Rob Go

JANUARY 21, 2016

The ride experience is better in an UberX than a taxi, uberX is cheaper than a taxi, and on demand mobile booking, payments, etc make it way more convenient. M arketplace businesses are the classic example of this because they disintermediate the supply chain and offer a more free exchange of products between buyers and sellers.

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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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