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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

In a discussion I had with Fred Wilson at the Invesco LP meeting Fred said the same about the influence of Clayton. Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. “Online education is truly going to kill us.” Neither does Clayton.

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On the Road to Recap:

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The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. If you really want to liberate your own common shares and those of your employees, then you want to convert the preferred to common and remove both the control and the liquidation preference over your shares. Late 2015 also brought the arrival of “mutual fund markdowns.”

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