Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2016

Additional resources to consult for marketing-related activities: Estimating Realistic Startup Costs. Disintermediation refers to the mindset where customers wonder whether they really need a real estate agent or not. Disintermediation marketing targets such customers to convince them of the value offered by a real estate professional.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. They are making substantial exits and are not just cost centers. Understand whom you can approach with what type of a request before you do, and always use warm channels to reach out.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 21, 2016

It would cost way too much money and way too many years of R&D and new patents to be able to create a razor that shaves more effectively. Either you need some structural cost advantage that others can’t match, or you need to be generating revenue in a very different way that subsidizes your lower product margins.

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A Crowded Space

APRIL 11, 2016

Weak marketplaces suffer from disintermediation, pricing pressure, and destructive competition. At oDesk, we started with a 50%+ take rate but quickly lowered that to 30% and then 10% as we became more self-service and also wanted to lock up the market and prevent any disintermediation. This is why productivity matters so much!

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

We just have to look at emerging markets that don’t have financial infrastructure in place to see how nonbank entities are utilizing mobile connectivity, advanced data analytics and social channels to provide financial services to 2.5 billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

We just have to look at emerging markets that don’t have financial infrastructure in place to see how nonbank entities are utilizing mobile connectivity, advanced data analytics and social channels to provide financial services to 2.5 billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population).

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