Special Series: Disruptive Innovation — Upmarket Magazine

Embracing Disruption at SXSW 2014

August 22, 2013 By Megan Elizabeth Morris 1 Comment

Embracing Disruption

Public voting for panel sessions at SXSW in Austin began this week. Nathan Toups and Brad Carleton, the authors of Embracing Disruption: A Cloud Revolution Manifesto, have submitted a panel for consideration.

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Embracing Disruption: The Pirates Are Coming

June 14, 2013 By Nathan Toups 1 Comment

Embracing Disruption

The pirates are coming, innovating sharing technology, anonymity tools, challenging the status quo. The pirates are coming, and we should take notes…

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Embracing Disruption: Big Business Owns Your Thoughts

June 10, 2013 By Nathan Toups Leave a Comment

Imagine a system where individuals contribute to a great work of knowledge. Imagine everyone sharing information and ideas for the good of mankind.

Filed Under: Excerpts Tagged With: Brad Carleton, disruptive technology, Embracing Disruption, Excerpts, featured, information flow, Martin Whitmore, Nathan Toups, open access, patents, Special Series: Disruptive Innovation, Susan Butler, Wikipedia

Embracing Disruption: Cookbooks & Quilting Clubs

June 7, 2013 By Nathan Toups Leave a Comment

In a sharing community the more people that understand a concept or posses a skill, the more valuable the community is as a whole.

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Embracing Disruption: Drones & iPhones

June 6, 2013 By Nathan Toups 1 Comment

The iPhone and smartphones like it have revolutionized how people interact with the cloud, but there is a lurking question related to what can and cannot be loaded on these devices.

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Embracing Disruption: Amazon’s Revolution by Evolution

June 4, 2013 By Nathan Toups 3 Comments

Many people know Amazon.com as the world’s largest online retailer. But, what far fewer people know is that Amazon is one of the leading innovators in cloud technology…

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Embracing Disruption

June 3, 2013 By Nathan Toups 1 Comment

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Nathan Toups kicks off our special series on Disruptive Innovation by telling us about the Cloud, the cultivation of free thought, and his very first crowdfunded manifesto.

Filed Under: Big Ideas Tagged With: Big Ideas, books, Brad Carleton, disruptive technology, featured, free thought, Internet philosophy, Kickstarter, Martin Whitmore, Nathan Toups, publishing, Special Series: Disruptive Innovation, Susan Butler, The Cloud