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Converting Bright
Ideas into Business
Opportunities
John H. Vanston, Ph.D.
Chairman

Conference Chair, MiniTrends 2014
Author, MINITRENDS: How Innovators
& Entrepreneurs Discover & Profit From
Business & Technology Trends
(512) 258-8898

www.minitrends.com

www.tfi.com

Copyright © 2014, John Vanston/Carrie Vanston, Technology Futures, Inc.

February 2014

jvanston@tfi.com
2014
I. Attractiveness
to Business
Community

II. Attractiveness
to You
Business Community
 Excites

 Opens

Enthusiasm

up opportunities

 Special

Differentiating Factors
Identify Emerging
Market Needs

5
Issues
 What

special advantages for user?

 What

problem solved?

 What

new capabilities?

 How

needs now being satisfied?

 How

much improvement?

 How

can improvement's be
demonstrated?
Size and Nature of Potential
Market
 Define

markets MiniTrend can serve

 Consider

future markets

 Consider

ancillary markets

 Consider

social implications
Where in
Development
Process?
Determine where in MiniTrend is
in the Emergence Process
Fisher-Pry Substitution Model
90%

Fisher-Pry Model

80%

y(t) =

1

1 + e-b(t-a)

70%
60%
50%

Percentage
New

40%
30%

Basic FP Charts 2004

Percentage of Installed Base

100%

20%
10%
0%
0

5

10

15
Time

20

25

30

Source: Technology Futures, Inc.

9
Impact of Exogenous Factors
 Advantageous

 Disadvantageous
Early Indicators
•

Laboratory discoveries portend
new technologies

•

Special group formations portend
new social attitudes

•

Declared political positions portend
new laws and regulations
Personal Attractiveness
•

Clarify personal interests

•

Consider your personal
situation
Determine Special
Features

13
Convince Customers
of the Value of Special
Features to Them

14
Consider How the
Minitrend Product Will
Be Marketed

15
Define and Analyze
Relevant Drivers and
Constraints

16

Photo: http://www.landmama.com/custom/index.cfm?id=134783
Analyze Analogous
Situations

17
Engage Allies and
Supporters

18
Be Flexible

19
Stay Healthy

20
Apply the “Sanity Test”
to Each Stage of the
Exploitation Process

21
Remember There Are Other
Smart People in the World

22
MINITRENDS Book


7 Ways to Search



8 Places to Search



9 Sample
MiniTrends



4 Ways to Select
MiniTrends



4 Ways to Develop
MiniTrends Plan



13 Ways to Put
Plan into Action

23
MiniTrends 2014: Fall, Austin, TX

24

Photo Source: TFI
MiniTrends Resources & Services
http://minitrends.com/minitrends/resources/ (see handout)
MiniTrends Resources:
• MINITRENDS:

How Innovators & Entrepreneurs Discover
& Profit From Business & Technology Trends
by Dr. John Vanston and Carrie Vanston
2014: 3rd Annual Conference & Master Workshop
Fall 2014, Austin, TX

• MiniTrends

• MiniTrends

Meetups: TBA in early 2014.

• MiniTrends

Resource Page
http://minitrends.com/minitrends/resources/

MiniTrends Services:
• MiniTrends

Presentations

• MiniTrends

Workshops

• MiniTrends

Seminars

• MiniTrends

Annual Conference Sponsor

• MiniTrends
• Research

Annual Conference Partner

and Alerts

25
2014
Converting Bright
Ideas into Business
Opportunities
John H. Vanston, Ph.D.
Chairman

Conference Chair, MiniTrends 2014
Author, MINITRENDS: How Innovators
& Entrepreneurs Discover & Profit From
Business & Technology Trends
(512) 258-8898

www.minitrends.com

www.tfi.com

Copyright © 2014, John Vanston/Carrie Vanston, Technology Futures, Inc.

February 2014

jvanston@tfi.com

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