Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

It is incumbent upon those of us working to build vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems to put inclusion front and center, at the heart of everything we do. This approach has selected entrepreneurs to evaluate one another on key due diligence criteria (team, product market fit, etc) to determine overall investability.

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peer-to-peer entrepreneurial ecosystem entrepreneurship board 105

TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

But Ochoa argues that Lasso solves many of the setup problems associated with incumbent RPA solutions while remaining license-free. “Lasso makes it … cheaper and faster to build any robotic process automation using natural language on Chrome.” ” How well Lasso works in practice remains to be seen.

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startup incumbents support consulting 102

TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Moallemi says incumbents have a couple of key challenges that Mosaic hopes to overcome. First is onboarding, which can take months for some of these companies as consultants integrate the software into a company’s workflow. There are a handful of companies like publicly-traded Anaplan that have entered this space in the last decade.

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financing finance incumbents consulting 98

Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Consultant: You are one of many and until you get to the final round, your primary job is to survive and advance through each round. Two factors often come down to how Q&A will be shared and/or if we are the incumbent. Go 1st, create a feedback-loop, build trust / rapport, and invest in the relationship.

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pitching consulting creativity construction 59

TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

The competition intensified further last year when American incumbents Beyond Meat and Eat Just entered China. Moussouris, who runs consultancy firm Luta Security, now advises companies and governments on how to talk to hackers and what they need to do to build and improve their vulnerability disclosure programs.

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board pitching venture capital mix-use 91

TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

And according to a new report from Salient Advisory, a global healthcare consulting firm, this is the segment where the most impressive growth has occurred for Africa’s healthcare in the last 12 months. However, the segment is yet to record the type of investments that have poured into B2B retail e-commerce in the previous two years.

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investing investment health startup 114

Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2013

What kinds of moves are the incumbents making and how they change the market? At this point, I’m really interested and I’m trying to understand the investment risks better. Market Size Validation : The first thing is to verify market size and whether it foots with the data the company presented. How concentrated is the market?

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VC startup pitching incumbents 41

TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

However, where some more differentiation arguably comes into play is that Ikigai also offers “fully managed, globally diversified investment portfolios” under the wealth section of the app. On banking competitors, Ikigai’s founders argue that existing incumbents and challengers both have “significant” failings.

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incumbents consulting collaboration financing 109

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

While incumbents have pioneered various enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to digitize these processes, companies would still get four to five different software platforms to complete multiple tasks. CDG Invest, Y Combinator, Flexport, Swiss Founders Fund, Outlierz Ventures, and a few angel investors from the U.S.,

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incumbents transportation collaboration consulting 80

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Navina , a company developing AI-powered assistant software for physicians, today announced that it raised $22 million in Series B funding led by ALIVE with participation from Grove Ventures, Vertex Ventures Israel and Schusterman Family Investments.

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health incumbents hospitality consulting 90

TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Mironov came from the finance world, having spent several years as a private equity analyst, associate and consultant. And of course incumbent payroll providers like Square offer their own solutions. “Greg and I founded Wingspan in 2019 to create the system of record and payroll platform for independent contractors.

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incumbents consulting sustainability ventures 89

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Joining TTV in doubling down on their investment in the company were Owl Ventures, SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund, Mubadala Capital and Next Play Capital. For example, subscribers have access to consultations with Spanish-speaking doctors “whenever they need it,” discounts of 10%-85% on medication and 10%-50% on dental services.

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education communities incumbents health 78

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The Starling founder nearly ignored the message completely, but what followed was an offer not just to invest in Starling’s seed round but to do a mega-round released in tranches. There is also the £1 million in debt that Boden racked up employing management consultant firms to help her with the bank license application process.

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founder entrepreneurship entrepreneurs incumbents 77

Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

14:20 – At what point did they shift entirely away from consulting? What we didn’t want to fall into was the trap of building something that was a consulting company. Craig Cannon [14:42] – At what point did it feel like you really shifted to a startup from a consulting company? 16:00 – SEO is underrated.

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consulting advice founder peer-to-peer 51