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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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Disruption of Education. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. We spoke about the disruption of VC through crowd funding. If you have some time I highly recommend watching it. Freemium. .”

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Here is Why Non-Obvious Startup Ideas Can Yield the Largest Results

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It has become so synonymous with Internet companies that the French have invented a disdainful term including Amazon: “les GAFA,” which they refer to as Google-Apple-Facebook-Amazon to talk about American dominance of the Internet. Amazon is emblematic of the sort of company that mostly disrupts industries *behind* the scenes.

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Hopper raises $170M and partners with Capital One on a new cardholder travel booking portal

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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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Cultural re-onboarding: 3 ways to adapt to virtual collaboration

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Culture refers to the social and emotional glue that bonds employees together into a community of belonging, motivates employees and protects against burnout. It also involves the values that guide the community of your employees into the increasingly disrupted future. Why corporate culture suffered during the pandemic.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

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In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt. somebody he knew from afar?—?to to do the interview.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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I sometimes refer to this field as “intent-based advertising&# because the reason it has been so successful is that the person who typed in the search term has expressed an “intent&# to find information on that category. So if this shift happens it really will lead to a disruption in billions of dollars of online spend.

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This Post Has Nothing to do with #SXSW

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The most experienced conference goers (bigger company ones) often book suites in hotels and plan meetings rather than attending any actual sessions. Book ‘em. I’ve been to many of the TechCrunch 50, Disrupt and many similar events over the years. Start by booking a few easy-to-land friends who are interesting.