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Disintermediation–an old story playing out now

The Equity Kicker

Disintermediation is one of the oldest stories of the internet. We’ve seen Betfair cut the middleman out of sports bets for a reasonable chunk of the football and horseracing gambling market in the UK but I can’t think of another large business that has disintermediated a consumer market. access to distribution (i.e.

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What Is a Business Model? Business Models Explained

Up and Running

These tools let entrepreneurs experiment, test, and, well, model different ways that they could structure their costs and revenue streams. Everything it takes to sell that thing: marketing, distribution, delivering a service, and processing the sale. Disintermediation. Marketplace.

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4 Well-Known Companies to Emulate

Growthink Blog

For recurring revenue, Uber. Trailing twelve month revenues for the company is over $100 million and the company was valued at over $1.2 For recurring revenue, Uber. And in so doing they created a powerful recurring revenue business model based as much on their organizational design as on their marketing and technology prowess.

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Better, Cheaper, More Convenient

Rob Go

Convenience tends to be an area where incumbents struggle, especially when convenience is tied to new forms of distribution. Incumbents are where they are because they have scale through the existing large modes of distribution (eg: physical retail). Why Convenience is Better. For Founders.

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Don’t call it AdTech. It’s “Adhesive”

VC Adventure

The ability of Adhesive companies to insert themselves into the data stream, which existing marketplace players will enable and encourage this, and exactly who the ultimate beneficiaries are (not to mention who is being disintermediated) are key components to a company’s ability to gain rapid market share and scale. Margin Dynamics.

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Don’t call it AdTech. It’s “Adhesive”

VC Adventure

The ability of Adhesive companies to insert themselves into the data stream, which existing marketplace players will enable and encourage this, and exactly who the ultimate beneficiaries are (not to mention who is being disintermediated) are key components to a company’s ability to gain rapid market share and scale. Margin Dynamics.