Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay. This story of disruption should feel familiar.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Software Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

billion before it had even $20 million in revenues) or YouTube (which was sold 19 months after its founding to Google for close to $2 billion), or other companies whose hyper-growth attracted suitors before a viable business model emerged. just acquired for $1.1 But it''s important to consider how incredibly rare these examples are.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Long-term Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

HourlyNerd profits by taking a cut of the fees from both the client business and the student providing the service. HourlyNerd represents one of the newest business models in consulting, the facilitated network business , which is structured to enable the exchange of services between clients and freelance consultants.

McCallum 9

McCallum Consultative Disruptive Innovation Real Estate 9