February 16th, 2013

What “Disrupt” Really Means

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Editor’s note: Andy Rachleff is President and CEO of Wealthfront, an SEC-registered online financial advisor.

Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley love to talk about disruption, though few know what it really means. They mistake better products for disruptive ones. Silicon Valley was built on a culture of designing products that are “better, cheaper, faster,” but that does not mean they’re… → Read More

September 10th, 2012

Jack Dorsey: We Need Revolution, Not Disruption

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“We probably need to change the name of this conference,” Twitter and Square co-founder Jack Dorsey said today from the stage of TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. As much as we love this conference, the media — and everyone else for that matter — tends to overuse the word “disrupt” when talking about the potential change inherent in technology. It tends to be used in conjunction with “fluff”… → Read More

June 11th, 2011

Fred Wilson On Disruption: "You Can't Stop What People Ultimately Want To Have Happen"

New York’s Internet Week featured a panel discussion with Union Square’s Fred Wilson, Hunch’s Chris Dixon and SV Angel’s David Lee. We took a camera to the event and have been posting excerpts all week. In this outtake – the three dive into a discussion about disruption. → Read More