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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

Both Sides of the Table

The thesis of the book is that incumbents in markets – especially large and well entrenched markets – seldom survive fundamental technology changes in their industries. It should affect how you think if you are an incumbent but also if you’re a startup. So the startups tend to focus on totally new customers.

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How to Build a Team That Can Navigate Your Business Through Difficult Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

One person can’t shoulder all of these tasks and responsibilities successfully, which is why startup CEOs need to assemble strong leadership team that they can lean on during difficult times. Focus on hiring people who embody the following attributes—these are traits that can help carry any startup through a crisis: 1. Action-oriented.

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Why I Backed a 24-Year-Old Trying to Assess Human Potential

Both Sides of the Table

Today Upfront Ventures is announcing that we’ve backed Rebecca Kantar ’s startup Imbellus , a company designed to assess human potential and ultimately change the way we teach children. Incumbents launch products, VCs throw cash at other competitors, team members quit, the economy dips — whatever.

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

Both Sides of the Table

We look at huge markets where there are large incumbents that might not be incented to innovate or react to what they perceive as an insurgent. Tige and I discuss an excellent blog post written by the CEO of Hulu (Jason Kilar) on the future of advertising. Startup America , an Obama administration initiative headed up by Steve Case. -

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The Breakout Tech Company Of 2018

Haystack

It’s that time of year, where I — as a committee of one judge, me — select one startup in the tech ecosystem that “broke out” and has the makings of an even larger outcome should things continue to go right. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

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Affirm and Klarna ramp up competing efforts to attract US consumers

TechCrunch

It processes hundreds of billions of dollars each year for “every size of business — from startups to Fortune 500s.” But it is illustrative of the measures that financial services companies — incumbents and fintechs alike — are taking to make their installment loans available to more consumers. Perhaps it dodged a bullet?

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The Market Diversifies: International Innovation Captures Larger Share Of Startup Funding Applications

Gust

In Q3 the global startup ecosystem continued to thrive, with 25% growth over the same quarter last year and up 18% from last quarter, as the innovation economy expands around the world. The post The Market Diversifies: International Innovation Captures Larger Share Of Startup Funding Applications appeared first on The Gust Blog.