TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and re-imagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth. What’s new at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023? That’s certainly true for the Builder Stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

Community-building is advice I give to nearly every startup team with whom I work. Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt. Peloton has recently done a big push to get users to add hashtags that they create?—?this this is classic community management.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

March 3 is your opportunity to hear from and engage with the people who, through entrepreneurship, venture capital, labor organizing and advocacy, are both using and challenging tech to disrupt the status quo for the betterment of all. Tune in a get ready to take notes — the advice you hear could help you improve your pitch deck.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. Box offers a 90-day free subscription with unlimited storage, 50,000 API calls, and more for their secure file sharing and collaboration platform. Free advice (worth as much as you’re paying for it). How to get a job in VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The amazing brand that MakeSpace has built today was the collaboration of our passionate founder, Sam Rosen, who espoused our brand values but also one of his earliest hires, the creative genius Rion Harmon who led all of our visual work and creative subway campaigns, videos, online acquisition imagery, etc. Startups are like families.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For us, it's about collaboration and connections and what we can do to support them there.". We've been hearing it a lot — this time in history presents a lot of opportunity for disruption. Disruption comes from this space. Disruptive Innovation. He coined the concept of disruptive innovation.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

How do you collaborate with startups? As you’re maturing, you’ll need the broader reach that PR and ongoing strategic advice provides. We work with B2B and B2C SaaS companies, as well as more traditional businesses who are looking to disrupt the way things are done in their industry.

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HPA

AUGUST 9, 2019

And this is a vicious circle that we must disrupt. It was led by a financial executive who did not, of course, provide tax advice but gave the equivalent of a lecture on what the different terms mean. The value of explaining equity to employees extends beyond inspiring collaboration, though.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Sift functions as a search bar to help employees find the right people in their organization to collaborate with quickly and easily. Qodex uses agile methodologies and is all about team collaboration. Automotive e-commerce startup Vroom is disrupting the entire automotive sales industry. Apply now to Sift. . Apply now to Qodex.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

One lesson — which was especially true at Amex — is to always be prepared for shifting markets that may disrupt your business. That may seem strange advice for a new startup, but the economy is volatile and things change very fast. Amex has shown how a brand and business can reinvent itself many times over.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

We also liked their flexible model — we were able to use our CTO to lead a team of six devs from the Appetiser team, with occasional UX/UI, product management and project management as needed, it was properly collaborative, not a blackbox agency arrangement. Danny walks through a recap of his panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Supply chains have become front-page news since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global networks of everything from furniture makers to grocery suppliers. The coolest thing about LoanSense is there is a onetime advice option for $47, or you can sign up for the concierge option that includes 4 months of full support. FreightVerify.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

00:59] Microsoft’s approach to AI [5:55] The next Industrial Revolution [10:27] Developer productivity & flow state [15:26] Reprogramming the American Dream [19:48] Advice to builders Microsoft’s approach to AI Bob: Microsoft has played such a huge role in determining the future of AI.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

A willingness to take in others’ advice demonstrates adaptability and a willingness to include others in the success of the venture. It confirms the startup’s understanding of market trends, emerging technologies, and potential industry disruptions.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

One, collaboration, and two, the ease with which you can create. You ship fast, you move fast, you can disrupt yourself. That enabled collaboration, which was entirely new in the design space. Now most companies that are at scale have design systems teams so more people are able to contribute to that process.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What holds them back in their work (scarcity, silos, unrealistic expectations and an unwillingness to collaborate). The most challenging aspect in working with different ecosystem partners has been trying to get them to collaborate, or at least stop seeing each other as competitors. The frustrating reality of non-collaboration.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

She has been a thought-leader in tech for the past 8 years, her newsletter has 25k subscribers, she was named one of Bloomberg’s 100 Influential Latinos of 2022 , and she has spoken at numerous panels including at TechCrunch Disrupt, L’Attitude, NFT NYC, and a16z’s Google’s demo day at LA Tech Week 2023. Personal Instagram: [link] Alphaa.io

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

For those involved in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) industry, a notoriously relationship-driven business, this has meant in-person boardroom handshakes have been replaced by video conference calls, remote collaboration and potentially less travel in the future. Launching a rolling fund. Image Credits: Nuthawut Somsuk / Getty Images.

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

All good advice. However, Lean practitioners have taken this advice to its logical extreme, assuming that if they simply focus on developing a delightful product then virality and word of mouth will take care of user acquisition. Ship sooner, talk to your customers, etc. Not something that's simply lumped on after the fact.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 11, 2023

By working with a business consultant, startups can better prepare themselves for challenges and unexpected disruptions, allowing them to respond quickly and effectively when the need arises. Their time has been spent on developing the product, service, or big disruptive idea they are bringing to the market.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power. Each province tends to have a godfather/cheerleader who has championed local startups through investment, advice and connections. More posts by this contributor. Can Bitcoin find its practical use case as a currency in Latin America?

venture capital

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

At Qumra, we get excited about companies that disrupt traditional industries while doing good and improving quality of life. Our portfolio includes some great examples such as Fiverr that has disrupted the labor market by unlocking the global talent pool, or Talkspace, which is providing access to therapy to all. More than 50%?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

Before making this change I called our LPs to ask for advice and input. In Los Angeles the venture community is very collaborative. We preach to our portfolio companies that disruption is good and how can we say that without reinventing or questioning ourselves or our practices?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? E-commerce is booming here post-COVID, where before it was rather weak.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. I was sick of hyperbole articles pronouncing that VCs were “scared or AngelList&# or “it was disrupting VC&# or some other BS exaggeration like that. It is additive. It is a communication platform.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2023

Tage Kene-Okafor reported on Fingo , a YC-backed Kenyan fintech, which launched a neobank — the first of its kind in the East African country, according to the company — in collaboration with Pan-African financial institution Ecobank Kenya. TechCrunch covered Greenwood’s last raise in March of 2021 here.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Here’s my advice if you decide to do this yourself: Consider staying in a similar time zone to your usual office to make your travel less disruptive for others. We don’t consider ourselves on vacation — both my partner and I are still working fairly intense hours. Check and double-check the internet quality of every destination.

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GCUC

OCTOBER 8, 2019

There is a strong history of co-location and collaboration between a diverse mix of shopkeepers, entrepreneurs, resident families, artists, new Canadians, musicians, students, tourists and visitors. What is one piece of advice you give everyone that works with and/or for you? I’d recommend ‘Disruptive Conversations’ by Keita Demming.

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