed with their disruptors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

” The financing brings the San Mateo, California-based company’s total raised since its 2008 inception to $600 million. In 2017, Veev Group began to focus on prefabrication capabilities, and by 2018 it formally pivoted to what it described as “a vertically integrated developer focused on building innovation.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The broad-brush goals for the strategy are to increase growth in startup investments; attract and retain talent; promote scalability; and inject innovation into the public sector so it can bolster and support Spain’s digital development. “What we do is that work of coordination with all the ministries.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

More experienced founders exist and specific markets, particularly in the Big Four (Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Kenya), show a mix of matured but still open-for-disruption traits. The only non-fintech deals were Andela and TradeDepot (although the latter has an embedded finance play).

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Swvl was founded by Mostafa Kandil, Mahmoud Nouh and Ahmed Sabbah in 2017. The company also moved its headquarters to Dubai as part of its strategy to become a global company. The deal will see Swvl valued at roughly $1.5 After its Egypt launch, Swvl expanded to Kenya, Pakistan, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. As of summer 2017, about one third of their investments were with the Indie.VC

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. As of summer 2017, about one third of their investments were with the Indie.VC

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2021

In 2017, after working for 1.5 In i2e1, though I was hired as a UX designer, I collaborated with other teammates and took care of the branding, print design, offline and online marketing collaterals, marketing strategy, pitch presentations, and more. Every person comes with a unique background and mindset.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Manuela Seve a Brazilian-born, Los Angeles-based tech entrepreneur with a futurist mindset and a background in finance. Then in 2017, my first trip to Burning man completely changed my outlook on humanity as a whole. What motivated you to launch your startup? I am proud to say that Alphaa.io

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Integral is a Detroit software consultancy that works with cloud-native agile engineering practices, human-centered design, lean product management strategies, and other gold-standard software development practices. Bollinger has been in the news since CleanTechnica picked up their story in 2017. EXPLORE DETROIT STARTUP JOBS.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017. Terrorism at scale can only occur when these organizations can move money around to finance people who make bombs, buy guns, train recruits and so forth.

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