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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

YoungUpstarts

It doesn’t matter how technologically difficult the innovation is, however: The established competitors almost always win the battles of sustaining technology. It is the business model and not the technology that enables and creates the disruptive effect. The innovation eventually disrupts an existing market and value network.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. This never existed a decade ago.

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Sustaining Innovation vs. Disruptive Innovation

The Startup Magazine

It doesn’t matter how technologically difficult the innovation is, however: The established competitors almost always win the battles of sustaining technology. It is the business model and not the technology that enables and creates the disruptive effect. But the real innovation was making downloading digital music easy.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. You technically have more gas left but you never know if some unexpected circumstance causes you to run out of gas.

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

" Since 1997, Corporate University Xchange (CorpU) has armed senior executives with cutting edge talent improvement research and benchmarking. All high quality applicants to IvyDate are reviewed by a Membership Committee. Founder Ian Shea has 8 years of internet/tech experience with ReplayTV. Click here to buy tickets.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

As Latinitas ambassadors, they have offered their expertise and support in event planning, marketing, business, technology and more. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S. Paulina continued her studies in graduate school to focus on game production.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# But everything has intrinsic value.