That Words With Friends board game is just the tip of the disrupted iceberg.
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Paperless Post launched in 2008 to disrupt the stationery business. With over 60 million digital invitations sent, why start a print business at the same time that Hallmark is closing factories and snail mail invitations are dying?
“When 50% of your users ask for something that's 10 times your price point, it would be a risk not to try it,” says CEO James Hirschfeld.
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Words With Friends, The Board Game
Words With Friends beat Scrabble at its own game. Now it has its own board game.
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Evernote Smart Notebook
Evernote's tagline: “Remember Everything.” Like back when we used to write stuff with pens and pencils? Through a collaboration with Moleskine, now you can file away your nostalgia on dead trees, with a "smart notebook."
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Warby Parker Showrooms
Warby Parker disrupted the eyewear industry by selling directly to customers with a home try-on program. But starting this fall, you can find the specs in 12 showrooms across the country.
“When we launched Warby Parker, we intended to be a purely online business,” says one of the founders, “but we realized the biggest challenge to selling glasses online is getting the fit right.”
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