A Digital disruption is said to have occurred when IT and business model ideas take over the existing one. The Following 7 Signs Prove that Digital Disruption had occurred in the past 6 years and is actively replacing the previous Business Models.
- World’s Largest Taxi Aggregator owns no ‘Taxis’ – UBER Technologies Inc.
Uber Technologies launched in 2009 by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp made a huge revolution in transportation sector – The Taxis. After the release of Uber App in 2012, Uber grew internationally just because of the unique app based business model.
By late-2015, Uber was estimated to be worth $62.5 Billion.
- Largest Accommodation Provider Owns No Real Estate – Airbnb
‘Airbnb’ alias ‘Air Bed and Breakfast’ is a platform for people to list, find and rent accomodation and lodging. Founded in 2007, Airbnb created a huge impact on real estate industry with 1.5 million listings all over the world. Airbnb works on commission model.It is now the largest Accomodation Provider known.
- Largest Telecommunication Companies owns no Telco Infra – Skype Telecommunications :
Skype was founded in 2003 and got acquired by Microsoft in 2011. Skype allowed users to exchange text and video messages, files and images, as well as create conference calls. The Carrier companies lost a potential market on International calls after the intervention of Skype. The Technology that made international Communication much cheaper promoted a digital disruption.
- World’s Most Valuable Retailer Owns No Inventory – Alibaba Group Holding Limited:
Alibaba – The Chinese E-Commerce giant provides B2B,B2C and C2C sales service via web portals. It was founded in 1999 and had a rapid expansion in past few years. Owning a Business Capital of whooping $145 billion dollars, Alibaba group stands out with varied chain of services. It includes its own mapping services,own payment system – Alipay, own Cloud Computing platform – yet owning no inventories.
- Most Popular Media owner owns no content – Facebook Inc.
Facebook founded by Zuckerburg in 2004 showed the world a rapid social sharing platform. Killing its then known competitor Orkut by introducing the ‘news feeds’ feature, Facebook topped the social media platform. Today facebook has become a part of life among millions of people.
- Fastest growing banks owns no actual money – Society One.
Society One – The online peer-to-peer lending Business model made investing or borrowing Personal Loans much simpler. Launched in 2012, Society One had created a huge disruption with its unique financial solution for unsecured personal loans. The key characteristics of peer-to-peer lending Model was that loans were unsecured and are not protected by government insurance. Do visit website here to find some great tips, no matter what type of loan you are considering.
- World’s Largest Movie Streaming service owns no cinemas – Netflix Inc.
Started in 1997 by Marc Randolph – By 2009, Netflix was offering a collection of 100,000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers.In October 2015, Netflix reported 69.17 million subscribers across the globe,out of which 43 million users were from United States.