Buzzwords Debunked
Disruptive
Disruptive originally described a cheaper, simpler product that wins the customers big companies ignore and then works its way upmarket. Now it usually just means new and exciting. When a startup calls itself disruptive, it often means it is losing money and hopes you will read that as ambition.
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