Unit 1
He is very quick to _________ to things.
catch on or try out
catch on
make a computer, machine or piece of software better
upgrade or out of date
upgrade
A situation in which different companies can compete fairly within each other because no one has an advantage is called a level _________.
playing field or approach
playing field
When business trends change, successful disruptors are quick to _____ themselves.
inject or reposition
reposition
Truly innovative people don't always work in traditional ways; they often take an ______ approach.
harmful or unorthodox
unorthodox
So Russia developed a new network of shippers to _____ the restrictions and keep selling to India and China.
get into or get round
get round
consisting of separate parts or units which can be put together to form something
outset or modular
The area where dealers trade in shares or other investments is called the ____.
interest trade or trading floor
trading floor
There was a time when the ____ of food delivery was pizza or Chinese takeaway, but that is no longer the case.
lifespan or mainstay
mainstay
putting all your money into stocks of a new, currently underperforming company
high risk trade or make a trade
high risk trade
I ___ a plan to solve both problems at once.
dreamed up or caught on
a product that can be sold to make a profit, especially one in its basic form before it has been used in a process
gadget or commodity
commodity
Bruno wanted to expand his business, so four of his uncles became his ____.
investments or backers
backers
In this highly competitive but ___market, some food delivery companies entered into talks about combining their field.
displaced or fragmented
fragmented
Amazon became a ___ in the global industry of bookselling.
game changer or interest rate
game changer
It's a good idea to ______ how to create your own jokes.
read up on or get into
read up on
save goods from a situation in which they have already been damaged or partially destroyed
salvaged or feedback
salvaged
They each invested a _______ figure of £50,000 in the company.
ball park or profit
ballpark
According to a the University of California, there is good and bad news for start-ups with a vision for disruptive ___.
innovation or venture
throw it away or give it to someone else.
waste stream or dispose of
dispose of
Without a _______ , you could lose a lot of time and money further down the line.
sample or prototype
prototype
return something to where it originally came from
feed back into or forward thinking
feed back into
Seeing that the business was significantly in profit, two of the uncles decided to reap their ____.
rewards or currency
rewards
On the one hand, those who have come up with a unique and ____.
novel approach or foreign exchange
novel approach
Jeff Bezos's innovation was to use the (relatively new) internet to sell more books to customers than any of the ___.
high tech or established companies
established companies