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Comment on Ask HN: Does disrupt mean unnerve established player, so player must buy you?

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No. Uber is "disrupting" the taxi industry, but has no intention of being bought out.

Okay, so it certainly does not 'only' mean that. I am thinking a lot of the insurance industry, e.g, the wifi toothbrush (http://beamtoothbrush.com/). This is what started my train of thought.

When venture capitalists look at exit strategies, one strong possibility is to threaten to take market share, even unprofitably, from a cash-rich incumbent.

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