TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win. “A challenge we had, and saw reflected in the processes of our clients, was that building and scaling hardware felt incredibly laborious in comparison to software.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. What is the CPM of ads in this industry (should I even be ad supported?). How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make? Market Structure.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

” C++ is not a great first language to learn, especially if it’s just from a book. I went to Georgia Tech for my undergrad in Computer Science, and I just found such a supportive community there that it was able to help support my natural interest, but also help me through the hard times.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 13, 2024

In this fireside chat from the American Dynamism Summit , a16z Cofounder and General Partner Marc Andreessen sits down with economist, podcaster, and polymath Tyler Cowen to discuss the state of innovation in America, from recent AI advances to growing support for nuclear power. It essentially does a search. And it was written in, like, 1941.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Remember to book your tickets to the show today before prices go up $1,100. . So how should startups that have incumbents to take on, other startups to best, or both, approach the balance between growth and spend this year? We have lots more news and speakers to share in the coming weeks, but here is a first peek! Disrupt Stage Agenda.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. The value prop is pretty clear.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Starling — which competes against incumbent banks, as well as other challengers like Monzo and Revolut — said it will be using the money to continue its growth. Starling Bank founder Anne Boden says new book ‘isn’t a memoir’ Challenger (neo) banks have been some of the biggest winners of evolving consumer habits.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

Can both users support their end of the payment based off of their default split? ” Ivella isn’t just competing with the theory of joint accounts pushed by incumbent banks, but also venture-backed startups seeking a multiplayer fintech world. If so, move the money and then send back an approval.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You can’t make a business model out of owning the legal rules that citizens have to follow; you have to find some other way to support your business which ICC has done, by getting revenue from program services.” Property data, statistics and other kinds of government data can also support new businesses.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

David Goldhill, in his enlightening book Catastrophic Care , declared: “…a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. How far in advance do you have to book an appointment ( the average is 24 days )? They also allow online booking.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Ones that offer amazing value (low relative margins) at high volumes that makes it nearly impossible for high-cost incumbents to compete. How does the incumbent respond? That is what Clay Christenson defined in his book as “The Innovator’s Dilemma.”. think virtual goods of Zynga, ad supported models, freemium models).

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

For those that don’t know, the title of this post is a play on the book Barbarians at the Gate , by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, which chronicles the battle to buy RJR Nabisco in 1988.) Can costs be reduced, customer support improved, NPS increased, new, previously unprofitable sales opportunities be unlocked?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

billion in deposits on its books, and it is using that to run its loan product rather than taking out debt. “ We look forward to supporting the team in developing next generation digital-first financial services in the Nordics and beyond.” Case in point: He told me that currently Lunar has some €1.3

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 16, 2016

The CEO wants better predictability of bookings so she’ll buy a CRM tool to gather the data. And new SaaS companies who aim to displace incumbent systems of record will architect their products in a radically different way. A senior SaaS executive once told me, “Reports sell software.”

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

In the last few years, incumbents have started to adopt technology to fix inefficiencies, but they’ve focused on tools to streamline individual tasks (e.g., dashboards to help price freight when brokers are calling around to find a truck), rather than rethinking the process of booking freight entirely.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Using the platform, facilities can post shifts they need to fill and healthcare workers can book these shifts, managing their schedules via Clipboard’s mobile app. That, Deng says, should be sufficient runway to build out new teams to support the company’s growing business. Currently serving workers in more than 30 U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

LinkedIn Learning, Masterclass, PBS, we’re uploading thousands of books from Gutenberg. It’s all still very much on the horizon, but it’s telling that in the short time since its founding Ameelio has already clawed away numerous facilities from industry incumbents that got their start in the ’80s.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

One of these is Snipd , a Swiss startup building a podcast app that uses AI to transcribe content and synchronize with note-taking apps; automatically generate book-style “chapters”; and, as of this week, deliver podcast highlights in a TikTok-style personalized feed. Beyond search and subscribe.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 29, 2014

The nature of sales processes is evolving as Daniel Pink eloquently argued in his book To Sell is Human. Because the freemium model relies on customers to educate themselves, freemium is best used as distribution advantage in established markets with incumbents who bear large customer-acquisition costs.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

As Frederic writes, Amazon trained the system — which currently supports Java, JavaScript and Python — on billions of lines of publicly available open source code and its own codebase, as well as publicly available documentation and code on public forums. .” Reactions have been mixed, Jacquelyn reports.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 22, 2014

” In his book Antifragile, Taleb expands this theory to all of human development. The second challenge is that both are theories supported by selective examples. The paper book will continue to flourish until the point the ebook takes over. The Lindy Effect works until it doesn’t. Same with ceramic plates.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 26, 2021

Even with $125K from YC and $1–2M in venture funding, a startup’s credit limit is still likely to tap out at $20K from an incumbent creditor—which is not nearly enough to cover software, marketing, and other expenses. Over time, Stripe has expanded to support more business models (e.g., The incumbent system involves three key “stacks.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The infusion brings the company’s total raised to $69 million, which CEO Gordon Downes says will be put toward expanding Nyshex’s service to support all types of ocean freight contracts. Nyshex can also match freight bookings and physical container movements.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Besides seeking to snag market share from incumbents such as Concur, Brex is also taking on startups such as Navan (formerly called TripActions) — which actually started its business focused on travel expense management before broadening its offering — and also Ramp, which itself expanded into travel last year.

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