Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Fragmented markets can be a great target for disruption. I’m a stickler for focus, being efficient with capital and building out operational excellence, so our strategy initially was very constrained. MakeSpace , the leading provider of next-generation storage for consumers, today announced an additional $17.5 Little old us.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Now that investing is cool again, upstarts like Staax , which pitched today at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield, are finding new ways to cash in on its cachet, particularly among young people. What sets Staax apart, though, is that it allows for peer-to-peer payments in stock. Image Credit: Haje Kamps / TechCrunch.

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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. This weekend was Yom Kippur, holiest of the Jewish holidays and the day of atonement. ’ The correct answer is ‘I don’t know.’

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

Not only did I want resources that mimic a “real-life business school” to help me learn where and how I could improve as a leader and business owner, but also I wanted a peer group who could empathize with my struggles and challenge me to grow daily. I wanted to share those relationships and experiences with others. .

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

His passion for filmmaking led to the creation of J Rental Centre, a peer-to-peer rental platform born out of a desire to maximize the utility of accumulated camera equipment. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

With a little patience, forethought, and strategy, you can avoid angel burnout. Investors with industry expertise are invaluable in helping disruptive startups cross the chasm. A mutual fund manager won't give you their portfolio strategy but most seed funds love having a network of angels to syndicate deals with.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. Rolling ten-year returns have steadily declined across hedge fund strategies. If investors complained about Wall Street 80 years ago, they’re howling now.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

One of the best business models ever is creating a marketplace between investors and investment opportunities. However, the challenge with this two-sided market is: how do you get the investors to show up? It’s hard enough to get the retail investors, but the family offices and other large check writers are even more challenging.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This is particularly true of industries where technology is disrupting business models. When you drive through your local community or go to your place of employment, you are coming in contact with businesses, both large and small. The most common advice given to aspiring entrepreneurs is to start a business that ignites your passion.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking. One of the best strategies for tech companies that want to serve the older adult market is to focus your value proposition on empowering older adults.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Meanwhile, Sequoia’s investments in payments tech companies spanned both consumer and business payments and operate in four distinct markets: buy now, pay later (BNPL), expense management, peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, and online payments acceptance. Welcome to The Interchange ! We saw a similar trend at a16z.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

We’re launching our own scout program, and want to benchmark compensation and structure against our peers. The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. But how do you do that? . How to find a job as a VC scout. How to get a job in venture capital.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

Perception Point powers new security from Acronis. WayUp partners with AMS to boost diverse recruitment. Corporate introductions: Partner with startups. More than 1,200 high-tech jobs. Startup of the Week: VisIC: Fueling the electric car revolution. Learn More. CropX named World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer. ” Learn More. ” Learn More.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning. Market Size.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 11, 2023

Consultants can also help startups develop strategies to manage growth and improve efficiency, allowing them to focus on what really matters. Business consultants can help startups navigate the constantly changing business landscape by providing them with the tools and strategies they need to stay flexible and agile. from there.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Proactive cybersecurity strategies, by contrast, aggregate a multitude of perspectives, which brings the benefit of innovation, problem-solving and consensus-building. In its Cybersecurity Workforce Study 2021 , industry body (ISC) 2 found that 2.7 million information security jobs remain unfilled worldwide. While this number is down from 3.1

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 15, 2017

wall to inspire forward-thinking and to develop productive strategies for setting goals. By Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO of O2E Brands (the banner company to 1-800-GOT-JUNK?) and EO Vancouver member. My dad is a liver transplant surgeon and one of the most educated people I’ve ever known. Don’t Quit Your Daydream.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

We did what many VC funds did – we presented our annual results, we stood up and talked about our portfolio companies, we invited a few to also present and then we had dinner & drinks at some posh restaurant. So I decided to change up our format a bit. So I decided to change up our format a bit. I had a few objectives in mind.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

Lamey Wellehan is pursuing abundance by weaving sustainability and business strategy together, simultaneously producing outstanding results for the enterprise, planet and community. A 2015 Maine Business Leader of the Year , he reports that eliminating waste and carbon has freed capital for growth, enhancing employee and customer loyalty.

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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. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

By 2017, Duolingo would boast having 200 million users, which was double von Ahn’s goal when he first launched to the public on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage. As its meandering route to monetization will demonstrate, Duolingo isn’t mission-oriented, it’s mission-obsessed.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Ecosystem building work is often thankless, tiring, and even demoralizing at times. How do ecosystem builders stay motivated to keep doing the work? What specific practices do ecosystem builders use for self-care, to keep going, and avoid burning out? Staying Motivated by Focusing on Others. Doing both centers me.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. (written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The reality is that cryptocurrencies can be both and can be liberating and corrupting at the same time. So I’m going to try and do a single sitting riff of how I’ve viewed the topic as I’ve watched the cheerleaders & naysayers from the sidelines. It’s pretty tough to have a view on cryptocurrency if you don’t have a history of currency.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Don’t worry, it’s for fun reasons: We want to be the first to tell you about the awesomeness that is our TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield companies. Turo, the peer-to-peer car-sharing platform that’s been described as the Airbnb for cars, will expand to Australia before the end of the year, Rebecca reports. PDT, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

London-based femtech, Hormona , which is pitching its hormone tracker in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt, hopes to encourage people with periods to do just that: Add hormone-monitoring to their quantified health mix. Today it’s announcing the launch of its app in the U.S. The 2019-founded U.K. The 2019-founded U.K.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

And thankfully I had the support of my peers. And to Fred’s point that he and Brad want to do this for a long time: Yves is only 60 and over the last several years has gotten even more passionate about investing in disruptive technologies than I’ve seen before. We as an industry have seen this. ” And we did.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

However, asset management is still in the nascent stage of digitization, according to the chief strategy officer and co-founder of Akros Technologies , Jin Chung. However, asset management is still in the nascent stage of digitization, according to the chief strategy officer and co-founder of Akros Technologies , Jin Chung.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Edtech and the creator economy certainly differ in the problems they try to solve: Finding a VR solution to make online STEM classes more realistic is a different nut to crack than streamlining all of a creator’s different monetization strategies into one platform. Anyone’s a teacher! It’s not a theory; it’s a venture-backed business.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

The company plans to launch Toss Bank, a neobank, in September 2021, which it describes as “the final key component” of its super app strategy. We are going to use this vehicle to give the most competitive interest rates to users, and Toss Bank will not have a separate app, since we have super app strategy.”. Toss founder SG Lee.

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Feedough

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

For a startup to exist, you should have a disruptive idea, the right investor, and unique positioning. Visionary leaders plan and define their future strategies well in advance. You not only have to be an innovator but also a leader if you want to succeed in the startup ecosystem. But that’s not all it requires to be a startup leader.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

“Company disrupted an existing industry with a new business model, has been doing well for a while, and is now raising more money to do more of the same, except more” is hard to tell a compelling story around. An online pharmacy that raised yet another round of funding. Some companies exit quickly for billions of dollars.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The majority of Autify’s global peers offer low-code test automation solutions, targeting these at enabling software developers with a range of coding skills to perform their work faster. Now, Autify’s software testing automation addresses the issues of a labor shortage as well as technical difficulty through its no-code platform.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 24, 2022

8 Surprising Strategies for Unstoppable Focus. New and aspiring entrepreneurs often fall victim to impatience and imperfection. When something’s not working perfectly to their standards (or worse, fails), they take it personally and don’t know how to move on to better iterations after the setback. But that’s what startup life is all about.

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Feedough

MARCH 15, 2021

Example: “Hey {name}, we found that your engagement rate is slightly under that of your industry peers. They post, get engagement, increase followers, and then use the same to monetise. And even those who don’t tag themselves as influencers tend to use LinkedIn posts for their own benefits. Welcome, Inlytics. Welcome, Inlytics. The Offering.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. It is natural to feel this way. But first, what’s the purpose of a board? option grants). A note on board composition.

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