Last week’s news that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban put $450K into the $750K seed round of consulting startup HourlyNerd should make traditional consultants nervous. Founded only last year by a team of current MBA students, HourlyNerd is a prime example of the disruption in consulting that my co-authors and I discuss in our new article, “Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption” in HBR.
Revenge of the HourlyNerds
A fledgling start-up just got cash from a big-name investor — the latest sign disruption is reshaping the consulting industry.
September 18, 2013
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