American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2025

This disruptive model enables cloud companies to build the most cost- and power-efficient AI solutions. Filling a Critical Market Gap The market opportunity is enormous. Nexthop AI is a force-multiplier, partnering with and working as an extension of cloud companies engineering teams.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 13, 2025

Notable endorsements include: “Steven’s extensive relationships and trusted reputation with leading AI companies have positioned Seven Stars to drive the next phase of AI-driven disruption,” said Hunter Somerville, Partner at StepStone Group. “In

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Enterprises are then able to upgrade to quantum-safe encryption without disrupting their operations. Her deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the quantum computing space has equipped her with the skills to lead QuSecure as it scales its operations and expands its reach across industry.

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Jason Malki

JULY 16, 2025

Leveraged his cross-sector experience to identify and seize new market opportunities. After returning to the US from my four years in Southeast Asia I was looking for my next opportunity in the clean technology industry. I do read extensively about how it may disrupt and improve various sectors and businesses.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 5, 2025

How women innovators in Asia-Pacific are transforming food security, nutrition and climate action With 370+ million people facing undernutrition and climate change disrupting agriculture, these women-led innovations are stepping up to create lasting solutions. Each ton of eco-charcoal produced saves an estimated 88 trees.

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StartupNation

JULY 17, 2025

Though it may limit your growth opportunities.) Operational risks might involve supply chain disruptions or employee turnover. Here’s what you need to know about the funding options available to you: 1. Bootstrapping or Self-Funding If possible, self-fund your business until you can prove traction. This helps you maintain full control.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 29, 2025

Lead transparent conversations about the opportunities and realities of AI and what it means for your colleagues' roles, career paths, and day-to-day work. Good governance protects your organization from regulatory issues, reputational risks, and operational disruptions. Culture Culture centers around your people.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2024

These approaches reduce reliance on non-renewable resources and ensure food production remains resilient against climate-related disruptions. Beyond food production, these initiatives could provide education, job opportunities, and platforms for social and economic change.

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StartupNation

JULY 21, 2025

Since 2020, small business owners have faced a parade of economic pressures, from pandemic disruptions and inflation to rising wages and tightening credit. Identify opportunities for modular teams, hybrid roles, or part-time specialists to manage rising labor costs effectively. But while H.R.

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Revolution

MARCH 10, 2025

Years of offshoring, bottlenecks, and climate-driven disruptions have made it clear: we need to rethink where and how we source materials. Scaling a BetterSystem A recurring theme among the 150+ startups weve backed is that, often, the countrys biggest challenges are the most compelling innovation opportunities.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 29, 2025

In my experience, this is where the opportunity for impact is greatest. All of us have the opportunity to become better leaders, even if we’re only managing a group of interns or our own workload. They either ignore problems entirely or chase too many opportunities instead of focusing on their Hedgehog Concept.

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StartupNation

JUNE 29, 2025

This tendency is exaggerated when the new offering is disruptive or innovative. If the offering is truly innovative and/or disruptive, this first step is even more vital. This too is a bit more difficult if the offering is viewed by the prospect as innovative and/or disruptive.

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Revolution

JUNE 30, 2025

Maryland, and Virginia.” —  Mahati Sridhar, Rise of the Rest Partner Mahati opened the morning by underscoring the regional opportunity and the need to connect founders, funders, and institutions across the DMV who are building the next generation of climate solutions. We have a huge, urgent challenge, which means there’s a huge opportunity.

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StartupNation

MAY 21, 2025

Missteps during the selection process can lead to wasted resources and missed opportunities. These weren’t minor usage gaps—they represented wasted investment and missed productivity opportunities. System claims mismatched, disrupting team workflow. Adopting a phased testing approach solved it. A hard lesson indeed.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 7, 2025

The growth equity firm, known for supporting disruptive consumer technology companies, will work alongside Blackstone to help Liftoff expand its AI capabilities and explore strategic acquisitions. Weve merged, innovated, and built momentum, yet we believe the opportunity for growth in mobile is just beginning.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Youre left with: A healthy sales pipeline A well-run CRM thats got more opportunity for you to mine Better forecasting to help your team with long-range planning Across several of our retainer projects, the stats are clear on the value youll get. Its no wonder opportunities stall, and buyers refuse to budge.

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StartupNation

MAY 16, 2025

It will bring vast disruption and fuel positive transformation at unprecedented speed and scale. The universe of business opportunities is expanding exponentially. Analysts estimate $1 trillion could be spent on data centers and energy expenses in the AI boom. Sometimes, I get asked to speak to C-level peers about AI developments.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 20, 2025

This is one interpretation of It takes money to make money , although that statement was probably created to describe new investment opportunities. Without remaining availability from a bank line, many businesses are stretched to the limit just when they seem to be doing better than ever.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Identifies opportunities: When you integrate AI tools into your existing workflows, it can use your data to flag blind spots and possibilities for your business. Offering training and development opportunities not only helps your team adapt but also ensures you get the most value out of your AI automation investments.

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StartupNation

MAY 22, 2025

We look specifically at opportunities for stay-at-home moms that rely on flexibility and modern technology. The support system should be carefully curated to capture business opportunities while addressing the specific needs of being a parent. Don’t strive for parental perfection.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

By staying on top of your financial position, you can avoid potential cash flow issues, specifically unexpected cash shortages, enabling planning for growth opportunities. 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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The Zapier Blog

JULY 17, 2025

With a modular orchestration architecture, you can update or replace individual components without disrupting the entire system. This will make your system more flexible, easier to maintain, and simpler to evolve over time. Invest in observability early If a workflow succeeds and nobody can trace it, did it really run? Ok, that's a lie.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 24, 2025

Playground Global Leads Strategic Investment The seed round was led by Playground Global , a deep tech venture capital firm known for backing disruptive technologies across computing, automation, and biotechnology.

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Revolution

APRIL 16, 2025

If you rely on just-in-time delivery, even a brief disruption can halt assemblylines. Here is a framework: Cost Analysis : Compare the potential tariff increase to the costs of holding goods (demurrage, storage, and opportunity costs). This allows you to make accurate cost calculations, pricing adjustments, and financial forecasts.

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StartupNation

JUNE 25, 2025

But more importantly, my journey is part of a larger movement— white-collar professionals like me swapping cubicles for hard hats and discovering untapped opportunity in the trades. My adaptability underscores the importance of being open to new opportunities, even if they fall outside your comfort zone. Moving to the U.S.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

However, after analyzing hundreds of reviews from G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, and other sources, several recurring issues kept surfacing: Technical bugs and glitches — Users report frequent workflow automation failures and broken features that cause missed opportunities and wasted time. 16) Flodesk – Decent designing capabilities 4.2/5

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 21, 2025

Time-series analysis takes these shifts into account and quantifies their impact on the overall data—and this goes for any kind of revenue pattern, seasonal or not (think market disruptions, competitor product launches, or viral social media trends). Learn more about revenue tracking and revenue reporting in Zapier, or get started now.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 10, 2025

“Inspired by those who fought ovarian cancer, leaving behind learnings and legacies, we are empowered to approach a research manifold still thin in knowledge yet deep in shape and opportunity,” said Neri Oxman, PhD, Co-Trustee of The Pershing Square Foundation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt. Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself. Was this episode from five years ago?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Wherever your business sits on the spectrum, you’ll want to follow these tips to navigate supply chain disruption. So, how can one navigate the disruptions and mitigate the risks? The post Navigating Supply Chain Disruption: 7 Strategies for Small Businesses appeared first on StartupNation. So, how did we get here?

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

25 seed and early-stage startups participate in a 5-month long program ending with a Demo Day showcasing their disruptive innovation For its 2024 global accelerator cohort, Morgan Stanley received thousands of applications. The global financial services firm narrowed its selection down to 25 companies for its I nclusive Ventures Lab.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2015

Play is an opportunity to learn and discover. Plus, it's a great opportunity for additional income and is a positive addition to every community. What isn't surprising is that their plans for getting the kids outside became Tinkergarten , a distributed network of leaders providing outdoor learning experiences.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Today is last day to cast your vote for Audience Choice roundtables and breakouts at Disrupt 2023. You pick the sessions you want at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Specifically, you help decide which of the 17 roundtable discussions and 15 breakout sessions will earn a spot on the Disrupt agenda. Voting ends at 11:59pm PDT tonight.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2015

We will have two well-funded companies educating the market on why this market opportunity for the $24 billion US storage market is ripe for disruption. So why would I want to damage a bunch of friendships for no reason? But the bigger truth is the competition is important. When we funded Sam , Rahul and team at MakeSpace > 2.5

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500

JUNE 9, 2020

Supply chains have been disrupted, businesses have had to close or operate at limited capacity for months, and even founders have had to expand their fundraising timeframes as we saw in our 2020 Female Founders Data Report. There’s no doubt that COVID-19 has affected nearly every industry globally.

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