Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Incumbent human processes were cumbersome, laborious, costly, slow and demoralizing. Krupa Srinivas is the co-founder of Owned Outcomes, a software company that enables data-driven decision making for healthcare providers and payers as they seek financial sustainability alongside clinical outcomes in patient care.

innovation 152

innovation hospitality incumbents technology 152

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The big incumbents haven’t figured out how to make plans affordable and accessible for smaller companies,” Schneble said. “We Generation closes $1B growth fund targeting sustainable startups. We knew that to make a permanent dent in this country’s retirement crisis, we had to do something different.” .

finance 88

finance financing incumbents capital 88

OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

While incumbent competitor Mattress Firm began a process of consolidation and subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2018, Casper announced it would be opening 200 retail locations across the US. Sustainability and Transparency. Technology is the key to the transition to sustainability.

sustainability 51

sustainability incumbents technology strategy 51

Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

But we thought that the potential was interesting enough to put out a “Request for Startups” on our blog, a call for people working in this area to apply to YC. But they were just on the cusp of figuring out a sustainable business model for their organism engineering platform and getting their first customers.

incumbents 105

incumbents sustainability founder finance 105

Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The reason that you build them is that they can grow the brand much faster as more people experience the product and allow you to (hopefully) displace incumbents who are charging for the same thing. Also, freemium products typically convert much worse than trial or direct purchase-based products, costing you money upfront.

media 84

media incumbents advice creativity 84

A Smart Bear

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

They say things like “we have a unique feature” and “the incumbents are dumb,” which might be true, but isn’t a strategy. If you can’t find one sustainable, sizable source of customers, the company is doomed. There are not enough blogs or books about this phase; often leaders go underground.

culture 161

culture strategy SaaS founder 161