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History of The MP3

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As such, the history of the MP3 gives an excellent framework to anticipate how disruptive 10x innovations impact a market, and who the winners and losers of such breakthroughs will be. incumbents simply did not have the right teams to adapt to the changing environment. The MP3 is a perfect case study of Innovator’s Dilemma.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Edtech VC survey, 5 founder mistakes, fintech liquidity, more

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Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Since the pandemic disrupted the social rhythms of work and school, many of us have compensated by changing our relationship to digital media. Rapid shifts in the way we buy goods and services disrupted old-school marketplaces like local newspapers and the Yellow Pages.

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America Needs More Techno-Optimism

Andreessen Horowitz

But there was this actually very outstanding article in the “New York Times” some months back by Ezra Klein, where he sort of goes through and he says, “Okay, even suppose the money is available to build chip plants, like, is it actually possible to build chip plants in the U.S.? Economic growth is a great starting point.

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

abovethecrowd.com

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. These are areas where digital tools have had an impact on other industries. .”

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

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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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The Surest Sign You’re Winning is When Goliath Takes a Swing at You

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I’ve been involved with several startups where a giant incumbent attacks you and tries to sue you out of existence. 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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TechCrunch+ roundup: Alternative financing, Web3 adoption, India’s hot Q3 fundraising

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At TechCrunch Disrupt, Houseparty founder Ben Rubin emphasized decentralization as Web3’s central feature. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. We have many more Disrupt recaps to come in the next few days, so stay tuned. Web3 is still taking shape, so it is hard to define. In today’s Web 2.0,