Disruptive startups that actually help local businesses | Amane Dannouni

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🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

More and more, we buy through online marketplaces: Amazon, Uber, Airbnb — the list goes on. But this convenience and efficiency comes with a hidden cost, mostly to small local businesses and workers. Does it have to be that way?

Amane Dannouni doesn’t think so. In this talk, the BCG technology consultant shares stories we’re not used to hearing: of online apps in Southeast Asia and Africa that have found a way to help local economies, even as they disrupt them.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.0	Uber, Amazon, Airbnb. These are all household names for so many of us. Online
0:14.4	marketplaces that have made our lives so much easier and there's a reason they've
0:19.2	grown to be so big because we love what they have to offer. We've all been
0:24.4	craving so many of the conveniences that disrupt the old ways of doing things.
0:29.6	But people are also concerned about how these new models affect our mom and
0:34.3	popcorn or bookstore. Our dial seven New York delivery service. Our medallion
0:39.5	taxis and policy makers aren't sure how to regulate this kind of activity. But
0:45.4	does this disruption have to be so disruptive?
0:51.6	I'm Madu Pakenola and this is Ted Business. Today we're going to hear from Amane
0:57.9	Danuni. He's a partner at the Boston Consulting Group and he specializes in
1:02.3	technological transformation. He was really inspired by what he saw in Malaysia,
1:07.8	Indonesia, and Africa. Online marketplaces that offer a new vision for what's
1:13.0	possible when you incorporate local communities into the disruption process.
1:18.0	Now I'm keeping this episode short because we're preparing for the next season,
1:22.4	which means I won't be back for a lesson. But this talk is chock full of insight.
1:27.0	So let's hear from Amane after a quick break.
1:34.7	Support for this podcast comes from BCG. What you're about to hear is a work of
1:38.6	imagination but not fantasy. So starts every episode of BCG's new podcast
1:43.3	Climate Vision 2050, which pulls us into a future where we've radically reduced
1:47.4	carbon emissions and saved ourselves from climate catastrophe. From the future of
1:51.8	travel to food and fashion, what might life be like in a world that has actually
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