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Why Publishers Will Tell You Anything But The Truth

YoungUpstarts

Business professors call this phenomenon “disintermediation,” the elimination of the middleman. The stigma of self-publishing is rapidly disappearing. Authors now go directly to their readerships without the intervention or dis-ingenuity of the New York publishers.

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

I personally don’t view this as a binary answer – I do believe that banks have been slow to adapt to changing customer needs particularly in light of the 2008 financial crash. I was assigned to debate in favor in the stance that they would. billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

I personally don’t view this as a binary answer – I do believe that banks have been slow to adapt to changing customer needs particularly in light of the 2008 financial crash. I was assigned to debate in favor in the stance that they would. billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).