--- title: "Vital Signs #102: Investor Syndicates, The Champion's Program" description: Direct investing via Investor Syndicates, The Champion's Program, Crowdfunding image: https://www.sjordanassociates.com/hs-fs/file-31890069-jpg/images/hx-portal-resized-600.jpg --- ![](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/hs-fs/file-31890069-jpg/images/hx-portal-resized-600.jpg) # Vital Signs #102: Investor Syndicates, The Champion's Program Published by [ Scott Jordan ](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/author/scott-jordan) on Thu, Aug 07, 2014 @ 10:18 AM ![describe the image](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/hs-fs/file-31890069-jpg/images/hx-portal-resized-600.jpg) Marc Andreessen’s (~Andreessen Horowitz) famous article, “How software is eating the world,” published in 2011 (Wall Street Journal) is a perfect backdrop for what is transpiring in the financial markets. “My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy.” “FinTech is eating the financial markets.” That statement may be an exaggeration compared to the level of disruption in other industries including music (EMI/Pandora), videogames (Nintendo/Zynga), books (Borders/Amazon), entertainment (Blockbuster/Netflix), photography (Kodak/Shutterfly), and recruiting (Korn Ferry/Linkedin), however, technology’s impact on the financial markets is accelerating. “More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services—from movies to agriculture to national defense. Many of the winners are Silicon Valleystyle entrepreneurial technology companies that are invading and overturning established industry structures. Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing http://www.healthiosxchange.com/documents/2/201/direct-investing-via-investor-syndicates-the-next-wave-of-financial-innovation Please join HealthiosXchange by clicking [http://www.healthiosxchange.com/signup?ref=3](http://www.healthiosxchange.com/signup?ref=3)   Learn more about HealthiosXchange here: http://www.healthiosxchange.com/pages/who-we-are   Learn more about Investors Syndicates here: http://www.healthiosxchange.com/pages/how-it-works-for-syndicates   Tags: [Investor Syndicates](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/topic/investor-syndicates), [Crowdfunding](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/topic/crowdfunding), [The Champion's Program](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/topic/the-champions-program) [Back to Blog](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Related Articles ## [Vital Signs #100: The Champion's Program, Crowdfunding](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/393142/Vital-Signs-100-The-Champion-s-Program-Crowdfunding) [Read More ](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/393142/Vital-Signs-100-The-Champion-s-Program-Crowdfunding) ## [Vital Signs #104: TABB Group Profiles Investor Syndicates, Crowdfunding](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/393954/Vital-Signs-104-TABB-Group-Profiles-Investor-Syndicates-Crowdfunding) Supercharging Alternative Investing: Direct Investing via Investor Syndicates [Read More ](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/393954/Vital-Signs-104-TABB-Group-Profiles-Investor-Syndicates-Crowdfunding) ## [Chinese investors put $400 million into U.S. startups](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/407340/Chinese-investors-put-400-million-into-U-S-startups) [Read More ](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/bid/407340/Chinese-investors-put-400-million-into-U-S-startups)