What's Next in Tech: 2014

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40 million sold “The Greatest Game of All Time”

Lessons Learned

change is the only constant

3 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

play where the puck is going to be

Apple Facebook Google Amazon

If Change is the Only Constant…

1. Don’t focus on past success 2. Never say never

3. Play to where the puck is going to be

What’s Next?!?

TECH

This laptop watches your eyes to navigate

augmented reality

artificial intelligence

wearable tech

3D printing

NASA just invested in the first 3D food printer

TECHNOLOGY TAKEAWAY

the only barrier is imagination

SOCIAL

The key to social media has been:

51% 1 billion

55-64

Source: Kleiner Perkins

Gaining momentum in 2014

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?

540 million

Snapchat 28%

Source: Kleiner Perkins

SOCIAL TAKEAWAY

rapid shift to video

MOBILE

Supercomputer in 1975 cost $5 million

CDC - 7600

Has computing power of a $0 iPhone

Time to reach 50 million users

38

38

years

days

# in active use in the world?

6.1

4.2

billion

billion

Within 9 months‌

There will be more mobile devices than people on earth

57% of TV viewers use the web simultaneously

LG G-Flex world’s first felxible, curved phone

allows free payments amongst friends and family

Clinkle will let you pay people or businesses via ultrasound

iWallet iBeacon (indoor positioning) combined with fingerprint identification

MOBILE TAKEAWAY

phones transform into wallets

I of T

Number of connected devices by 2020?

50 billion

Narrative is an automatic lifelogging camera

Your meeting was pushed back 45 mins And then tells your coffee maker to turn on 15 mins late

Your car knows it needs gas to get to work, which usually takes 5 mins

And signals your car to start in 30 mins to melt the ice from last night’s snowstorm

There was an accident on your driving route causing a 25 min detour

This is communicated to your alarm clock, which allows you 15 extra mins of sleep

INTERNET OF THINGS TAKEAWAY

everything connected

TRAVEL

Language translation on the fly is already here

GOOGLE has driven 300k miles without an accident

HYPERLOOP San Francisco to LA in 30 minutes

The A2 will hit Mach 5 -> DC to London in 1 hr

TRAVEL TAKEAWAY

live where you want

FINAL THOUGHTS

change is the only constant

social expansion mobile revolution internet of things

DON’T FORGET TO THINK

be a pioneer

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