Disruption? Not if you are making the same people rich…

Jul13

by Sindy Cator on July 13, 2014 at 1:00 pm

Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

Marty Puranik is the CEO of Atlantic.Net. Disrupt. Disruption. It seems this has now become the raison d’être for this generation’s startup scene. TechCrunch proudly uses the moniker to describe its two coastal events: Disrupt NY and Disrupt SF. It’s a brand that has now expanded to Europe and China. Quod erat demonstrandum. We all love the story of ‘Joe Everyman Twenty Something’ stumbling upon internet gold, swashbuckling across the bow of capitalism with a trendy new website which turns into a multi-billion dollar IPO. It could happen to you, or your kids, or at least your kids’ friends, you know, the smart ones… right? But what…