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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

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. Having a steady income and providing for a family is one of life’s highest commitments and honors. Of course the naysayers are out again. I’d love even 0.5%

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

Both Sides of the Table

The formation of Hulu was defensive – designed to stop another YouTube or Napster from emerging and causing disruption to the TV industry. I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand. Here is my case: 1.

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How To Unleash Sustainable Innovation That Matters

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here are some of the fifteen tactics that industry leaders, Nobel Laureates, and disruptive upstarts have used to build mutual prosperity for shareholders, the planet and the local community. The post How To Unleash Sustainable Innovation That Matters appeared first on THE BLOG. Share and prosper. Read the rest of the article!

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Future First: Finding Opportunity in Global Challenges

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Climate change from a hotter planet will push the private sector to accelerate solutions in clean energy, manufacturing, and transportation. The post Future First: Finding Opportunity in Global Challenges appeared first on THE BLOG. These are certain to affect our global economy for a long time. .

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Venture capital will soon be brimming with ghosts

TechCrunch

At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, General Catalyst’s Niko Bonatsos said that venture firms have to go through natural selection cycles and that it will be “survival of the fittest.”. Forward it to a friend, share it on Twitter, and follow my personal blog for more content. Instead, venture firms cut costs in quieter ways.

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Newsletter: Investing in the healthcare revolution

OurCrowd

Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. Hyperloop technology, which promises to transport people and goods at speeds of up to 1,000 kilometers an hour, has long seemed too good to be true. Ripple: Disrupting the non-dairy milk market – Forbes. “We SALT Talks: Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation.

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Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce

TechCrunch

” The company’s web-crawling tech ingested blogs, photo-sharing sites and other sources of information about locales and tagged them to a geolocation in a massive place database. billion this year. Hopper differentiates itself from rival travel services (e.g.

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