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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. I have always believed that TV was ripe for disruption.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. But every time I talk with senior executives a the big studios or talent agencies I tell the same story, “You know that your industry is being disrupted.

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Copywrong Again: Founding the Next Pinterest or Napster?

Gust

As I wrote in Part I of this post , many of the most creative and disruptive startup businesses in recent years have involved the use of intellectual property in innovative, non-traditional ways that defy easy categorization and stretch the boundaries of concepts such as the fair use doctrine in copyright. Rose likes Gust.

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Essential skills for an entrepreneur

NZ Entrepreneur

Being able to see patterns helps you steer towards, or away from, disruptive trends. So I searched around and got someone on board who would share the vision and do the development.”. Getting the right people on board to give you the experience they have and guide you through spaces that you don’t know about is key.”.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. For this reason one of the most important companies for me at TC Disrupt was Datasift. And then came AOL.

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Announcing the judges for the TC Sessions: Robotics Pitch-Off

TechCrunch

The winning team will receive a coveted spot in TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200, free exhibition space at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 and the chance to win $100,000 in equity-free prize money. Bummed you missed your chance to apply for the pitch-off? TechCrunch has your back — you have until the end of day today to apply — here.

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Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding

TechCrunch

Despite the uncertainty in the tourism sector from the Covid pandemic, the PEV team didn’t slow down but instead went on to launch two startups — Elephant Bookings, a software as a service (SaaS) product, and Nomad.Africa, a content-to-commerce magazine. Investors participating in this round include Klister Credit Corp.,