Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations. Monzo attacked incumbent models by creating an entirely app-based experience where customers could open a checking account from their phone for free. Traditional banks have not been able to keep pace.

peer-to-peer 40

peer-to-peer incumbents finance financing 40

TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. Last year, TechCrunch published an op-ed from Nigel Morris around mental health stigma in the tech community when the initial program was announced. Today the U.S. Guess we’ll see about that.

real estate 106

real estate VC mix-use opportunity 106

TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Previously relegated to underground communities and rave culture, drugs like ketamine, MDMA (commonly known as ecstasy) and psilocybin are now being studied to develop therapies to treat everything from PTSD to cluster headaches. “Today, there are 400+ ketamine clinics in the U.S.,

health 94

health startup incumbents ventures 94

OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

While incumbent competitor Mattress Firm began a process of consolidation and subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2018, Casper announced it would be opening 200 retail locations across the US. A big part of this is building a community of people that value sleep and want to share that with us,” says Casper SVP of Experience Eleanor Morgan.

sustainability 51

sustainability incumbents technology strategy 51

TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

It’s been on the lips of a growing number of investors on the hunt for disruptive opportunities blockchain-based technologies can offer. If the people who form the backbone of your community do not feel good about your project or their participation, you’re in big trouble. can repair the attention-driven digital economy.

frameworks 91

frameworks founder incumbents disruption 91

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

Then came client-server, which also launched new winners at the expense of older incumbents. Most interestingly, new company wealth (pure play Internet companies) far exceeds “transitioned wealth” (incumbent companies transitioning their model successfully to the new platform). TripAdvisor and Yelp rule the day, not Frommers and Zagat.

incumbents 96

incumbents real estate disruption development 96

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

But Amy Spurling, the CEO of Compt, makes the case that incumbent solutions are overly reliant on vendor marketplaces or benefits cards, which limit the ways in which employees can use their perks. It’s true that corporate perks are ripe for disruption (pardon the well-worn term). ” A path to perks.

incumbents 87

incumbents transportation support finance 87

Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 5, 2013

Freemium businesses disrupt incumbents by dramatically reducing the costs of customer acquisition. Instead of a single step top down enterprise sales process, freemium businesses break the sales process into two parts: community building and prequalified close.

incumbents 40

incumbents SaaS disruption communities 40

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The emergence of generative AI, cloud computing, and new spatial platforms is poised to disrupt 3D creation end-to-end. And, in the case of Unity, the damaged trust from their recent pricing change execution has left the community seeking alternatives.

incumbents 145

incumbents creativity development enablement 145

TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Disrupt is turning 12 years old. And in the name of coming back bigger and better than ever, the Disrupt Startup Battlefield has grown by 10x. This year, we’re curating 200 companies for you to check out and meet for the first time in the Expo Hall, with the top 20 gracing the Disrupt stage to launch their wares.

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disruption pitching VC ventures 81

Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

We were a content machine, and I still think of HubSpot as a little bit of, like, it’s code, there’s software, there’s content, all that content out there, and there’s a community around it. There’s big a been disruption in the content creation industry. Now it costs you nothing!

consulting 56

consulting advice founder peer-to-peer 56