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    Robert Reed: 2017 was the year of the business disruptor

    by Robert Reed, Chicago Tribune Dec 25, 2017 3 minutes

    Let's call 2017 the "Year of the Business Disruptor."

    It's an apt title because so many large companies and industries were shaken, or at least stirred, over the past 12 months by a band of aggressive, powerful and expanding commercial renegades.

    You know their names and likely do business with some of them: Amazon, Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. I'll also toss in bitcoin - the high-flying cryptocurrency taking Chicago's financial markets by storm.

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