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Entrepreneurs taking on the tech giants

Geoff Riley

29th June 2018

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Every business can be disrupted. Here are three mini case studies from the FT of businesses looking to challenge the power of Google, Amazon, Uber and Tesla.

One common theme - scale quickly, aim to be hyper-local in multiple locations around the world.

Entrepreneurs taking on the tech giants
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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