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Disintermediation–an old story playing out now

The Equity Kicker

Disintermediation is one of the oldest stories of the internet. From the 1990s onward people have been making the obvious case that the internet is a revolutionary communications platform that can remove the middleman and his cut from all sorts of transactions leaving the parties on both side of the deal to share the spoils.

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The Final Edition

thebarefootvc

acquisition of Plaid by Visa, in a highly competitive deal, shows how even the largest incumbents are feeling pressure to innovate and need to think outside of their current business models. Along those lines, I have been spending time thinking of the the continued digitization of the financial services sector.

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4 Well-Known Companies to Emulate

Growthink Blog

Warby Parker is an online store for prescription sunglasses and eyeglasses that since their founding in 2010 has taken the Lenscrafter “eye doctor in a mall” concept and fully “Internet-ized” it. How to emulate this great business? Very many companies have as their business model distributing / reselling, - i.e