change is the only constant
LESSONS LEARNED
Lesson #1
don’t focus on past success
Kodak $100 Million Instagram $1 Billion
Lesson #2
never say never
What % of online users count on social media when making a purchase?
46%
Source: Nielsen
Lesson  #3 Â
play where the puck is going to be
Apple Facebook Google Amazon
WHAT’S NEXT?!?
TECH
augmented reality
3D prin9ng
NASA just invested in the first 3D food printer
TECHNOLOGY TAKEAWAY
the only barrier is imagination
SOCIAL
The key to social media has been:
THE NEXT GENERATION
AS YOU ADD CONNECTIONS YOU START TO SHARE LESS
tumblr
126 million blogs 56 billion posts
What % of Tumblr’s users are between 18-‐24?
29%
vs. internet average of 12%
Worth $4 billion in just 2 years
# of photos uploaded and shared each day?
1.8 billion
Snapchat 38%
Source: Kleiner Perkins
SOCIAL TAKEAWAY
rapid shift to video
MOBILE
Time to reach 50 million users
38 33 years
days
# in ac9ve use in the world?
6.7 4.2
billion
billion
By the end of the year…
There will be more mobile devices than people on earth
LG G-‐Flex
world’s first felxible, curved phone
allows free payments amongst friends and family
iWallet iBeacon (indoor posi9oning) combined with fingerprint iden9fica9on
MOBILE TAKEAWAY
phones transform into wallets
I of T
social expansion mobile revolution internet of things
Number of connected devices by 2020?
50 billion
INTERNET OF THINGS TAKEAWAY
everything connected
TRAVEL
Language transla9on on the fly is already here
has driven 300k miles without an accident
HYPERLOOP San Francisco to LA in 30 minutes
The A2 will hit Mach 5 -‐> MIA to London in 1 hr
TRAVEL TAKEAWAY
live where you want
FINAL THOUGHTS
One of my favorite apps: IFTTT
My favorite new tool: CANVA
Easily customize thousands of templates
Become a designer instantaneously!
change is the only constant
BE A PIONEER
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