Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Scaling a consumer-focused financial platform—that is also now the primary bank account for millions of UK consumers—in the midst of a once in a century pandemic is close to impossible. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. This did not happen by magic. Banking is a ubiquitous but hard to crack industry.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

What areas need to be disrupted? We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. Calendaring.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Two black entrepreneurs, despite living in segregated America, found ways to exercise their creativity and disrupt their worlds. These informal meeting places are neutral ground, Oldenburg adds, “in which all feel at home and comfortable.”. How important could a barbershop be? What did they share? The barbershop.

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peer-to-peer communities entrepreneurship innovation 90

Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Impact Hub: Our policy approach At Impact Hub, we are committed to accelerating global impact through collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity. Our mission is to build locally rooted and globally connected entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Scaling a consumer-focused financial platform—that is also now the primary bank account for millions of UK consumers—in the midst of a once in a century pandemic is close to impossible. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. Banking is a ubiquitous but hard to crack industry.

peer-to-peer 40

peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

We have an informed point of view. We might differ in opinion but not in information sources and knowledge of the issues. And look at the valuation creep across the board in the past year. It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. I enjoy that.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). We’re launching our own scout program, and want to benchmark compensation and structure against our peers. But how do you do that? . How to find a job as a VC scout. How to get a job in venture capital.

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VC venture capital accelerator ventures 128

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

If I told you that the people who strike out the most batters, on average, have 98MPH fastballs, which is 2% higher than the league average, that’s much more useful information. I find level setting to be one of the most difficult things to do around any task or skill. Just how good is good? What are the best people accomplishing?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. (written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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VC venture capital mix-use peer-to-peer 55

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted. 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted. Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt. This had a dual purpose?—?the

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

British venture capital firm Draper Esprit recently moved its listing from the AIM to the main board in London, the LSE. Perhaps fundraising success is part of why the venture model has not seen much disruption in recent decades, apart from rising fund sizes. It’s a reasonable point. But the model is not perfect. and not in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

London-based femtech, Hormona , which is pitching its hormone tracker in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt, hopes to encourage people with periods to do just that: Add hormone-monitoring to their quantified health mix. Today it’s announcing the launch of its app in the U.S. The 2019-founded U.K. The 2019-founded U.K.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

You can’t swing an ethically sourced, locally produced, sustainably raised dead fish these days without hitting a set of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals in a company’s board meetings or annual reports. External rating agencies may have their own tools, of course, but for internal use, it’s slim pickings.

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peer-to-peer data collection sustainability disruption 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

He then brought her to board meetings so nobody could accuse him of not having a business model. I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! I found myself in violent agreement with Fred’s blog post(s). My take on his argument is this: 1. ” True.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We knew we had found a market niche when this platform also met the needs of our peers. Fraud continues to be a major issue in the world of digital transactions, a situation that research shows was only compounded in the last 20 months of online activity growing as a result of COVID-19.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was sick of hyperbole articles pronouncing that VCs were “scared or AngelList&# or “it was disrupting VC&# or some other BS exaggeration like that. That’s dumb, exaggerated or just ill informed. Through this process he raised $2 million. I know this guy is a money maker. I just had to line up behind him.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The Internet and World Wide Web themselves emerged from open protocols (HTTP, HTML, SMTP, etc) that allowed businesses, individuals and governments to put information online that was accessible to the masses and then to build applications on top of this infrastructure to the benefit of the masses.

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