TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

The Exchange has been riffling through the document since it came out, and we’ve picked up on a few things to explore. As we saw in part 1 of this EC-1 , this led him to the revelation that it’s easier to figure things out for yourself than finding advice that applies to you. Launching a rolling fund.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Dylan: On a technical level, if you look at the actual internal structure of a Figma document, it’s much more similar to an abstract syntax tree and less similar to some image. You ship fast, you move fast, you can disrupt yourself. Most of the LLMs today that we’re accessing are just text-based or image generation-based.

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In contrast to this, The Deliberate Startup encourages you to start your new product journey by taking the time to define your initial product strategy in a document called a Product/Market Fit Narrative. All good advice. Ship sooner, talk to your customers, etc. But most end up shipping a piece of crap and going ‘there’s no market.’”

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

My best advice is to actively surround yourself with people who have more experience and knowledge than you. This lesson underscores the significance of having a structured system in place for documenting financial transactions, customer interactions, and essential business data. By implementing S.M.A.R.T.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

A significant amount also came from KEC holdings, a NJ based family office led by Jeff Citron, who is known for using technology to disrupt a number of industries. That product isn't money--it's their time, attention, sound advice and network. The company makes direct and indirect investments across a broad spectrum of asset classes.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. It seems like good advice to me. The exceptions to this advice would be if you are being paid for your startup position by external funding, or if you have enough money in the bank for both you and the startup to survive for at least a year.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k. You may hire a superstar, but if they are not a cultural fit then s/he can become very disruptive to the team.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

By the time you’re reading this, we’ll be two days away from TechCrunch Disrupt! Anyway…speaking of Disrupt and Brex, I will be interviewing co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Dubugras and Anu Hariharan, managing director of YC’s growth fund, YC Continuity, live in a Fireside Chat on October 19! Hello, hello. Soooo exciting!

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I have other areas of interest & competence such as cloud computing and document management given my background. Craigslist is everybody’s favorite business to say, “I’m going to disrupt them” but somehow nobody has really been able to. recruiting) he could build a very profitable business. It’s the reason I invested in TextPlus.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

It is the same movie I saw 10 years ago when every VC would say to me, “yeah, I get that you’re an online document sharing service, but what’s going to happen when Microsoft enters the market? He really does have a great vision in a market that will undoubted be disrupted. They risk little but of course knew better all along.

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Feedough

APRIL 24, 2021

If you have a business idea that you believe can disrupt the market and transform into an active source of income, chances are you are already daydreaming about handing in your resignation letter to your employer and taking the entrepreneurship route. A simple solution to this dilemma is to seek expert advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

We are money, advice, coaching, cheerleading, interventionist but not “the decider.” In preparation for her reentry into VC she spoke with many mentors of hers for advice on venture capital. One such advice came from Sharon Weinbar (who I, too, am a fan of) who said, “View every situation with a beginner’s mind.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

I’ve been to many of the TechCrunch 50, Disrupt and many similar events over the years. We didn’t have any documents due that night. That’s your best chance to get people that would ordinarily be really difficult to get a meeting with. Consider staying out late, sleeping in. We just hung.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

This is smart because amazing board members can be transformative with important advice and access and can also help attract other great board members (and team members). It is less common to add a third founder because it can be disruptive having so many founders on a board but it’s certainly not unheard of.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Fifthtry is building a Github for product documentation. The tool blocks code changes until documentation has been approved. Three startups in the current batch are planning to disrupt this market, which is largely commanded by state and bank-backed insurers. are APIs to turn unstructured documents into structured data.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 23, 2017

As the business grows, however, some of those differences can become major disruptions. Also, when partnering with a more powerful unknown, it is important to legally document your rights to prevent your “partner” from crashing your business because he or she is willing to risk what you are not. Power is easily something to fight over.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The next storm front expected to arrive tomorrow is expected to bring disruption and destruction on a massive scale. Legally binding, the document establishes both a company’s valuation and deal terms. Dear Sophie, One of our employees is on an H-4 visa and has an Employment Authorization Document.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

For most products and services, TAM is presented in nine figures or more, but when you’re sitting around a kitchen table eating cold pizza while planning to disrupt a billion-dollar market, these numbers can create a lot of cognitive dissonance. It was always the last slide we worked on.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 20, 2023

(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) (Any Now, I will walk through the truly game-changing document that describes the BTFP.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

15:05 – Providing advice as content vs in the product. 21:30 – Inbound marketing and audience building advice. We made up for the inefficiencies in the software by giving them good advice on how to optimize their website, and how to get going in social. 10:00 – HubSpot’s first customer.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

You will often find these governing conditions in the “protective provisions” section of your company’s legal documents. At other times boards try to micro-manage details that should be left to management teams and therefore offer “helicopter advice” without having to actually own the results or knowing the daily idiosyncrasies.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. Dear Sophie, One of our employees is on an H-4 visa and has an Employment Authorization Document. Dear Sophie: What are the pros and cons of the E-2 and L-1A visas?

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Y Combinator

JULY 6, 2023

Any advice for founders just getting started? " Any advice for founders just getting started? Grant: I think YC’s advice is among the best, which is: build something people want, and then keep talking to your users. And to move a container from point A to point B, you need to send more than 80 documents.

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