2. leaders in the consumer electronics industry gathered in San
Francisco in October 2012 to learn and connect
speakers provided insight and inspiration –
here are some choice quotes about
business, new opportunities, and digital health…
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3. If you’ve got a great product, the margin is in
the relationship.
John Gerzema, CEO Brand Asset Consulting / author of Spend Shift
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4. There’s been a shift from affluence to
influence – skills are now a currency.
John Gerzema, CEO Brand Asset Consulting / author of Spend Shift
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5. Everything is moving to a market of one –
there’s a race to own our routines.
John Gerzema, CEO Brand Asset Consulting / author of Spend Shift
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6. Change is slow until it’s not – disruption never comes
from something that companies haven’t already been
talking about.
Peter Sheahan, CEO Change Labs
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7. Existing market attributes should not be solely
responsible for defining areas of opportunity.
Peter Sheahan, CEO Change Labs
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8. Create the technology that will kill you – it’s better
that you create it than one of your competitors.
Peter Sheahan, CEO Change Labs
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9. A lot is going to happen in 10 years; you want to
invest in the kids who are going to make it good.
Dean Kamen, Founder, FIRST
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10. The world isn’t flat but the world wide web Is – when the
playing field is level, the best ideas can win.
Alexis Ohanian, Founder, Reddit, HipMunk, BreadPig
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11. People have no choice but to build companies around
the idea of giving a damn.
Alexis Ohanian, Founder, Reddit, HipMunk, BreadPig
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12. More people have access to a cell phone than to
drinking water, electricity, or a toothbrush.
Kabir Kasagod, Wireless Health Business Development, Qualcomm
Life
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13. We know more about our cars than about our bodies.
Clint McClellan, Senior Director Strategic Marketing, Qualcomm Life
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14. Traditional medicine is a reactive, disease based system
– we need to change.
Samir Damani, Founder/CEO, MD Revolution
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15. Digital health is technology at its best, because it’s about
prevention (not treatment.)
Samir Damani, Founder/CEO, MD Revolution
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16. For behavior change, we need to measure, monitor, and
motivate – and an ecosystem to tie all three together.
Samir Damani, Founder/CEO, MD Revolution
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17. Companies need to reconcile frenemy
relationships in DIY health ecosystem.
Scott Stropkay, Partner, Essential
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18. more soundbites by denise:
http://www.slideshare.net/dyohn
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