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Bringing AI to the Masses

Andreessen Horowitz

There’s knowledge that people have in their heads that is not on the internet and is not in any book. You know, incumbents versus startups. But in the last cycle, and maybe just from a B2B lens here, in SaaS and cloud, there were a bunch of things that made it really difficult for the incumbents to actually innovate.

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Disrupting Finance From Above: Wealthfront

abovethecrowd.com

First, they believe that the current offerings from the financial incumbents are lacking. Regulation becomes the friend of the incumbent in highly regulated industries through a process known as regulatory capture. The basis of this argument is really two fold. The point to understand is that the U.S.

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TechCrunch podcasts this week: Layoffs, the crypto downturn, investor offense and Columbus, Ohio

TechCrunch

Articles from the episode: A third straight week of tech layoffs in the books. Extras: Hana Mohan’s Twitter thread on the YC advice to founders. Things aren’t looking good for the model that once challenged the incumbency of SaaS. Plus a rundown of the week’s top news on TechCrunch. Hana Mohan’s episode of Found.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup. Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. How much money will airlines companies, hotel companies or event companies pay me as a referral or for booking?

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The Amazing Power of Deflationary Economics for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Ones that offer amazing value (low relative margins) at high volumes that makes it nearly impossible for high-cost incumbents to compete. How does the incumbent respond? That is what Clay Christenson defined in his book as “The Innovator’s Dilemma.”. How do existing incumbents compete with that? It’s remarkable.

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Starling Bank founder Anne Boden says new book ‘isn’t a memoir’

TechCrunch

Fewer than 300 pages, the book parachutes the reader immediately into a cab journey in Ireland that Boden is taking post-financial crisis, when bankers weren’t exactly close to the public’s heart. Anne Boden: As you know, I’ve already done another book, “The Money Revolution.”

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Software Engineer Turned Youtuber – Jarvis Johnson

Y Combinator

” C++ is not a great first language to learn, especially if it’s just from a book. Craig Cannon [00:09:18] – I thought that was actually a really nice piece of advice that you gave because you interviewed at Yelp twice. I was like, “Oh, interesting, and I tried to learn to program, and I failed.”