TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

Back in February, we started calling for content — urging startup subject-matter experts to submit applications to lead roundtable discussions or breakout sessions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Audience Choice voting opens Now comes the part where you, dear readers, play a major role.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

At the end of the day, you want a thought partner who’s aligned with your strategy.” To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation. Executing on opportunities at the intersection of utility and disruption allows for exponential innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible. Exactly the opposite of what a rational investment strategy would advise. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. Have a cushion. Bubbles are inevitable. .&#

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

What is the right organizational strategy for a large UK conglomerate to operate more effectively? What would the right technology strategy for Telecom Italia be in 5 years. Any true disruption will change all the rules. That was an awesome project and the answer was quantifiable. But much of the work was unknowable.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

It allows him the opportunity to do what he does best, finding and motivating entrepreneurs then thinking through market strategy. Much of our investment was around the market strategy of trying to defend the cable companies from the increased market presence of satellite providers. Both AOL and Time Warner had existing VC operations.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This works for some, but too often founders find themselves diluting their equity to unrecoverable portions rather than considering other financing options that allow them to hold on to their company — options like debt capital. People tend to think that category creation is less risky than incumbent disruption.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I know some people think the whole market has been disrupted and startups and funding work differently these days. Total disruption on the funding market? Protecting every investment – including bad hands – is a losing strategy in poker & in angel investing. How’d that work out? the diversity problem.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The great surge in entrepreneurship following the pandemic resulted in a significant disruption of most industries, which was mainly reflected in significant and widespread adoption of tech, both old and contemporary. Finance teams are no exception to this trend. Automate low-value tasks.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

The key question he poses is: has the industry become so large that it needs to be disrupted? Some firms run multiple strategies: different industries, geographies, and stages, akin to PE specialization and diversification. Also, more venture firms and startups are choosing debt as a non-dilutive financing alternative.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 The company is also currently piloting financing for e-mobility assets. . Image Credits: Tugende.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We remain confident in the long-term trend that software enables and the value accrued to disruptive startups; we also recognized that in a strong market it is important to ring the cash register and this doesn’t come without a concentrated effort to do so. Venture capital is a talent game, which starts with the team that’s inside Upfront.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In this article, well explore essential strategies to help small business owners improve their cash flow to maintain a positive cash position for financial stability. Improve Invoicing and Payment Collection Delayed payments from customers can disrupt your cash flow, making it harder to cover operational costs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A traditional company focuses on disruption or becoming more customer centric. It has become an essential way to pay—whether you’re purchasing a water bottle at the kiosk around the corner or financing your wedding plans. As an example: There are now 175 mattress companies in the market.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

Expect a disruption of normal terms (expect to get paid slower, but you may have to pay faster). During economic disruption, customers will take longer to pay and vendors will need to be paid faster. . • In a crisis, you must have a keen understanding of when profit turns to cash.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.).

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

It should come as no surprise, then, that we’re absolutely thrilled to have Grayson join us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. At Disrupt, Grayson will serve as a Startup Battlefield judge. Disrupt 2021 goes down from September 21 to 23 and is virtual. Snag a ticket here starting under $100 for a limited time!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

3 disruptive trends that will shape marketing in 2022. 3 disruptive trends that will shape marketing in 2022. How to acquire customer research that shapes your go-to-market strategy. How to acquire customer research that shapes your go-to-market strategy. Thanks very much for reading, and I hope you have a great weekend.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Of course, we’ll cover both sides of the venture capital coin at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-10, and we’ve already announced the investors who will offer the venture perspective on the first fundraising question. What strategies did these founders use to secure their funding? Hezarkhani’s Parthean, raised $1.1

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Investing in the digitization of your finance team is a great way to boost the efficiency and growth of your small business. In fact, the McKinsey Global Institute estimates that today 40 percent of finance activities can be fully automated. For years, finance departments have been tied to practices that happen in offices.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. Others I have not. It’s a freakin’ cool feature.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide. Bosun Tijani talks strategy as CEO of Africa’s new largest tech hub. ” In a nutshell, the Future Africa Collective, CcHub Syndicate, and Investzilla want to improve access to financing for African founders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Recently, it co-led a $350 million Series D round in Argentine personal finance management app Ualá. There is so much innovation and disruption taking place in Latin America, and I believe the business opportunities there have never been stronger. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

With LatAm businesses and startups continuously integrating with new-age platforms and services, adopting an API-driven transformation strategy has become essential – as a result, the entire financial system is being “APIfied.”. One way to revamp the back-office, lower costs and improve communication is to use APIs.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

However, it quickly evolved into a platform facilitating remote team management for over 40 companies globally, providing job opportunities amidst the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeshua’s Fundraising Strategies for Founders: Consider whether venture capital funding is essential; not all businesses need it.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

” TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 is underway! Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow. ” Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow. . ” Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 21, 2017

So it’s very important to have a tool that discusses the time-critical nature of the context, because if the context changes, then strategy has to change. We call it the strategic radar , and we’ve also been helping our clients with their business strategies through it. The disruption factors are what they state (i.e.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Investor confidence in Kin continues to climb due to its unique business strategy and market focus, which have produced systematic, capital efficient growth. The post Kin lands $33M in fresh financing from investors appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®. (doing its reinsurance business as HSCM Bermuda), and Alpha Edison.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

In Run:AI, we’ve found disruptive technology, an experienced team and a SaaS-based market strategy that will help enterprises deploy the AI they’ll need to stay competitive.” The system also future-proofs deep learning workloads, allowing them to inherit the power of the latest hardware with less rework.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. AI has also begun to play a bigger role in the construction supply chain, production scheduling, labor management, insurance and financing, risk assessment etc. This is an indication that the industry is ready for disruption. Any other thoughts you want to share with TechCrunch readers?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

Promoting Disruption. The first-ever FALAK UTS launched in May 2017 as a two-day summit on innovation and disruption. Examples of this include helping a local school with their entrepreneurship class and creating the strategy for a local child protection and anti-abuse NGO. Suhail is also a member of EO Bahrain.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. And if you’re a startup CFO, finance lead, bean counter, or presentation slide deck preparer, then you should read this book. Even the most amazing disruptive game-changing plans have competition. It had eight gigabytes of storage.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 15, 2015

Today, many infrastructure software startups employ open source strategies to market their software and win dominant market share. Open source is a disruptive distribution strategy. In 2014, venture capitalists invested in 37 separate open-source financings.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Crayhill has significant e-commerce experience in general and a dedicated strategy to finance players in the Amazon ecosystem, and they have been a great partner.”. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a notice after Russia invaded Ukraine warning about the potential for state-sponsored cyber attacks: “Every organization — large and small — must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber activity,” it advised.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Being a small business owner yourself, you must plan and implement the best business growth strategies to shine in the ongoing year. The event roped in the following experts to discuss the findings of the Business Leader Survey and leading strategies to help you grow this year, including: Jason Balk , CFO Adtegrity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The investment and finance industry is no exception. Technology such as AI has digitized the finance sector, ranging from payments and remittances to lending. Technology such as AI has digitized the finance sector, ranging from payments and remittances to lending.

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