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The Booming Business of Drones

Harvard Business Review

Now, drones are moving from the battlefield to your neighborhood, and it's about to create a brand new industry right along with it. He recently left his post at Wired to work on his own passion project- (DIY Drones )-turned-startup ( 3D Robotics ), which recently raised five million dollars in venture funding.

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What We Know, Now, About the Internet’s Disruptive Power

Harvard Business Review

Supplier relationships, brand identity, process coordination, customer loyalty, and many switching costs were all forms of information. Napster, Amazon, and the Apple store have annihilated Tower Records and Musicland; digital cameras replaced film and then smartphones upended camera makers.

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