StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2025

What if we managed our businesses with creativity and vision rather than relying solely on metrics and frameworks? In a world dominated by constant disruption, from AI automation to ever-changing customer expectations, Drucker’s wisdom is a timely reminder that leadership must be centered around people, not just products or profits.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Potential to DISRUPT business CISOs are accustomed to constant innovation. Be prepared to tell the CISO how your solution can be deployed alongside existing technologies without causing disruptions. The products that CISOs love are those that enable their team to easily test drive and see the value.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Please give us your web3 elevator pitch: What is it, and what role does it play in today’s internet framework? . I dove headfirst into the space when I understood that we’re in the midst of a cultural revolution enabled by technology — not the other way around. ” Lior Messika, founder and managing partner, Eden Block.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

Leveraging before-and-after scenarios may help, enabling you to showcase how your solutions solved specific customer problems. Post-round, the same metrics framework became our quarterly board template, saving hours of prep. The outcome exceeded our expectations, with our funding round oversubscribed after presenting this framework.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

He has a deep history of investing in deep tech startups that have gone on to disrupt industries across AI, data, semiconductors, among others.” “Sima.ai’s software and hardware platform can be used to enable scaling machine learning to [a range of] embedded edge applications. As over-100-employee Sima.ai

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It may be a hobby or something of personal interest that enables you to develop a level of expertise that other people value. Here is a framework that can help you delve deeper into your quest to choose the right startup business: Self-Evaluation : What interests, hobbies, and passions do you have?

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

However, by adopting a “jobs-to-be-done” framework, early-stage startups can define, categorize, capture and organize all their customers’ needs, writes Michael Popchuk, co-founder and CEO of Saldo Apps. Battery startups are working to disrupt more than just cars and trucks. Image Credits: Bill Hinton / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

OnLoop aims to bring some joy into the process by enabling information-gathering to happen behind the scenes and be easier for hybrid workforces. The company will also look at its sales and marketing framework. Performance reviews eat up a lot of a manager’s time and are often the most dreaded part of work.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Compatible with existing cloud environments, machine learning frameworks like Google’s TensorFlow and Meta’s PyTorch and even other AI accelerator engines, Modular’s engine, currently in closed preview, lets developers import trained models and run them up to 7.5 ” Ambitious much? It’s already had an impact.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

To be sure, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted and profoundly altered many aspects of work life, including in-person diversity training and workforce development. Companies that stress internal diversity are more profitable, as they can successfully appeal to more diverse markets. The MLT program isn’t another pledge, index or disclosure push.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Luos , a participant in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield competition this week, wants to make it easy for embedded hardware developers to connect to any hardware component, such as a motor or sensor, then build a reusable configuration profile to give them the same type of flexibility that software engineers have with microservices.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“Mauricio and I had this bold vision of backing as many disruptive entrepreneurs as we could, and leveraging our previous backgrounds and experiences.”. market in the verticals of e-commerce, marketplaces, fintech and software. “The VCs say there are more startup opportunities to chase in Latin America.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To do this, the platform enables users to quickly “generate, optimize, and iterate on” design alternatives, taking into account design criteria and data like terrain, maps, wind, lighting, traffic and zoning, etc.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Durable Temporal calls itself a “durable execution system” that allows companies to manage an application’s state and monitor the execution of logic, all the while enabling them to push out software updates without disruption.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

We have guidelines within our investment framework. Secondly, he pointed to the Space industry, which has witnessed remarkable advancements in recent years, enabling greater access to space and the emergence of new business models driven by enhanced data and connectivity.

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StartupNation

MAY 22, 2025

6 Mentoring Resources for Women Small Business Owners Building Support Systems Professional Support Establishing a comprehensive professional framework is vital to long-term success as a parent entrepreneur. Contingency Planning : Prepare for the most likely scenarios that would cause disruption and focus on robust backup systems.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

During the last two days, 20 startups pitched their companies as part of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022. TechCrunch editors and expert judges winnowed them down to the following five finalists who will be presenting in front of a whole new panel of judges on the last day of Disrupt, October 20, 2022: Advanced Ionics.

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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. It provides another excellent case study of innovator’s dilemma, and a great framework to predict the future impact of nascent disruptive innovations.

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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. Blockchain is at its most powerfully disruptive when it supplies the missing link. can repair the attention-driven digital economy. What’s your web3 strategy?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This characteristic enables investment at the riskiest stage of business formation and growth. According to Managing Partner Justin Dawkins, Collab Capital, based in Atlanta, is “setting out to disrupt the wealth gap by investing in Black founders building innovative, high growth companies.” Collab Capital.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 29, 2025

Is there a logical sequence or framework that connects them all? This framework isn’t just theoretical; it’s grounded in rigorous research comparing companies that became great to similar companies that didn’t. This amplifies all the other principles in the framework. But how do these pieces fit together?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This characteristic enables investment at the riskiest stage of business formation and growth. According to Managing Partner Justin Dawkins, Collab Capital, based in Atlanta, is “setting out to disrupt the wealth gap by investing in Black founders building innovative, high growth companies.” Collab Capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Disclo doesn’t force startups to provide certain accommodations, but puts a framework in place for a company to be more aware and able to support their employees. At its best, technology acts as an enabler for PWDs, helping to level the playing field, and therefore can be a genuine force for social mobility,” O’Hear wrote at the time.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Telling your story isn't just about conveying information about your company--it's about giving someone a framework that makes them feel like they know how to be successful as well. Let’s not just prove [HOW YOU'RE DISRUPTING AN INDUSTRY], but reinvent [OBVIOUS THING YOU'RE REALLY DOING].” We are a technology-enabled [WHAT WE DO].

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Sixgill, a leader in threat intelligence enablement and enrichment, has pioneered a preemptive incident response methodology, Continuous Investigations/Continuous Protection (CI/CP). It is enabled by developments in automated threat intelligence and enhanced investigative processes.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Sixgill , a leader in threat intelligence enablement and enrichment, has pioneered a preemptive incident response methodology, Continuous Investigations/Continuous Protection (CI/CP). It is enabled by developments in automated threat intelligence and enhanced investigative processes.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views. So Where Do I Personally Net Out?

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

This post was a shortened version of a more detailed post he had written for his own blog titled “ A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff.” Deep research and quantitative frameworks are sorely lacking in today’s short attention span news approach. The service relies solely on payment enabled through a smartphone application.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The National Infrastructure and Security Agency (NIST) provides a good framework to follow. But those small disruptions can save you from even bigger issues down the road. Most applications allow you to enable this in the security settings. A great place to start is to take an assessment of your current IT security defenses.

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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. A cloud native engine will enable creation of 3D experiences using any device from anywhere via a browser. Godot was used by the engine creators to ship games for nearly 10 years before the engine was open-sourced.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Notably, today it is announcing a fresh $110 million in extended Series B financing from Koch Disruptive Industries that brings the round total to $300 million and the overall amount the young company has raised to more than $450 million. enabled by high-quality human-centric data [that we analyze] in an end-to-end, but componentized manner.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Our team is on a mission to drive disruptive innovation in chronic disease care.” With Aklivity, teams are relieved of the hodgepodge of integration frameworks and disjointed manual efforts associated with managing streaming APIs today. Pharma companies have been trying to enable oral absorption of large molecule drugs for years.

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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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Dream It

MAY 19, 2025

However, when critical disruptions occursuch as ransomware attacks, malicious insiders, severe misconfigurations, or catastrophic human errorshigh availability falls short. While IAM platforms ensure continuous availability, they do not provide tools for recovering from disruptive events that corrupt, compromise, or destroy identity data.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

And the disruption doesnt stop therebusinesses endure an average of three weeks of downtime per attack [ Statista ]. This predictive capability enables the system to anticipate attacker moves before they happen, staying one step ahead of evolving threats.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 3, 2025

It will help cities manage traffic in real-time, personalize citizen services, conserve resources, reduce carbon emissions, speed up emergency responses, and keep cities resilient in the face of unforeseen disruptions. These initiatives often align with national AI strategies.

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