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What Is a Business Model? Business Models Explained

Up and Running

The key to a successful crowdsourcing business is providing the right rewards to entice the “crowd” while also enabling you to build a viable business. Disintermediation. Examples: Threadless, YouTube, P&G Connect and Develop, Cuusoo.

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Angels Rush in Where VC Fear to Tread

Up and Running

The article suggests – and we agree – that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases. The article uses as an example Pasadena Angels, an angel investment club that reviews 400-600 business plans a year. If you do the math, this means roughly 97% of the companies submitting plans get turned down.

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Twitter Link Roundup #60 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Business plans for entrepreneurs: the three ‘Rs’ – Part I – [link]. “ nobody wins if you go out of business&# – On Pricing – [link]. Business plans for entrepreneurs: the three ‘Rs’ – Part I – [link]. Business plans for entrepreneurs: the three ‘Rs’ – Part I – [link].

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9 Real Estate Marketing Strategies to Expand Your Business

Up and Running

All current and prospective customers would appreciate the insights from such a newsletter, as it shows your knowledge and commitment to the business. Disintermediation refers to the mindset where customers wonder whether they really need a real estate agent or not. Many people fail when they work in a vacuum without such planning.

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The Most Interesting Part of CVS & Aetna

Growthink Blog

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.

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The Biggest & Boldest Undertaking of 2018

Growthink Blog

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.

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4 Well-Known Companies to Emulate

Growthink Blog

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.