Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 15, 2023

Miranda Naiman, a 7-year EO Tanzania member and an unstoppable force for good, is the founder of Empower , a disruptive consulting firm that passionately provides talent, advisory and insight services to clients across the African continent. and more articles from the EO blog. Sign up here to EmpowHER today.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2021

From today until midnight on May 18 (PT), we’re offering a free Disrupt Innovator pass (a $99 value) to anyone who purchases an annual or two-year Extra Crunch membership. TechCrunch Disrupt takes place virtually September 21-23. Learn more about this year’s Disrupt event here. . We help founders and startup teams get ahead: .

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on October 3, 2022. And for decades, until the entire industry was disrupted, that attraction established a virtuous cycle. Hill Street Studios/Getty Images There was never a guarantee that Detroit would become the Motor City.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

Nathan Heller published an article called Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk? The key question he poses is: has the industry become so large that it needs to be disrupted? If you have ideas for how to improve venture capital for founders, please tweet me or send me an email with the link above. in the New Yorker.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies. 99% of the articles about the company were positive. Could you withstand the public scrutiny every day of being a young tech founder and show up every morning filled with enthusiasm?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Prepare yourself for the triumphant return of TechCrunch Disrupt — live and in person — to San Francisco on October 18-20 at Moscone West! . At TC Disrupt events , you see the world’s most influential, successful CEOs and investors on our stage, and you find the next generation of potential unicorns exhibiting on our show floor.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

Contributed to EO by Jordan Gillissie , the founder and CEO of Equifund , an alternative investment platform that provides retail investors with access to emerging companies. With his extensive industry experience and visionary leadership, Jordan has established Equifund as a pivotal player in disrupting middle market investment banking.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 8, 2021

Jeff Becker, EO San Diego, Founder and CEO, Pegasus Cleanroom Services , No. Mina Yoo, EO Seattle, Founder and CEO, Lulabop (dba Heroclip), No. Louis, Founder and CEO, goBRANDgo! , Louis, Founder and CEO, Pearl Solutions Group , No. Joelle Brock, EO Columbus, founder and CEO, Leading EDJE , No. 3,901 on 2020 Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. It’s a very cool vibe at Founder’s Coop.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

This is a riveting read and tale of ego, bad business practice and shady ethical behavior – if the article is even 50% true. We spent a bunch of time in the video talking about “disruption” as described by Clay Christensen in his seminal book, “The Innovator’s Dilemman” which I profiled here.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Now a young startup wants to disrupt that. million in a seed funding round led by HubSpot co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah. founder and chief executive Manoj Gupta, Moonfrog co-founder and CTO Kumar Puspesh, Dukaan co-founder and CEO Suumit Shah and entrepreneur and angel investor Mohan Rao.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2020

Tim Hamilton, an EO member in Austin, is founder and CEO of Praxent , a custom software and web app development firm that has been named for three consecutive years to the Inc. In part 1 of this article, Tim discussed the false assumptions driving B2B innovations that fail.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2017

Every time I’ve been in this situation, I’ve talked with founders and said the simplest line, “We finally know we’re winning.” And the giant gets disrupted precisely because its cost structure to serve its customers and its cash cow, high-priced offering makes it nearly impossible for it to try compete. And what prompted this lawsuit?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Maybe small amounts of money for what founders reading these pages dream of but life-changing for many. ShayCarl (a Maker Studios co-founder) in particular. Gangnam Style Meets Torso TV. Of course you know Gangnam Style , which is now the most viewed video in history at 1.3

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

What areas need to be disrupted? PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. Hopefully this becomes the year that most of the startup teams you see have not only a business person and a tech person, but also a designer--and you start to see people looking for "design co-founders".

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. A Strong Pool of Tech Founders – Stating the obvious. Students are great source of ideas because they’re willing to challenge the existing norms – the basis for all disruption. Think Fred Wilson, Tony Hsieh or Brad Feld. Here are mine: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2023

It has already started disrupting many industries, most notably education and computer programming. But having now played with ChatGPT for several months and read about all the different applications to date, I believe that the generative AI powering it will be one of the most disruptive forces of my lifetime.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

That’s why we’re excited to announce that Mathilde Collin, co-founder and CEO at Front, Deidre Paknad, co-founder and CEO at WorkBoard and Adriana Roche, chief people officer at Mural, will tackle this topic onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-20 in San Francisco. Early action equals bigger savings.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We all know media companies are suffering as CPMs (the amount they can charge per thousand visitors) are falling, available inventory is climbing, free content and blogs are proliferating, user attention is being divided with social networks and the core media business cash cows like classified ads have been disrupted by companies like CraigsList.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

We asked Cheng, founder of The Table Less Traveled , which organizes boutique, small-group international culinary tours, how she made a significant pivot to save her business. How did the pandemic disrupt your company, and what pivot did you make in response? and more articles from the EO blog. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

In the past six months alone, TechCrunch has written nearly 600 articles focused on the impact of AI technology in our lives across industries as varied as film , healthcare , marketing and supply chains to name but a few. Join the global startup community at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , September 19–21 in San Francisco.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Like many of you I read the Is Web Summit a Scam article making the rounds this week. The founder of the event, Paddy Cosgrave, smartly responded to the critics in a post I just read this morning. I met the founder on the street walking from the conference to my hotel. Let me get that out of the way.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 5, 2023

Such passionate individuals are not only disrupting industries but also making a significant impact on social and environmental issues. Another visionary entrepreneur in climate action is Alba Forns and her co-founder William Wiseman. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. The formation of Hulu was defensive – designed to stop another YouTube or Napster from emerging and causing disruption to the TV industry. One day television & film are going to be disrupted and the opportunities for monetization by those that understand the future will be immense.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Others not only survived the disruption, but thrived. According to founder Apoorva Mehta, the app saw five years’ worth of growth in just five weeks. and more articles from the EO blog. . And in the first year of the pandemic, the US Federal Reserve estimates that 200,000 more businesses shut down than usual.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt returns live and in person October 18–20 in San Francisco, with an online day on October 21. Disrupt is ripe with networking opportunities, and our event app is the perfect tool to help you find and make genuinely valuable connections. You have even more opportunities to meet and connect with other Disrupt attendees.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of digital freight company Convoy , didn’t start his company because he had a deep and abiding passion for trucking. Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Convoy. So YC viewed this as a major disruptive play. At least, not at first. What do you think made Convoy stand out? Is that still a good method?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I spent a bunch of time with Co-founders Alex Bard and Gary Benitt. If you install it on your website then users can copy text from your website (by doing control-C and copying a sentence or paragraph) and when they share it with others via email it provides a link back to the whole article. It’s a freakin’ cool feature.

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StartupNation

JUNE 23, 2025

This article presents real-world examples of business leaders who successfully overcame various crises, from supply chain disruptions to regulatory shifts. Entrepreneurship often involves facing unexpected challenges head-on. What I learned is this: perseverance doesn’t mean pretending you’re fine.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 19, 2023

Register There are generally two camps when it comes to Web3 – one believes that Web3 services must be blockchain-native and fully decentralized in order to be innovative enough to disrupt the previous generation of services, while the other argues that Web3 and Web2 are not opposing forces and must complement each other. Paul sees “Web2.5”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. 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. Q&A with Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant, founders of AngelList.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. The VCs who founders love the most. Managing Editor Danny Crichton spearheaded the development of The TechCrunch List earlier this year to help seed-stage founders connect with VCs who write first checks. ” The VCs who founders love the most. on Sunday, Dec.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media.

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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. Did we miss something?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

This article describes the entrepreneurial mindset behind successful startups, how you can develop that mindset, and the strategies to build your startup based on that mindset. Many startups are founded with great ideas but fail because the founder lacks the adaptability, problem-solving ability, or grit to push through setbacks.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But is it the right choice for every founder? Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. His article confirms a suspicion I’ve long harbored: Many entrepreneurs pursue accelerators so they can gain access to investors, score free publicity or receive positive reinforcement for their idea. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Configuring a robot to mix cement is easy, but delivering a CementTron 3000 to a job site, training employees on its use, and keeping it maintained are not the kinds of disruptions builders are looking for, especially when margins are so thin and experienced workers are hard to find. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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