American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 13, 2025

Seven Stars is positioning itself as a launchpad for the next generation of AI founders, providing them with pre-seed and seed-stage funding, to help build products that aim to empower billions globally—not just the top 10%. As a former partner at SV Angel , Lee has worked with hundreds of founders and has helped startups raise over $1.25

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

In early 2022, you may remember, we called for experts to submit applications to present breakout sessions and roundtable discussions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco. Audience Choice voting opens for TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 It’s time to make your voice count!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Welcome to the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt ! You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. Disrupt Stage | 10:00 am. Disrupt Stage | 1:40 pm.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. The Kauffman Foundation found 47% of US tech founders held degrees in STEM while 34% held degrees in business, finance, and accounting. 1) Freebies for Student Tech Founders. Right here.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Time is running out for you to score the biggest savings on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 — the original and always-evolving conference dedicated to early-stage startups. Beat the March 10 deadline, and you’ll save up to $1,000 on General Admission, Founder, and Investor passes. Buy your Disrupt pass today !

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

Every day, Im surrounded by a passionate team that shares a common vision of disrupting an industry. We plan to refine our technology further to ensure it continues to meet the evolving needs of our customers. If you had to share, words of wisdom, with a Founder whos about to start their own startup, what would theybe?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We’re less than a month away from TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco! Mar Hershenson , co-founder and managing partner at Pear VC. With over 20 years of leadership and entrepreneurial experience in technology and media, Jim Lanzone has a proven track record of driving growth and innovation. in operating roles.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

It’s hard to believe it but TechCrunch Disrupt — only one of the most engaging, fun, well-attended startup events in the world — is around the corner, taking place September 19–21! Outsiders may not realize just how much work goes into planning Disrupt. If you want to receive this in your inbox every Sunday, sign up here.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The disruptive technology-enabled startups are being showcased at its Demo Day, following their five-month participation in the Labs’ accelerator program. “At DotLab : is a women’s healthcare technology company bringing to customers DotEndoTM, a breakthrough, non-invasive, blood test that aids in the diagnosis of active endometriosis.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The founders had been responsible for gaining staggering scale in the past 3 years, having been trail-blazers in building a network of talent and an unrivaled understanding of the YouTube ecosystem. To the credit of Danny, Ben & Lisa – they never aspired to be the CEO’s of a rocket ship media & technology company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Erich Joachimsthaler , founder and CEO of VIVALDI envisions a new business model—one that creates shared value for all. A traditional company focuses on disruption or becoming more customer centric. Tesla has offered to share its innovative battery technology and other software with the automotive industry.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Written by Ruchir Punjabi , the co-founder and chief digital officer of Distributed Energy , a company that matches investors with renewable energy projects across Africa, Middle East and India, and the founder of Langoor, which was sold to Havas Group in 2019. Disruptive innovation is what most people mean when they say innovation.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 6, 2025

“Our mission is simple: remove unnecessary calories and sugar from the American diet and replace them with what the body actually needs—high-quality protein,” said Rahal, David’s Co-Founder and CEO. Greenoaks, whose portfolio includes tech giants like Canva and Stripe, brings a long-term, founder-focused investment approach.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 10, 2025

This is because founders can better manage pressure, adapt quickly, persevere and lead their teams through crises to achieve growth. Common Setbacks Entrepreneurs Face Every founder, no matter how seasoned, faces adversity. Market Shifts: Economic downturns or unexpected competitors can disrupt carefully laid plans.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Revolution Growth Invests in Hidden Level, the Company Building the Worlds Most Advanced Drone Detection Technology The $65M Series C will be used to expand production of its airspace monitoring technology, grow its Syracuse-based team, and scale internationally.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The team would get a clearer picture of what it wanted to build when the founders moved back to Nigeria. The Americans of Nigerian descent toured across 20 states and studied different value chains for crops spotting inefficiencies that could be solved by technology. The result was Kraken, a proprietary patent-pending machine.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

The reinvention of banking is well underway, and we’re excited to welcome three key players — Peter Hazlehurst, co-founder and CEO, Synctera; Laura Spiekerman, co-founder and president, Alloy; and Amanda Swoverland, chief compliance officer, Unit — to the Fintech Stage on September 19 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023.

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StartupNation

JUNE 23, 2025

This article presents real-world examples of business leaders who successfully overcame various crises, from supply chain disruptions to regulatory shifts. We continued with transparent and empathetic customer communication and recognized the importance of investing in technology to help with effective shipping and preventing disruptions.

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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. What do you do with a $650 million platform?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The combination of an increasingly educated workforce and still-sucky public transportation means the way people move is ripe for disruption. Treepz , the Nigerian startup that’s scaling its bus-hailing service across the continent, might be one of the main drivers of that disruption. I’d say it’s helping us become sturdier.”

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Dream It

AUGUST 29, 2019

For this reason, it would be ridiculous for a founder to ever tell a venture investor that they want to keep the company private. The exit strategy conversation should be nuanced, and founders should use it as a way to show investors you can think about things from different angles. In reality, exits are an outcome, not a strategy.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

These changes will create opportunities for founders across the entire stack of computer-aided design tools for architects, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools, and finally integration with 3-D environmental models to understand and design the lifetime impact of the buildings. USA News ).Labor

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2022

Jason Wenk is CEO and founder of Altruist. Fintech founders that set out to solve big problems for consumers almost always begin with the best intentions — they want to help people. But they often miss that mark by a country mile, which spurs questions about how effective other fintech founders can be at helping consumers.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

years ago and still rings true today, stating the unique Twitter attributes that are disruptive: Real time. It is the oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria that is Tweeted before people even know a disruption may happen. Nick – the incredibly visionary behind the company and our technology. Asymmetric. Location Aware.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

One of the things I have observed over the years is that a hard charging sales oriented founder/CEO can often hide the defects in a product. Because the founder is so capable of convincing the market to adopt/purchase the product, the company can get revenue traction with a product that is not really right. INNOVATOR’S DILEMMA.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Terrific news for anyone who lacks either the time or the budget to go whole-hog at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. Pro Savers Tip: Prices on all TechCrunch Disrupt passes will increase May 12 at 11:59 p.m. Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023?

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2023

Most early-stage startup founders, investors, technologists and all-around aficionados recognize and appreciate a great deal. We’re flagging this one, folks, because you have just one week left to take advantage of early-bird pricing on all passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

And we will see legacy applications embrace AI to make their products better and to remain competitive with the AI-first disrupters. But like web3 before it and the internet before that, this new technology will bring litigation and regulatory scrutiny that will raise, and ultimately resolve many important issues. USV TEAM POSTS:

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2023

If you’ve made it this far into 2023 without hearing about ChatGPT or the artificial intelligence (AI) technology powering the tool, here’s your notice: it’s time to pay attention. It has already started disrupting many industries, most notably education and computer programming.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2012

I have one failed attempt at a startup under my belt as a founder and I don't have any particularly usable skills that anyone would pay for like selling, designing, building, etc. It could have been that awful hire you made that disrupted the team and you had to let go, but funny enough, that's never the story is it? Not special?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

No founder event would be complete without pitches! TechCrunch editorial is looking for 6-7 founders to take part in a Pitch Deck Teardown. Founders can apply here. At TC Early Stage, founders will get to pitch in front of an expert panel of judges and secure essential insight before you step up to bat.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Petal provides transparency to consumers through their technology to help them make smart credit decisions. In our first meeting, which was theoretically scheduled for 45 minutes, I sat down with co-founders Jason and David for more than two hours. You can sign up to be one of their first customers here. That's important for a VC.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Many climate-focused industries and technologies are so new that policymakers are still learning what they are, making education and proactive outreach essential. Executing on opportunities at the intersection of utility and disruption allows for exponential innovation. Cultivate a super team, not a superstar.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

My entrepreneurial story didn’t start with an invention or a groundbreaking technological breakthrough. Contributed to EO by Jordan Gillissie , the founder and CEO of Equifund , an alternative investment platform that provides retail investors with access to emerging companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Now, as the 19-year-old founder takes the stage for Startup Battlefield, he’s looking to take his company, DigestAI , beyond flashcards to create an AI dialogue assistant that we can all carry around on our phones. Naturally, his technological ambitions matured a bit over time. Image Credits: Haje Kamps / TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

In the past six months alone, TechCrunch has written nearly 600 articles focused on the impact of AI technology in our lives across industries as varied as film , healthcare , marketing and supply chains to name but a few. Join the global startup community at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , September 19–21 in San Francisco.

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