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Opendoor's business model of buying and flipping homes is risky, but the startup's streamlining of the home-selling process has great disruptive potential

I suppose I appreciate the efficiency with which Techcrunch expressed its skepticism for tech's latest unicorn, Opendoor … Tweets: @benthompson , @brianroemmele , and @nicholasbs Tweets: Ben Thompson / @benthompson : By me @stratechery: OpenDoor: A Startup Worth Emulating http://stratechery.com/... High risk = high reward, for both companies and society Brian Roemmele / @brianroemmele : Opendoor will fundamentally change every aspect of buying and selling real estate—propelling it into the modern era. A huge opportunity. http://twitter.com/... Nick / @nicholasbs : “What if this succeeds?” yields much more interesting analysis than, “This will fail.” Ex: @benthompson on @Opendoor http://stratechery.com/...

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