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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation. The soundbite: “The long-term value of real estate is primarily driven by work — where you work, how you get to work, and how much you get paid at work. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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Has VC Become So Big It Must Be Disrupted?

Tomasz Tunguz

The key question he poses is: has the industry become so large that it needs to be disrupted? Real estate, hedge funds, derivatives, all kinds of assets. This supply/demand shift that provides founders more leverage in conversations has catalyzed some innovation in venture. in the New Yorker.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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UpEquity raises $25 million in equity and debt for its cash-pay mortgage lending service

TechCrunch

Naval Academy graduate and former fighter pilot, Herman saw real estate as the only avenue to true wealth creation open to him and his family given their years on the road and lack of available investment capital. After the Navy, Herman went to Harvard Business School and met his co-founder Louis Wilson.

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Formwork Labs aims to build ‘the YC of construction tech’

TechCrunch

But construction fuels the commercial and real estate industries, which in turn impacts all of us in one way or another. Fixing a foundation after the superstructure is built is a costly, disruptive and sometimes impossible task,” Bechtel said. Founders can apply to the program here. .

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End-to-end operators are the next generation of consumer business

TechCrunch

Particularly in industries where supply is scarce, or in old-guard industries where innovation in the underlying product or service is slow, a digitized marketplace — even when managed — can produce underwhelming experiences for consumers. The end-to-end approach makes the most sense when disrupting very large markets.

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Infra.Market raises $20 million for its B2B marketplace in India

TechCrunch

A startup that is improving the way construction and real estate companies in India procure materials and handle logistics for their projects has received the backing of three new investors. Mumbai-headquartered Infra.Market said on Thursday it has raised $20 million in a Series B financing round.