Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by iameoghan » Mon, Jul 27, 2020, 11:37 PM UTC

Pretty much as per the title what's a really amazing company that more people need to hear about, and why?

For me there are a couple that I find hugely impressive.

Buurtzorg [1] - a nurse-led model of holistic care that revolutionised community care in the Netherlands. Everlade [2] - Transparent pricing [3] on their garments Lemonade [4] - I don't know how to describe this other than revolutionising insurance for the 21st century.

What are the other business that are disrupting traditional business, either with their business model, or via a disruptive customer experience?

[1]https://www.buurtzorg.com/ [2]https://www.everlane.com/ [3]https://www.everlane.com/about [4]https://www.lemonade.com/

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by karanke » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 12:15 AM UTC

Some companies I'd put on the list:

1) Okta – Single Sign-On as a service

2) Snowflake – Cloud-native data warehouse as a service

3) Crowdstrike – Cloud-native security as a service

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by giantg2 » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 12:22 AM UTC

Why is Lemonade radical?

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by mabil » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 12:28 AM UTC

Semco [1] It is not a new company but they are still miles ahead when dealing with transparency, work-life-balance and many others well being attributes for its employees and future generation.

I would love to see and know more radical companies in terms of methodoligies and personal evolution as examples as well, not only tech.

[1] https://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_how_to_run_a_compan...

edit: clarification

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by tornato7 » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 12:36 AM UTC

giantg2 wrote: post #3

Why is Lemonade radical?

It's online-only, chatbot-driven, no sales associates in offices to visit. You just snap some pics on your phone and you're insured.

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by milkytron » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 12:52 AM UTC

karanke wrote: post #2

Some companies I'd put on the list: 1) Okta – Single Sign-On as a service 2) Snowflake – Cloud-native data warehouse as a service 3) Crowdstrike – Cloud-native security as a service

My company uses Okta now, and it's been the only SSO service I've used that's truly SSO.

Every other SSO service I've used only worked for certain accounts, or only for first party company accounts, or for specific things. Okta is the SSO that actually does what SSO stands for, and I've been loving it because I don't have to think about it.

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by i24543 » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 1:15 AM UTC

BluWave-AI [1] applying ML to modernize power grids. Not flashy, but revolutionary behind the scenes work.

[1]https://www.bluwave-ai.com/

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by brokensegue » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 1:38 AM UTC

tornato7 wrote: post #5

giantg2 wrote: post #3

Why is Lemonade radical?

It's online-only, chatbot-driven, no sales associates in offices to visit. You just snap some pics on your phone and you're insured.

i get my renters insurance through geico and i didnt have to take any pictures at all

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by giantg2 » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 1:49 AM UTC

tornato7 wrote: post #5

giantg2 wrote: post #3

Why is Lemonade radical?

It's online-only, chatbot-driven, no sales associates in offices to visit. You just snap some pics on your phone and you're insured.

This doesn't seem that radical. Most places have online and picture based insurance. They also have the added luxury of talking to a human if needed.

Re: Ask HN: What's a radical company more people should hear about

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Post by giantg2 » Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 1:51 AM UTC

brokensegue wrote: post #8

tornato7 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's online-only, chatbot-driven, no sales associates in offices to visit. You just snap some pics on your phone and you're insured.

i get my renters insurance through geico and i didnt have to take any pictures at all

Same, when I was a renter I applied online. Same for when I became a homeowner. My car insurance was also setup online.