'Disruptive startups', or disruption overall, has become a hot topic in recent years both in research and in practice, with ventures developing disruptive business models, appointing ‘Chief Disruption Officers’ and entrepreneur trade shows such as TechCrunch Disrupt being named after the trend. Disruptive startups will often break away from existing products, services and offers high risks and rewards; if it does not fail it can become the dominant player in its market.
Opinion
March 27, 2019
Disruptive startups get less VC funding investment
Disruption has become a hot topic and describing your startup as 'revolutionary' certainly captures investors' attention. But it can be a double-edged strategy.
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