Zenefits is just the latest example of a high-flying startup trying to revolutionize the health-care space, only to discover along the way that Silicon Valley's philosophy of disruptive innovation can be more difficult to apply to health care than in the digital world. Silicon Valley's taglines usually involve transforming an industry and changing the world. But in health care, where life and death can hang in the balance, less thrilling matters such as licensing procedures can be everything. What Zenefits' tumult shows is how easy it is to break longstanding rules while trying to change how an industry works with outside-the-box thinking.
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