Up and Running
JUNE 14, 2010
And the beneath-the-surface rumblings were about how it was screwing up the venture capital business model. The article suggests – and we agree – that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases. If you do the math, this means roughly 97% of the companies submitting plans get turned down.
Growthink Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2016
Crowdfunder and its VC Index Fund provide the opportunity for direct online investment into single ventures, as well as diversification into a broad VC-led portfolio (Index Fund) of early-stage startups – backed by many of the world’s leading Venture Capital firms and private investors. Mr. Alo Ghosh.
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Growthink Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2017
For Aetna, the existential fear that in a world of big data, predictive analytics, and financial disintermediation of why do big insurance companies like them need to exist at all anymore. These kinds of fears are present in the minds of every thoughtful and forward thinking business leader.
Growthink Blog
JANUARY 31, 2018
Because it is one thing for healthcare industry incumbents like Aetna, Anthem, and Humana to "talk the talk" about reducing costs and improving value.but it is another thing entirely when they are forced to do so because of the existential threat of a “disintermediating” juggernaut like Amazon and friends represent here.
Growthink Blog
JUNE 14, 2017
Very many companies have as their business model distributing / reselling, - i.e These kinds of businesses are under severe “disintermediation” threat, as technology allows buyers and sellers to connect directly with each other, and thus bypass “middlemen” like Grainger.
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