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CB Insights on Consulting
Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting
Since former Boston Consulting Group consultant Clayton Christensen first used the words "disruptive innovation" in 1995, nimble startups have challenged incumbents in every field from music to…
CB Insights on Ecommerce
The Challenger Bank Playbook: How 6 Digital Banking Startups Are Taking On Retail Banking
Challenger banks. What are they? Who's who? And why have these startups raised hundreds of millions in venture capital to take on bank incumbents? We break the core strategies, levers, and enablers that these startups are using to establish distribution and convert and engage millions of customers.
CB Insights on Edtech
The Ed Tech Market Map: 90+ Startups Writing the Future of Education
Some of the most well-funded companies on our list include iTutorGroup, EverFi, and HotChalk.
CB Insights on Fintech
How Blockchain Could Disrupt Banking
Blockchain is transforming everything from payments transactions to how money is raised in the private market. Will the traditional banking industry embrace this technology or be replaced by it?
The Fintech 250: The Top Fintech Companies Of 2020
The financial services industry continues to attract tech companies that transform how people and businesses spend, save, borrow, invest, and more. From capital markets to insurance and digital…
CB Insights on Insurtech
Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services
From payments to lending to insurance to checking accounts, Amazon is attacking financial services from every angle without applying to be a conventional bank. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s forays in financial services and where it's rumored to looking next.
CB Insights on Jeff Bezos
21 Lessons From Jeff Bezos' Annual Letters To Shareholders
Each year, Jeff Bezos writes an open letter to Amazon's shareholders. Over the last two decades, these letters have become an unparalleled source of insight into how the world's richest man — and his…
CB Insights on Legaltech
Legal Tech Market Map: 50 Startups Disrupting The Legal Industry
The legal tech market map spans emerging categories like online legal services, e-discovery, and practice management software, among other categories.
CB Insights on Memes
Memes That Kill: The Future Of Information Warfare
Memes and social networks have become weaponized, while many governments seem ill-equipped to understand the new reality of information warfare. How will we fight state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda in the future?
CB Insights on Pitch Decks
The Early Pitch Decks Of 10 Startups Before They Became Billion-Dollar Companies
See the early pitch decks of future mega-companies, including LinkedIn (before it had a dime of revenue) and Buzzfeed when it had just 2.5M monthly page views.
What the Early Pitch Decks of 5 Billion-Dollar Companies Looked Like
See the early pitch decks of future mega-companies, including LinkedIn (before it had a dime of revenue) and Buzzfeed when it had just 2.5M monthly page views.
CB Insights on Retail
72 Startups Transforming Bricks-And-Mortar Retail In One Infographic
Companies are using technologies like wearables, augmented reality, and beacons to bridge the gap between digital and physical shopping.
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What is Web3? How a decentralized internet could upend the digital economy
Web3 is generating a lot of hype — but what exactly is it? From the metaverse to decentralized finance to NFTs and beyond, we break down what Web3 is today and what it could mean for the future of the…
What Is CRISPR?
CRISPR. What is it? And why is the scientific community so fascinated by its potential applications? Starting with its definition, we explain how this technology harnesses an ancient bacteria-based…
Covid-19 Has Scrambled Fintech's Winners & Losers. Here's The Short- & Long-Term Outlook.
While deals and dollars to global fintech companies are both down, certain parts of the fintech ecosystem actually stand to benefit long-term from the Covid-19.
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