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The Businesses That Platforms Are Actually Disrupting

Harvard Business Review

They’re “traditional” matchmaker businesses that have been operating platforms for connecting different groups of customers. After all, platforms, including disruptive ones, are nothing new. To get a flavor of their operations, you can watch Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch in reruns of the television show Taxi.)

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My First, Failed Foray into Venture Investing

Harvard Business Review

But because we failed to hammer out exactly how we would operate (including our respective roles and responsibilities), infighting distracted from operating, cash became a concern, and the business slowly, then quickly, imploded. My husband and I lost a painful lot of money. Lesson 2: Establish rules of engagement.

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The Real Reason Uber Is Giving Up in China

Harvard Business Review

On Monday Uber said that it is selling its operation in China to a rival Chinese ride-sharing company whose CEO was in that foreshadowing photo. Kalanick gets the same on Didi Chuxing’s board, and Uber gets around a 20% share of the Chinese company, which will run Uber’s Chinese operation as a separate brand.