TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

This is Hopper’s second raise in a year that has been marked by turmoil for the travel industry, owing to the disruptions caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. That characterization mostly comes from Hopper’s ability to offer customers financial flexibility around their travel bookings. Now, with the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

We have only a few spots left to exhibit in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23). TechCrunch staff and thousands of Disrupt attendees from across the globe. Here’s another way exhibitors might gain invaluable exposure at TC Disrupt — a Startup Alley Crawl interview. Your audience?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. We like that it is 1000x better than having to call restaurants on the phone, be put on hold or call during normal business hours to book appointments.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

You can now take advantage of this wisdom directly as Brad has now published it for everybody in a fantastic new book, “Startup Communities.” ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book. Oh, and buy Brad’s book. Here are mine: 1.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

The roundtable discussions at TechCrunch Disrupt — coming to you live and in person on October 18-20 in San Francisco — will be off the hook. Disrupt attendees love roundtables — 30-minute, expert-led discussions designed for up to 20 attendees who share an interest in a particular subject. Book your Disrupt 2022 Pass here.

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APRIL 23, 2012

I read this book, " Why We Make Mistake s " and it talks a lot about "recall bias". It could have been that awful hire you made that disrupted the team and you had to let go, but funny enough, that's never the story is it? On average, it's probably nonsensical. Not special? Smart people fall all the time, trust me.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and re-imagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth. What’s new at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023? It’s one of the world’s highest-quality company showcases and it’s right there inside of Disrupt.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

We spent a bunch of time in the video talking about “disruption” as described by Clay Christensen in his seminal book, “The Innovator’s Dilemman” which I profiled here. 22:00 Mark’s book recommendation: American Pastoral by Philip Roth.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

The reinvention of banking is well underway, and we’re excited to welcome three key players — Peter Hazlehurst, co-founder and CEO, Synctera; Laura Spiekerman, co-founder and president, Alloy; and Amanda Swoverland, chief compliance officer, Unit — to the Fintech Stage on September 19 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Book your room today.

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Revolution

MARCH 28, 2023

The platform continues to achieve historical milestones, garnering more than 100 million users in its first two months, marking the beginning of a new era of disruption. There is inevitably upheaval and unforeseen pitfalls that come with disruptive new technology, but there are also many reasons for optimism.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

In 2011, Greg’s first book, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits shares his core principles of how to turn your business into a wealth-building engine. In 2014, Greg contributed a chapter to Verne Harnish’s book, Scaling Up on how to improve profits though labor efficiency. Rules for Smart Scaling. . •

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

She told of the teaching of the Talmud – a book which scholars use to debate doctrine and from which Jewish people are reminded to always learn and to debate. Any true disruption will change all the rules. But our rabbi captivated me this year and reminded me of one of the most important lessons I learned myself 15 years ago.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 will have a whole new look this fall with one aim in mind: bring together investors, founders and technologists who have specific industry interests — all under one roof at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Disrupt has always been big. Disrupt in particular is all about startups.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2015

Plum Print turns your kid''s artwork into buyable merchandise like coffee table books, and soon note cards, framed prints, and calendars. I met Sarah in person at Techcrunch Disrupt in NYC a few years ago. I''m incredibly excited to announce Brooklyn Bridge Ventures'' investment in Plum Print.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

The key question he poses is: has the industry become so large that it needs to be disrupted? If you want to read more, Merchants of Debt and King of Capital are good books.). Nathan Heller published an article called Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk? in the New Yorker. It’s a well-researched critique of the venture industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Amazon took a consumer value proposition (buying books, then all retail products) and made the consumer experience significantly better, faster & cheaper. They didn’t do this by selling better books or electronics, they did it by building a logistics & warehouse powerhouse.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

The good news is such difficulties give us a lot to talk about — and as it happens, for the first time, hardware is getting its own stage at Disrupt 2023. That’s right folks, Disrupt is getting disrupted, and we are its disruptors. Disrupt runs September 19-21 at Disrupt 2023 in SF. We’re talking mobile.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

One of the books that first made me aware of the “creative brain&# was “ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain &# by Betty Edwards. All are known creativity drivers and are covered in the book mentioned above. She literally encourages you to draw things upside down. For others they swear by music.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

He calls this competing with “non consumption” It was the most profound business strategy book I had read and greatly influenced how I thought about company building and certainly how I think about investing. INNOVATOR’S DILEMMA. In Steve’s case it is “going in search of a business model.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

Case in point: competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. Sean Huang, co-founder of Matidor, competed in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2020. By pitching in the finals, we booked a demo with one of the final panelists. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at Disrupt 2021?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 20, 2025

Any disruption to the tedium of daily activity from weather, disaster, revenues slowdown or product problems will stress the company infrastructure if there is not a cushion to use during such times.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses. And let’s be clear. “9 women behavior&# is not restricted to just fund raising.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Indeed, while Shakir might have once imagined working with people on an individual basis, she has become an increasingly sought-after investor in startup teams, which is why we couldn’t be more excited that she’s able to join us this year for TechCrunch Disrupt. Secure your seat today.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In your book, The Interaction Field: The Revolutionary New Way to Create Shared Value for Businesses, Customers, and Society , you write that the future is about creating value for everyone. A traditional company focuses on disruption or becoming more customer centric.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2012

Journal your attempt at creating a Top 25/50/100 list of the most interesting/innovative/disruptive/etc people in your space. What industry lesson can we learn from a fictional book or movie? Recruit a fictitious or All Star team to join you on a project or adventure and write about how they'd compliment you and each other.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

A 90% disruption in cost spawns innovation – believe me. That little online book company. Open source became a movement – a mentality. Suddenly infrastructure software was nearly free. We paid 10% of the normal costs for the software and that money was for software support. Amazon changed our industry. Not Google.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

Many entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley believe that the financial services industry in the United States is “ripe for disruption. ” Like Google, Amazon, ebay, and Facebook, the leading Internet companies in China are interested in disrupting payments. The basis of this argument is really two fold.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2023

It has already started disrupting many industries, most notably education and computer programming. But having now played with ChatGPT for several months and read about all the different applications to date, I believe that the generative AI powering it will be one of the most disruptive forces of my lifetime.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2021

Kara Goldin is a force of nature: Authentic, unafraid of failure, and creative in pushing boundaries and disrupting the status quo. She’s inspiring entrepreneurs with her new book, Undaunted. When you’re trying to disrupt an established category: Go outside of your business to search for inspiration and ideas. Goldin said.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The future of TV will follow the rule of Deflationary Economics as I outline influenced by the book The Innovator’s Dilemma. The production quality is terrible” I say, “ Please study The Innovator’s Dilemma because it predicts the disruption of your industry presciently.” billion views.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Now apply that same theory to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , and you can save a bundle when you take your team, your clients or your star startups to San Francisco in September. Grab a group rate discount to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 OK, here’s the deal. Email events@techcrunch.com to book your passes — the more you buy, the more you save.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It also involves the values that guide the community of your employees into the increasingly disrupted future. A best-selling author, his newest book is Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams: A Manual on Benchmarking to Best Practices for Competitive Advantage.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2014

If you’ve watched any industry in the last 20 years where technology has begun to transform how the industry works the results are always predictable driven by what Clay Christensen appropriately called “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” (one of the most influential books that changed my thinking about markets).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt. I hadn’t known Derek before but he knew I was a huge fan of the late Clayton Christensen, the HBS professor and author of the highly influential book, “ The Innovator’s Dilemma.” somebody he knew from afar?—?to

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

Tess Hatch, vice president and partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, will join us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 as a judge for our Startup Battlefield competition. We’ve been lucky enough to have Tess onstage at prior Disrupt events , and our TC Sessions: Space event as well.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

His explanation for moving away from disclosing property numbers is not to do with the inevitable disruption that Covid-19 brought to the industry (and Guesty’s users in particular ), but because Guesty itself has changed as a business, expanding both the kinds of properties that are managed, and the uses of those properties.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

While books and talks galore have been published on pitching, the reality is that the art of the pitch deck is a constantly changing fashion. So come join Hershenson (and all of our other fantastic speakers ) at Disrupt 2021 online this September 21-23.

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