Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. Market Opportunity.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

Boulevard Capital enables customers to bypass the months of waiting, credit checks, and tedious paperwork that accompany traditional loan applications – a process that often ends in rejection anyway, especially for minority-owned businesses. to book more than 1 million appointments every month.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

It’s the 33rd Demo Day of the well-known accelerator and holds the largest cohort yet. While the Demo Day for this year’s winter batch was held in a day, it’s two days for this summer batch. Y Combinator’s summer batch of 2021 features 377 startups from 47 countries. include India, with 33 startups; the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

began demoing an accelerator chipset that combines “traditional compute IP” from Arm with a custom machine learning accelerator and dedicated vision accelerator, linked via a proprietary interconnect, To lay the groundwork for future growth, Sima.ai After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai As over-100-employee Sima.ai

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StartupNation

JANUARY 26, 2022

There’s no hiding from it: The metaverse is coming, and it’s on track to disrupt the world of business as we know it. Or, a sales team member could practice complex product demos in a zero-risk virtual training space. The results from metaverse-enabled L&D are likely to exceed your traditional in-person training.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The program contains events focused on specific topics and concludes with a final demo day with investors. There are multiple phases from September to March, including team forming, workshops, and demo days. It is typically located in Hyderabad but has moved online until further notice.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

4:03] Jambot demo [7:02] Human vs. AI creativity [13:37] Applying AI to design [14:31] Startups vs. incumbents Will AI replace designers? I have a demo and I can show off some stuff. Jambot demo Dylan: If you haven’t seen FigJam, this is our whiteboarding and brainstorming product. The demo is a good example of that.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

And make note (if you haven’t) of TechCrunch’s upcoming events, including the startup-focused Early Stage in Boston on April 20 and our mega-conference, Disrupt , in San Francisco on September 19–21. If you haven’t already, please subscribe to WiR so that you never miss a new edition. If you’re not, consider signing up.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A new startup is setting out to help companies build and harness communities around their products, enabling them to side-step multiple disparate tools and manage everything in a single platform. video demos), or an ambassador program that coaches brand advocates on how best to spread the word. Community meets product. .

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Internet took us from classifieds and poster boards to sites like Amazon, eBay, and Craigslist, while mobile enabled apps like DoorDash, Uber, and Instacart. To see how it works in action, check out this short demo. While the marketplace business model is evergreen, every new platform changes how and where transactions happen.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

“Company disrupted an existing industry with a new business model, has been doing well for a while, and is now raising more money to do more of the same, except more” is hard to tell a compelling story around. Two of the removed slides were product demo screenshots and the last contained financially sensitive content.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Demoing as part of the Battlefield 200 cohort at TC Disrupt this week, Zette is trying to achieve something that others before have tried. A new startup wants to help online media outlets make money by making it easier for consumers to access paywalled content without being locked in to multiple subscriptions. readers,” Zhu said.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The AI Demo isn’t easy. Many of the major AI companies have demoed their AI systems, first starting with pre-recorded, & now pushing into live demos. Multiply Murphy’s Law by a non-deterministic system & it’s not unreasonable to expect AI demos to nearly always hiccup. They are deterministic.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

YC Demo Day(s) happened this past week , and fellow fintech reporter and Equity Podcast co-host Natasha Mascarenhas brilliantly led editorial coverage of the event. In case you have been hiding under a rock and haven’t heard, TechCrunch Disrupt is coming to San Francisco October 18–20! Can’t we all just get along?

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

As such, the history of the MP3 gives an excellent framework to anticipate how disruptive 10x innovations impact a market, and who the winners and losers of such breakthroughs will be. Let the other A&Rs scout bands, and go to nightclubs, and fall in love with demos. The MP3 is a perfect case study of Innovator’s Dilemma.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The company is demoing its wares at TC Disrupt this week as part of the Battlefield 200 , and we caught up with the founders before and during the event to take a closer look at an early iteration of its product. This is a problem that Ambr is setting out solve, with a platform that promises to address worker burnout preventatively.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Founded in Dallas in March this year, Vitag is officially announcing its private beta today at TC Disrupt, where the company was selected as one of TechCrunch’s Battlefield 200 startup cohorts. Retail store owners wanted to use them for product demos in-store. Or, “video sticky notes,” as the company calls them.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

This Sunday, student hackers will be demoing their creations at the hackNY Student Hackathon DemoFest. Hats off to the teams at Kickstarter, Donorschoose, Meetup, Twitter, GroupMe, etc for building the tools that enable self-organization, democratization, and disruption of the status quo.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. Our team is on a mission to drive disruptive innovation in chronic disease care.” Pharma companies have been trying to enable oral absorption of large molecule drugs for years. ” Bonfire. Founders: Matt Alston (CEO), Melissa Zhang (CTO).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1. The company claims its hardware could make it up to 100x faster and 10x cheaper to solve problems like scheduling airline pilots or packing shipping containers, which — if accurate — might just enable Integrated Reasoning to make a splash in lucrative industries.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Disrupt is turning 12 years old. We’ll have the new Discovery Stage featuring in-depth demos and speaker Q&As, roundtables, networking, breakout sessions and more. And in the name of coming back bigger and better than ever, the Disrupt Startup Battlefield has grown by 10x. Disrupt Stage Agenda. Acing Venture.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Day one of TechCrunch Disrupt is in the rearview mirror, and what a great day it was! You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage locations and times listed in the Disrupt agenda — and in your handy event app. Expo Hall & Demo Booths. Women of Disrupt Breakfast . Disrupt Stage | 10:55 am & 2:40 pm.

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