Tag: startups
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Disruptor 2020: GoodRx
GoodRx is #16 in the CNBC Disruptor List for June 2020 Purpose: a marketplace for affordable and convenient health care, in particular with pharmacy refills. Recently, they also added HeyDoctor by GoodRx – for telemedicine, which adds another product line to their business. Through this platform, GoodRx offers $20 family care physician checkups online. The company…
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Top 50 Disruptors – from CNBC
Often, news media has been filled with discussions about disruptors. Disruptors embark on a pioneering journey to bring novel solutions to problems. Or at least they find ways to do an existing thing significantly better or cheaper than before. CNBC publishes a list of top 50 disruptors based on the recent performance from private (often…
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Product Hunt – June 15, 2020
Product Hunt provides an excellent resource to learn about some of the up and coming ideas. There are 10s of ideas posted and ranked daily. I will periodically read and take some notes about some of the ideas posted here. MainStreet claims to simplify the organization and submission of request for various government grants. The…
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COVID19 Founder and VC Sentiment
After economic upsets like the one caused by COVID19, often one looks to Startups as a way to power forward with new ideas and growth. NFX (a VC firm) is conducting regular surveys with startup founders and VCs. Their second survey provides updated sentiment. See https://www.nfx.com/post/vc-founder-sentiment-survey-part-2/ for the details A few things stand out Funding…
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New Bikes to address Air Pollution
World over mobility is important for people. With mobility, we have the opportunities to learn, work, live, and enjoy life better. Historically over the past hundred years we have had gasoline and diesel engine driven vehicles. These are great for mobility, but come with a cost for the environment because of the high carbon emissions.…