Larry Downes

Larry Downes is a consultant and author on developing business strategies in the digital age. He is Senior Adjunct Fellow with TechFreedom, a nonpartisan technology policy think tank.


His most recent book, “The Laws of Disruption: Harnessing the New Forces that Govern Business and Life in the Digital Age” explores the accident-prone intersection of law and innovation.


Downes is the author of the Business Week and New York Times business best-seller, Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance, which was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the five most important books ever published on business and technology.