Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Society is reorienting to a new post-pandemic norm?—?even even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed. each with partners as the lead. Where are Things Headed for VC in 2031?

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. .

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

The soundbite: “What distinguishes the apex innovators from behemoths who disappear? There’s a cottage industry of folks figuring out how to stack tax credits from the inflation Reduction Act to accelerate sustainable initiatives. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S, Here are some key insights from the event.

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

CAVA’s founders had a vision to bring heritage, heart, health, and innovation to the fast-casual sector. So they kept their focus trained on meeting more people in more places — through digital innovation and geographic expansion — with food that fuels and connects. Balancing discipline with innovation: Running a restaurant is hard.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This is particularly true of industries where technology is disrupting business models. Separate innovative startups from those are based on proven business models such as retail stores, computer repair etc. Innovation : New ideas often become the foundation of large businesses, but they are started with a great deal of risk.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This syndicate demonstrates significant and accelerating progress towards our goal of facilitating a clean energy future.” Most battery innovation to date has focused on material science,” Inbar said. However, the industry needs a larger focus on process and manufacturing innovations to ensure both affordability and safety.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Impact Hub: Our policy approach At Impact Hub, we are committed to accelerating global impact through collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity. These complementary pillars leverage Impact Hub’s extensive network of over 100 communities across the globe to accelerate learning across diverse realities.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

It’s rare however for innovators to get truly candid insight on their pitches before stepping in front of VCs. Founders who apply for the TC Early Stage Pitch Deck Teardown will automatically be considered for the Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt , this September, in San Francisco. Founders can apply here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2018

Alice Mann’s latest book, Future First: How Successful Leaders Turn Innovation Challenges into New Value Frontiers is an important read for any business leader or entrepreneur who wishes to embrace global challenges as innovation opportunities. What are some techniques for innovating around these challenges?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

When we first shared LatAm’s digital acceleration story in last year’s Latin America Digital Transformation Report , we believed we were at the peak of digital growth catalyzed by the pandemic. We are now seeing the second-order effects of the fintech boom, as the same set of conditions arise in other soon-to-be disrupted sectors.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings. Such demand and other metrics of a disruptive startup, when represented in the form of a graph, form a shape of a hockey stick. Surging Growth.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It’s not any news that the world is a little bit off track when it comes to achieving its sustainability objectives. When it comes to exercising and applying sustainability principles in different sectors, mobility is (or at least should be) a priority. The Tourism Innovation Academy: Supporting early-stage tourism startups.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This sentiment was echoed by other founders he mentored at the FusionLA Accelerator program. He believes that by helping business leaders adopt AI experiences, they can radically improve their businesses and create a sustainable competitive advantage. Sharing this technology with others is the only logical next step.”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 19, 2019

The great thing for startups in this state is that The Oklahoma Innovation Model, which is unique in the U.S., With the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology’s (OCAST) as the hub of the Innovation Model, here’s how that continuum of capital works to provide a pipeline to the market.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

TechCrunch’s favorites from Techstars’ Boston, Chicago and workforce accelerators. Today, I’m appropriating the term to describe this roundup by Greg Kumparak, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm and Jonathan Shieber that recaps their favorite startups from Techstars accelerators. ” Will ride-hailing profits ever come?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

It’s a good thing when state leaders recognize the strategic importance of innovation in job and wealth creation. ” When early stage equity markets “behave,” angels and venture capitalists are attracted to businesses with the potential to solve huge problems and disrupt markets. By Scott Meacham.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

AJ: It comes down to the nature and the growth characteristics and the sustainability of the business. Does having a consumer-facing business help get public market investors excited? That seems the case. You need to be able to do that across any of these products that you use to get public. Amid a boom in SPACs, few women investors.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs. The success of small/local business is incredibly vital for a sustainable economy. Ellen Bateman. Eric Parker. Heather Metcalf.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

To be sure, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted and profoundly altered many aspects of work life, including in-person diversity training and workforce development. This innovative technology offers a deep level of immersion that creates a long-lasting emotional impact for employees.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Friendly, smart, innovative, and ready to lend a helping hand. Gambyt is a debt-free and fully profitable company that’s been sustainably growing since its founding in 2016. DaySmart is a software company that’s accelerating small business growth with digital tools. Not only that, but Ann Arbor is home to great people.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

For starters, as Josh Kopelman outlined in this excellent post on their Dorm Room Fund , many great innovations including Microsoft, Google & Facebook started in a dorm room. Students are great source of ideas because they’re willing to challenge the existing norms – the basis for all disruption. That is awe inspiring.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Last week at TechCrunch’s annual Disrupt event, this editor sat down with VCs from two firms that have come to look similar in ways over the last five or so years. And it was the beginning of the crazy VC funding acceleration period that gets started in the second half of 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. ” Bonfire.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Circularity in action: transforming industries in Romania Two inspiring entrepreneurs from Romania, Laura Chiriac and Irina Moreno, collectively emerged as role models for impactful and innovative change. Collectively, they are rewriting industry and economic norms, propelling us towards a more responsible and sustainable world.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Compatible with existing cloud environments, machine learning frameworks like Google’s TensorFlow and Meta’s PyTorch and even other AI accelerator engines, Modular’s engine, currently in closed preview, lets developers import trained models and run them up to 7.5 ” Ambitious much? It’s already had an impact.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Apprentiscope ApprentiScope exists to bolster our national workforce by facilitating the adoption, expansion and success of apprenticeship programs through innovative, efficient and powerful software solutions. 2018 Libboo Accelerating great stories and big ideas. InstaFreebie Accelerating great stories and big ideas.

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OurCrowd

JULY 11, 2021

OurCrowd’s Top 10 Post-Pandemic Tech Trends offers invaluable insight into what will be hot, disruptive and investible in startups for the coming 12 months. Top industry speakers highlight each trend with exclusive intel on the most innovative startups. Public markets have a voracious appetite for such companies.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. THAT is disruption. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

The Israeli-based company developed artificial intelligence-driven data analytics that help food brands make smarter decisions around product development, marketing and retail sales for their next healthy, sustainable and delicious product. Disruptive led the round and joined existing investors PeakBridge and PICO Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

I met Cruz Foam co-founder John Felts during the memorable Accelerator at Sea hosted by the Sustainable Ocean Alliance. I feared when Felts pitched his company back on the boat that technical innovation simply wouldn’t be enough to get their foot in the door in an industry as huge and traditional as packaging.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Vincent Peters, the CEO (the three co-founders are Johannis Hatt, Kai Seefeldt, and chief innovation officer Marcel Hollerbach), told TechCrunch that the valuation was not being disclosed with this round, but given how little it’s raised in the last 12 years, that is a strong sign that the company has been growing well on its own steam.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Register Kickstart Ventures , one of the most active venture capital firms in the Philippines, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a renewed commitment to invest in startups across the Philippines, and in major innovation hubs in Southeast Asia and beyond.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. David Cohen deserves much credit for building TechStars into an internationally recognized brand name for innovation. You can help local entrepreneurs get their first deal done and the innovation ought to benefit you.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 24, 2019

Slow and sustainable fashion is gaining momentum, and you no longer have to make a choice between style or ethics – you can have both. So with that in mind, here are 9 innovative ventures to watch that are on a mission to disrupt fast fashion: 1. Tommy Hilfiger Social Innovation Challenge. There is a way forward.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Green Garage Detroit in Detroit is focused on hosting sustainable businesses and being sustainable itself. SpaceLab Detroit is another coworking space in Detroit that focuses within a particular area, building community and running programming around tech, innovation, disruption and creativity. Green Garage Detroit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

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.” In 2019, the company name changed from Dragonfly Group to Veev.

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