Breaking the law is part of the "disruptive" entrepreneurship strategy for these companies. Incumbent companies tend to influence the law, not necessarily break

Breaking the law is part of the "disruptive" entrepreneurship strategy for these companies. Incumbent companies tend to influence the law, not necessarily break it. For a disruptor to break the law, the company needs a lot of money to fight back. Airbnb and Uber are managing to fight the regulatory hurdles with ~5x is ~13x the valuation of Zenefits, respectively. While Zenefits is ~5x the valuation of Aereo, it seems they have some catching up (read: fundraising) to do.