TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Five success factors for behavioral health startups. As consumers grew more comfortable with the web, marketplaces like eBay, Etsy, Expedia and Wayfair* emerged, enabling historically offline transactions to occur online. The end-to-end approach makes the most sense when disrupting very large markets.

real estate 144

real estate incumbents health disruption 144

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.

incumbents 106

incumbents consulting SaaS disruption 106

TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking. Don’t make a product “for old people” — make a product that helps older adults lead a healthier, more active, more connected life.

incumbents 101

incumbents peer-to-peer strategy disruption 101

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

By leading the shift to more telehealth services, Fuzzy hopes to encourage pet parents to consider the health of their pet on a more regular basis to aid in their longevity. He called Bhettay “an energetic and smart entrepreneur” who is building a strong team to go after a space that is ripe for disruption.

capital 98

capital incumbents education health 98

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Ascend is offering point-of-sale financing to enable insurance brokers to break up those commercial payments into monthly installments. Our platform not only reduces the friction with payments by enabling customers to pay how they want to pay, but also helps carriers sell more insurance.”. Ascend app.

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financing finance incumbents disruption 83

TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. and Mexico. and Mexico.

real estate 106

real estate VC mix-use opportunity 106

Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2021

Here are 6 tactical guidelines drawn from my work with 15+ global tech upstarts in D2C, B2B marketplaces, SaaS for SMBs, logistics, cybersecurity, and digital health over the last decade: 1. Winning big often means starting small. Putting it all together Quality beats quantity when it comes to launching.

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startup strategy SaaS incumbents 89