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How a Little Bit of Fear Breeds Innovation

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Without industry-wide master unique identifiers for medical-surgical (med-surg) items, hospitals cannot easily compare products by their attributes to identify cost-savings opportunities, or map product selection to the best patient outcomes. This challenge spelled fear and opportunity in equal parts. We didn’t know the domain.

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Convoy: The Future of Truck Freight

Y Combinator

There is a clear opportunity to upend the status quo, but its intricacies have made freight one of the toughest sectors in which to build an online marketplace. In the last few years, incumbents have started to adopt technology to fix inefficiencies, but they’ve focused on tools to streamline individual tasks (e.g.,

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Revolution co-founder talks Living Social, ZipCar, Steve Case & GroupOn Super Bowl Ads

Both Sides of the Table

Today’s interview was with Tige ( interesting to follow on Twitter ), who has been involved with funded and/or sitting on the boards of Revolution Money, Living Social, Flexcar (now ZipCar) and UberMedia. It allows him the opportunity to do what he does best, finding and motivating entrepreneurs then thinking through market strategy.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

abovethecrowd.com

Can you do this online before your visit, or are you handed a clip-board full of forms where you enter information you have already provided on previous visits? One obvious solution to this list of issues and opportunities is to leverage technology to better serve the needs of the customer. Can you cancel or reschedule online?

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Simple Frameworks For Success (Full Video + Success)

OnStartups

And I published this on my own startups blog. And if you miss that opportunity, you have no idea when the next opportunity to cash out your chips. Because people don't love the incumbent right now. And if I link to just one person, it's your blog, Sam, all the page rank I have on that page accrues to you by transference.