11 start-ups that change the world

The passing Jobs has a famous saying, "People are living to change the world," I believe this is also the dream of many entrepreneurs, but behind the seemingly prosperous Internet industry, start-up companies numerous and truly innovative but flexor Countable, here's the business Insider inventory of startups that have had a disruptive impact on different industries in the world that have changed the world of education, printing, healthcare, music, finance, etc. Among them are the open source 3D Maker Makerbot , There is Lytro, the first light field camera, Dwolla, the credit card terminator, and the uBeam ultrasonic charger.

1) Makerbot open source 3D printer

Subversive industries: printing and manufacturing

Concept: This product can print any 3D model.

Founder: Bre Pettis

Address: Brooklyn, New York

Financing: Get $ 1 million in funding from Foundry Group, Bezos Expeditions, True Ventures, RRE Ventures and Sam Lessin.

Why it's subversive: Turn digital documents into real objects. If your kids need a toy, they can scan the toys and print out, not just printers, but also in-kind "clones." MakerBot also has more potential, such as one day the lock is broken, you want to change a lock, do not have to go to the store to buy, print directly like, you can print many other many physical models, This is where MakerBot is subversive.

2) crowdfunding platform Kickstarter

Subvert the industry: financing and retail

Concept: anyone, if you have a good idea can not put Kickstarter platform, we participate in financing

Founder: Perry Chen

Address: New York

Financing: From Union Square Ventures Scott Heiferman Zach Klein Caterina Fake Joshua Stylman Peter Hershberg Chris Sacca Jack Dorsey Joi Ito Joshua Schachter Jared Kushner Matt Haughey Chris Kaskie Chris Dixon Dan Rosenweig Craig Shapiro, Thrive Capital, Betaworks Receive $ 10 Million Financing.

Why It's Disruptive: Changing the Way Financing and Launching a Project Before Kickstarter, everyone had to look for investors, spending lots of money and risking risk. With Kickstarter, entrepreneurs can check out on the platform during their infancy Kickstarter has helped finance projects so far, with Ouya, the latest and very hot game console, having made a number of record-two deals that have been financing over 300 Million dollars.

3) Ultrasonic Charger uBeam

Subversion industry: electronics

Concept: Wirelessly charge multiple devices simultaneously with ultrasound

Founder: Meredith Perry

Address: New York

Financing: $ 750,000 Financing from FF Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, CrunchFund, Marissa Mayer, Tony Hsieh, Ellen Levy, Cane Investments and Ken Seiff.

Why Disruptive: If you go to a place with a laptop, cell phone, iPad, etc., each device has a different charger, is not that troublesome? Devices like PowerMat are good, but still need to plug in the power Boards, and uBeam eliminates all of these hassles. Ultrasound alone allows unlimited charging of all devices. Prototypes now only charge neighboring devices, but Perry hopes to develop uBeams for long-distance charging, such as cranes Charge all devices on the ceiling.

4) online doctor booking site ZocDoc

Subvert the industry: medical

Concept: quick appointment near free doctor

Founders: Nick Ganju, Cyrus Massoumi, Oliver Kharraz

Address: New York

Financing: $ 95 million in funding from Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, Jeff Bezos, Jason Finger, Founders Fund, SV Angel, DST Global, Goldman Sachs.

Why It's Disruptive: ZocDoc is free and easy to make an appointment to a free doctor nearby, from a dentist to a dermatologist. The doctor is a chronic problem that people often go to the hospital to be discharged for a long time before you get on the number of appointments online and sometimes found that the number has been completed, when Xiaobian tooth pain to hit the wall is also less than the doctor, if there is ZocDoc will not have such a difficulty, but now ZocDoc developed applications, you can make appointments directly by mobile phone, very convenient, but the company's current doctors are in the United States, only in some cities in the United States opened a service, looking forward to a domestic company to the cottage .

5) Credit Card Terminator Dwolla

Subversion Industry: International Payments / Credit Cards

Concept: Pay Now Transfer Now, No Commission, Only 25 Cent Per Deal, Free Trade Under $ 10, No Minimum Trading Restrictions

Founder: Ben Milne

Address: Iowa

Financing: $ 6.31 million raised from Union Square Ventures, Village Ventures, Thrive Capital, Paige Craig, Artists & Instigators.

Why Disruptive: There are many companies dedicated to mobile payments and credit card services, but Dwolla has created a new payment method that eliminates the cost of the credit card itself and associated fees. With Dwolla, users can easily send money to others via Twitter, Facebook or other social networking sites. At the same time, Dwolla's technology can be easily integrated into the online business checkout page and will not be transferred until the user's account is large enough to create a debt problem.

Just imagine how much you lost with Visa and MasterCard? How much do you save with Dwolla?

6) Music Listening Software Spotify

Subvert the industry: music

Concept: Free trial of music with ads, or $ 10 per month Listen to any music without ads on your iPhone or PC

Founder: Daniel Ek

Address: Stockholm, Sweden

Financing: $ 188 million in funding from Creandum, Northzone, Li Ka-shing, Willington Partners, Sean Parker, Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Accel Partners, Digital Sky Technologies.

Why Disruptive: Although Napster and iTunes have subverted the music world before, Spotify has a more far-reaching impact, paying for songs without permanent preservation and free access to the latest and most awesome music. If you want to have your own playlist, Spotify is better than Pandora, and Spotify is a great choice for those who are new to fashion, fashion, and the forefront.

7) Social networking site Twitter

Subvert the industry: news, social media

Concept: Allow users to publish 140 words or less text rather than lengthy

Founder: Dick Costolo, Evan Williams, Biz Stone

Address: San Francisco, California S.

Financing: From Charles River Ventures, USV, Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Naval Ravikant, Ron Conway, Chris SAcca, Greg Yaitanes, Brian Pokorny, Bezos Expeditions, Spark Capital, Digital Garage, Kevin Rose, Timothy Ferris, Benchmark Capital, IVP, Digital Garage, Insight Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley, KPCB, DST Global for $ 1.16 billion.

Why Disruptive: On Twitter, news dissemination speed and explosive than any other media is much stronger, with astonishing speed of communication, the user's any mood, facial expression, can be published, opened a way to share, participation of all Discuss communication.

8) Mobile payment Square

Subvert the industry: pay

Concept: Square payment device, credit card payment directly in the mobile device, charge a certain percentage of transaction costs

Founder: Jack Dorsey, Tristan O'Tierney

Address: San Francisco, California

Financing: From Khosla Ventures, Greg Yaitanes, Marissa Mayer, Dennis Crowley, Kevin Rose, First Round Capital, Ron Conway, Biz Stone, Joshua Schachter, Shawn Fanning, Zachary Bogue, Andrew Rasiej, David Lee, Esther Dyson, Robin Chan, Gritz Lanman, Brian Pokorny, Xavier Niel, Jim Pitkow, Sequoia Capital, Visa, KPCB, Tiger Global and Richard Branson for $ 141 million.

Why Disruptive: For the first time, turning our cell phones into wallets, cash registers in the new era.

9) Light field camera Lytro

Subversion industry: photography

Concept: The photographer can shoot first, then focus. Photo shooting is completed, after the picture is uploaded, the photographer can click any part of the picture to focus.

Founder: Ren Ng

Address: Mountain View, California

Financing: $ 50 million in funding from NEA, Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock Partners.

Why Disruptive: The First Light Field Camera (Jobs wanted to embed this technology in the iPhone). Once taken, you can capture the entire light field of a picture, not a ray of light.

10) online education platform 2tor

Subvert the industry: education

Concept: Anyone can be educated online, without having to go to school, but still get a diploma in certification, and universities can still charge the same fee for students enrolled in online education as students

Founders: Chip Paucek, Jeremy Johnson and John Katzman

Address: New York

Financing: $ 90.8 million financing from Redpoint Ventures, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, City Light Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Hillman Ventures.

Why It's Disruptive: Not only does it provide universities with the tools, skills, funding, etc. to help universities create and manage online education programs of equal importance to school education, but also to help more students and to give equal access to students who are unable to go to school , Can be anywhere in the world to accept the world's elite education, such as we can accept in China, Harvard, Cambridge and other school education, take a degree.

11) Housing Rental Services Airbnb

Subvert the industry: the hotel industry / service industry

Concept: Anyone can rent out their own vacant room, and the tenant can pay for services that are lower than the hotel price and enjoy another one's own home elsewhere.

Founders: Nathan Blecharczyk, Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia

Address: New York

Financing: $ 90.8 million financing from Redpoint Ventures, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, City Light Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Hillman Ventures.

Why it's disruptive: offers travelers an alternative to a hotel that is more affordable and free.