Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies. One is reminded of the famous quote often attributed Mark Twain. ” **.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Startup Alley is the place to be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. The sold-out expo area is the virtual home to hundreds of innovative startups ready to demo their tech and talent. Part of that experience includes a series of master classes in the run-up to Disrupt.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

For years, the self-care industry has been underserved by lenders who understand little to nothing about how these unique businesses work,” said Matt Danna, co-founder and CEO of Boulevard. Request a demo Request a demo today to see how Boulevard’s salon and spa software transforms the client experience.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2022

This week, we’re following up on our conversation about accelerator and demo days with a look at how 500 Global, formerly 500 Startups, thinks about it. Demo days will still happen biannually, but startups can choose which demo day they want to be a part of. That change has really resonated with founders,” Bryan said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

In an Extra Crunch Live this past week, Cleo Capital founding partner Sarah Kunst broke down what founders can learn from Supreme, a sought-after streetwear brand. I think this is the best framing I’ve seen about how to drum up excitement for a startup as a founder. Which founder in this sector is going to give it meaning?

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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

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Out of the 12, eight startups focused on the continent have been selected to participate in the three-month program (culminating in a Demo Day) slated to start today. ” Talking about the criteria Techstars uses to select startups operating in the region, Sunil said the accelerator first looks at the founders and the team.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Fixing a foundation after the superstructure is built is a costly, disruptive and sometimes impossible task,” Bechtel said. Our goal with Formwork Labs is to help the best and brightest construction tech founders get started on the right foot, set up for success and in front of the right investors, partners and early customers.”.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Dylan Field, founder and CEO of Figma, looks at the relationship between designers, developers, and AI, in conversation with a16z’s David George. [00:36] 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? The demo is a good example of that.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

When you are the founder of a young startup, it is always very hard to gauge the right amount of effort to dedicate to marketing. I always knew I wanted to find some way to help founders and innovators get their great ideas out into the world. Our services cater to every stage of the founder journey.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 5, 2023

The round builds upon previous or continuing investments from the founders and executives of several industry-leading tech companies including FreightWaves founder Craig Fuller, Project44 founder Jett McCandless, Convoy founder Dan Lewis, and Stord founder Sean Henry, among others.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 3, 2014

After seeing my ability to bring a big community together, she wound up introducing me to TK because he was running a hackathon of his own around the first Techcrunch Disrupt in NYC in 2010. So I went--the only investor at the time to actually hangout during the pizza and hacking part of the hackathon, not just the demos.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In the fourth industrial revolution era, having succeeded as an economic powerhouse with a technological edge in manufacturing and industries led by large corporations, South Korea is now fostering disruptive innovation through startups. The top 10 teams got monetary awards worth $10,000 to $120,000 on the demo day of KSGC 2021.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

She is the CEO and co-founder of alphaa.io , a women-led Web3 company that is revolutionizing fan engagement across sports, fashion, CPG, tourism and more. If you had to share, “words of wisdom,” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be? What has been your biggest challenge when growing your startup?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

The ones above are the ones I’ve prioritized this year (other than Disrupt – I never seem to get invited to that one). Don’t even get me started on Demo Days. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now. Co-founder discontent. And we live in public so many people are able just to reach out.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. Founders: Sameer Kapur (CPO), Vishnu Chakroborty (CTO), Gautam Ajjarapu (CEO). Founders: Emily Stebbins (Co-CEO), Jonathan Siktberg (Co-CEO). Our team is on a mission to drive disruptive innovation in chronic disease care.” ” Health U.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And while the accelerator says it only looks at founders when investing in startups, not sector, category or idea, more money in the pipeline may be empowering enough to attract a different cohort of founders. Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1. – Haje Kamps.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

What SOSV’s Climate Tech 100 tells founders about investors in the space. Two weeks ago, 50 iconic founders and investors shared their insights on how the world can tackle the planetary “Code Red” with over 2,000 participants at the inaugural SOSV Climate Tech Summit. Benjamin Joffe is a partner at SOSV.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Hey, founders between gigs: What now? Unfortunately, most founders are not in that position: 9 out of 10 startups fail. Even if you achieve a high valuation, you might end up like FanDuel ’s founders: their investors got the benefit of a $465m exit; the founders got zero. . One research paper found, . “[F]ormer

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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.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

Early-stage founders, a shipload of opportunity is about to set sail and you don’t want to miss the boat. We have only a few spots left to exhibit in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23). Schedule and host livestream product demos, tutorials or Q&A sessions. Your audience?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Selected from the most competitive batch in TC history, selected founders from across the globe will pitch on the virtual stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. It’s apparent that this next wave of founders are very much focused on building unicorns and also building deeply impactful technologies. Session 1: 10:45 a.m.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 — our flagship global event — takes over the internet on September 21-23. More than 10,000 people will attend to learn about the latest tech and investment trends from iconic leaders, founders and VCs. Time to get on board: It costs less than $100 to attend TechCrunch Disrupt until this Monday.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The interactive demo company, which launched to the public today, is making it easier for companies to create demonstration videos, called “arcades,” that walk people through how their tools work. Historically, selling involved hiding behind the demo, and once the company got the person’s information, it was more of a “gotcha” moment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Just seven days until more than 10,000 people around the world storm the internet to attend TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. You’ll hear from iconic founders, unicorn makers, boundary-benders — all of it served up with a gigantic side of DIY tips, actionable advice, encouragement and inspiration.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

When you’re head-down and nose to the grindstone — I’m looking at all you hard-working early-stage startup founders — it’s easy to miss a deadline for an outstanding opportunity. Case in point: competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. 11 words and phrases to cut from your VC pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

The next Battlefield takes place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. Founders from these three startups took a chance, gave it their all and ended up winning the championship — and $100,000 — in their respective years: Canix (2020), Render (2019) and Forethought (2018). Yup, that sound you hear is opportunity knocking.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2023

It has already started disrupting many industries, most notably education and computer programming. Now, just a few months later, OpenAI has upgraded from GPT-3 to GPT-4, a far more powerful AI model ( see demo ). I predict that people who don’t adapt and take feedback well will likely face the greatest disruption from AI.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

A little startup by the name of Dropbox competed in the Battlefield at TC50 (the precursor to Disrupt) way back in 2008. TechCrunch is on the hunt for innovative, game-changing startups to take the Startup Battlefield challenge and wrangle with the best-of-the-best at TC Disrupt 2021 in September. Are you game?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

One of the best parts of TechCrunch Disrupt is the Startup Battlefield competition, and one of the most important pieces of the Startup Battlefield is our lineup of expert judges — they’re the ones the founders are trying to impress. And then, of course, they choose the winner who gets to take home $100k and the Disrupt Cup.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2019, Hassan Bourgi , a second-time founder, returned to Ivory Coast after exiting his Latin American-based startup, Busportal, to Naspers-company redBus. In Djamo’s case though, the founders had to go at lengths to prove to banks and customers that the platform was safe to use for onboarding, KYC and transactions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

TechCrunch is asking founders who have worked with growth marketers to share a recommendation in this survey. Laja is the founder of several marketing and optimization businesses: CXL , Speero and Wynter. We asked him to expand on some of his thoughts and recommendations for startup founders. How do you test that?

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

We work with founders to help them tell their company stories, so we get to see hundreds of decks and talk to dozens of companies every month. The most common problem we see is founders getting caught up in the slides, the details and the “rules” when they focus on the story. Demo Day pitch. What’s going on?

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

Felt, co-founded by Sam Hashemi and Can Duruk , wants to disrupt the role of maps in society, and rethink how we think about the medium. That in and of itself is a feat, the co-founders say, given that data is often fragmented, inaccurate or just straight-up badly formatted. ” The argument worked. Image Credits: Felt.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

It’s not that I’m anti innovation or a disbeliever in disruption or calling it a full-scale bubble or saying every darling startup is going to fail. We have companies that became valuable through founders that sacrificed for years and through hard work – and partly through luck – achieved great things.

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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 . Latecomers still welcome: Buy a pass right here.

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