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« Entrepreneurs love using the word “broken” when describing an industry they are about to “disrupt.” » I wonder where this meme comes from. Perhaps from the s
by Typhon 15y ago
« Entrepreneurs love using the word “broken” when describing an industry they are about to “disrupt.” »
I wonder where this meme comes from. Perhaps from the saying "If it ain't broken, don't fix it". Conversely, if your company solves a problem, you have to believe what it fixes is "broken".
Otherwise, I wonder how many readers of this site, other than me, want to start a company someday, but are not sure they have it in them. And I wonder how many among us will indeed start a company.
- waterlesscloud 15y agoIt feels like "broken" has been in the hacker lexicon a long, long time. Certainly much longer than "disrupt". When I use the word "disrupt", I'm usually self-aware of using a zeitgeisty word. But "broken" is just how I talk, and have for as long as I recall...