Tag: disrupters

A year ago when Casey Lawlor and Dave Sutter won the Olin Award for a startup company that used new technology called “Blockchain” and the virtual currency “Bitcoin,” the two WashU class of 2014 alumni had a lot of explaining to do. Not many people had heard of blockchain, let alone understood it. (more…)




CNBC, June 26, 2014, “An idea that could have made Aereo a winner.” Prof. Anne Marie Knott’s commentary discusses the recent Supreme Court ruling against Aereo, the online recording and live streaming television service that aimed to disrupt the broadcast and cable industry by offering lower-priced bundling via cloud-based technology.