Up and Running

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Airbnb is a well-known example of the marketplace business model. Understanding the problem you are solving for your customers is undoubtedly the biggest challenge you’ll face when you’re starting a business. But, ensuring that your product fits the needs of the market is only one part of starting a successful business.

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Business Model Disintermediation Affiliate Advertising 137

The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Disintermediation is one of the oldest stories of the internet. We’ve seen Betfair cut the middleman out of sports bets for a reasonable chunk of the football and horseracing gambling market in the UK but I can’t think of another large business that has disintermediated a consumer market.

Disintermediation 104

Disintermediation Distribution Business Model Finance 104

Growthink Blog

JUNE 14, 2017

For recurring revenue, Uber. Trailing twelve month revenues for the company is over $100 million and the company was valued at over $1.2 For recurring revenue, Uber. Because of their well-publicized internal troubles and management dysfunction, Uber these days is everyone's favorite business punching bag. Warby Parker.

Disintermediation 59

Disintermediation Business Model B2B Revenue 59

Venture Chronicles

APRIL 25, 2011

Marketing – Marketing Automation, Revenue Performance Management, Social Marketing, Email Marketing, Enterprise Marketing Management, Database Marketing. The evolution of business is all about the reduction of latency and disintermediation through technology, as in the elimination of human action.

Disintermediation 50

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2012

Then, layer in elements of the kinds of companies funded by angel investment groups and early stage venture capital firms – i.e. focused on hot technology spaces like mobile commerce, healthcare information technology and possessing fast-scaling revenue and thoughtful “Porter Five Forces-Friendly” business models.

Disintermediation 72

Disintermediation Technical Review SEC Early Stage 72

thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Last week, I spoke at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering in NYC about how emerging markets (and Africa in particular) are leapfrogging innovation in the financial services sector. billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population). billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

Disintermediation 58

Disintermediation United States Nigeria Kenya 58

thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Last week, I spoke at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering in NYC about how emerging markets (and Africa in particular) are leapfrogging innovation in the financial services sector. billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population). billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

Disintermediation 40

Disintermediation United States Nigeria Kenya 40