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. incumbents simply did not have the right teams to adapt to the changing environment. The MP3 is a perfect case study of Innovator’s Dilemma.

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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. Therefore, as a GTM strategy and as a way to prove out the engine, we are likely to see the developer build the first game (or series of games) on top of the platform.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

Then came client-server, which also launched new winners at the expense of older incumbents. Most interestingly, new company wealth (pure play Internet companies) far exceeds “transitioned wealth” (incumbent companies transitioning their model successfully to the new platform). TripAdvisor and Yelp rule the day, not Frommers and Zagat.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I was given a copy at TechCrunch Disrupt. Second, network effects that enable the business to grow faster as it scales. Idea 2: Disruption is the wrong mind-set. Today’s mantra of disrupting industries focuses startups on existing competitive markets. Over the past day or so, I’ve read it in its entirety.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 20, 2015

And simultaneously, freemium marketing strategies blossomed. Chris Dixon has a catch phrase for this type of business: come for the tool, stay for the network. This go-to-market strategy benefits FSEMs in three important ways. Incumbents often can’t compete with free without cannibalizing their current business.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Prague-based company represents one of the Battlefield 200 startup exhibitors at TC Disrupt this week, and TechCrunch caught up with the cofounders to get the lowdown on what Talkbase is all about, and the problem that it’s looking to solve. Community meets product.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

At Qumra, we get excited about companies that disrupt traditional industries while doing good and improving quality of life. Our portfolio includes some great examples such as Fiverr that has disrupted the labor market by unlocking the global talent pool, or Talkspace, which is providing access to therapy to all. are at risk.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

What’s fascinating to me about my mornings is those six startups, and they are startups, are all very much part of my life and have completely disrupted the incumbents in those space. I feel like all those industries are being disrupted dramatically by people who are just better at customer experience, a step function better.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 8, 2017

I was first exposed to performance pricing in the ad network world. In the late 2000s, hundreds of ad networks popped up each promising slightly better performance for their advertisers and their publishers. These are my observations from the evolution of that industry. And who wants to be in that kind of market?

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