TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

“Challenger” startups in banking and insurance have upended their industries, and picked up significant business, by building more customer-friendly tools and services — more personalized, easier to access and usually competitively priced — than those typically provided by their bigger, incumbent rivals.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

When it comes to presentation creation, PowerPoint and Keynote remain the de facto tools by incumbent advantage. But this hasn’t stopped startups from trying to disrupt the status quo. Besides Prezi, there’s Pitch , a deck creation suite from the founders of Wunderlist. Mishra says that Prezent.ai

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Its digitally-native approach can save pet parents up to $750 a year on healthcare expenses, Zubin Bhettay, co-founder and CEO of Fuzzy, told TechCrunch. The company has facilitated more than 1 million consultations to date and with it, amassed data and operation expertise to be able to expand delivery care at scale.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2013

Founders/Team: How do the founders know each other? What kinds of moves are the incumbents making and how they change the market? How might a startup disrupt this market? I look up the founders on LinkedIn, send a few emails for references and then wait to hear back on some initial reference calls. First meeting.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

14:20 – At what point did they shift entirely away from consulting? Kevin’s a partner at YC and co-founder of Wufoo. Brian’s the CEO and co-founder of HubSpot. I’ll tell you one thing that’s interesting about HubSpot, is both founders are introverted, but one is far more introverted than the other.

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