TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
Debt capital, which refers to capital raised by taking out a loan, is an alternative route that entrepreneurs should consider. Discount airlines, cell phones (not smartphones) and integrated circuits are good examples of the “faster, cheaper, simpler” variety, because they simply displaced familiar incumbents.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2015
It has become so synonymous with Internet companies that the French have invented a disdainful term including Amazon: “les GAFA,” which they refer to as Google-Apple-Facebook-Amazon to talk about American dominance of the Internet. Amazon is emblematic of the sort of company that mostly disrupts industries *behind* the scenes.
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TechCrunch
APRIL 20, 2022
When it comes to presentation creation, PowerPoint and Keynote remain the de facto tools by incumbent advantage. But this hasn’t stopped startups from trying to disrupt the status quo. refers to the product’s AI-powered presentation recommendations. Prezent.ai’s online design dashboard.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
He referred to insurance as a “spaghetti web of money movement” where payments can take up to 100 days to get to the insurance carrier from the customer as it makes its way through intermediaries. This is where Wynn believes Ascend is competing, though some incumbents are offering premium financing, but not in the digital way Ascend is.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to thoroughly reference check their VCs – you’ll learn much more from this than anything else. We always say that great opportunities are composed of a world-class team addressing a big & disruptive market opportunity. Lines vs. Dots is all about people. Market Opportunity.
Tomasz Tunguz
APRIL 1, 2013
What kinds of moves are the incumbents making and how they change the market? How might a startup disrupt this market? I look up the founders on LinkedIn, send a few emails for references and then wait to hear back on some initial reference calls. Then, I try to dig deeper into the nuances of the market.
Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 28, 2024
For new entrants looking to take advantage of the advent of LLMs and disrupt the status quo by going upstream of these incumbents, we’ve done a deep dive into Bloomberg, Morningstar, and Verisk’s stories. In doing so, each built the beginnings of what are now category-defining businesses.
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