Disruption – The Musings of the Big Red Car

CEO Shoptalk: The Escape Hatch, The Startup Pre-Nup

Big Red Car — Mon, 06 May 2024 17:07:51 +0000

When a founder is giving birth to their new baby, he or she is filled to overflowing with the giddy excitement of creating life. Sure, they may create Corporate Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, a Shareholder Agreement, or even an Operating Agreement — really good companies have Employment Agreements which subsume job descriptions with each of […]

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When Prices Drop To Zero — Robinhood

Big Red Car — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:41:48 +0000

What happens to a business when your service is commoditized such that the price — the market price — is ZERO? This is the problem facing the discount brokerage business today. To refresh your memory: 1. A long, long time ago, being a stockbroker was a great gig. You wore a snazzy suit to work, […]

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Zelle — The Empire Strikes Back

Big Red Car — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:56:00 +0000

Zelle? WTF is Zelle, Big Red Car? You got some ‘splaining to do, Big Red. Big Red Car here on the edge of a new dawn in the ATX. [Drama queen is the Big Red Car.] One of my favorite notions is the idea that a startup “disrupts” a legacy industry or business and then […]

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