Comments on: When Disruptive Value is Sponged up by the Incumbents http://blog.payne.org/2009/02/11/some-disruptions-are-sponged-up-by-the-incumbents/ Working to improve the signal-to-noise ratio Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:42:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Repeat After Me: “Location” is a Feature, not a Product at blog.payne.org http://blog.payne.org/2009/02/11/some-disruptions-are-sponged-up-by-the-incumbents/comment-page-1/#comment-1187 Repeat After Me: “Location” is a Feature, not a Product at blog.payne.org Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:42:24 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/?p=155#comment-1187 [...] Location features are largely absorbed by the existing ecosystem. “Location-based” is not sufficiently disruptive to create an entirely new market of apps and companies.  Would you switch to a Facebook competitor because they had location-based features?  Probably not. [...] [...] Location features are largely absorbed by the existing ecosystem. “Location-based” is not sufficiently disruptive to create an entirely new market of apps and companies.  Would you switch to a Facebook competitor because they had location-based features?  Probably not. [...]

]]> By: Win Treese http://blog.payne.org/2009/02/11/some-disruptions-are-sponged-up-by-the-incumbents/comment-page-1/#comment-542 Win Treese Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:07:06 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/?p=155#comment-542 Here's partial alternative hypothesis: The incumbents more clearly understand the potential of disruptive technology, so they work harder at staying on the edge. Partly, they do this by acquisition, which can (in good cases) bring technology, good people, and different perspective inside relatively quickly. (Not that all acquisitions succeed in this way, of course.) Here’s partial alternative hypothesis: The incumbents more clearly understand the potential of disruptive technology, so they work harder at staying on the edge. Partly, they do this by acquisition, which can (in good cases) bring technology, good people, and different perspective inside relatively quickly. (Not that all acquisitions succeed in this way, of course.)

]]> By: Steve Kane http://blog.payne.org/2009/02/11/some-disruptions-are-sponged-up-by-the-incumbents/comment-page-1/#comment-541 Steve Kane Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:54:23 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/?p=155#comment-541 agree 100% also, one can argue (and i think should) that venture capital-style returns are only made around true disruptions (aka new platforms) such as the steam engine telegraph/telephony radio/television internal combustion engine the jet engine/turbine the transistor the microprocessor mainframes mini-computers micro-computers networked computers/the internet what's next? hope i figure it out before the crowd! agree 100%

also, one can argue (and i think should) that venture capital-style returns are only made around true disruptions (aka new platforms)

such as

the steam engine
telegraph/telephony
radio/television
internal combustion engine
the jet engine/turbine
the transistor
the microprocessor
mainframes
mini-computers
micro-computers
networked computers/the internet

what’s next?

hope i figure it out before the crowd!

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