A short recap on latest trends on tech & people. Self-entrepreneurship & start ups.

1. Homeis thatplace
whereyour
smartphone
connects
toWiFi
automatically
WEBCONGRESSLIMA
edfernandez
@efernandez

2. Source: KPCB internet trends 2014 report. Morgan Stanley Internet report 2009.

3. Things get “smartified”
All of Them
Smart contact lens for diabetics
Blood sugar reading in tears 1/sec

4. Home is
where
your
smartphone
connects to
WiFi
automaticallyLIFX: KickStarter project
Multi-color, app controlled light bulb

5. OMsignal: bio-sensing apparel
Heart Rate, Breathing, Steps
We, humans,
become the
interface
Rise of the
Natural
User Interfaces (NUI)

6. Ovei immersive capsule:
Xbox/PS/PC mulitmedia pod

7. Diffusion of innovations: Everett Rogers. 1962
World is
here
US is there
Smartphone Penetration

8. Computing capacity Moore’s Law
Computing power doubles every 18-24
months. Costs cut by a half.
Bandwidth capacity Gilder’s & Nielsen’s
Doubles every 2 years - wired
Doubles every 2.5 years - wireless
(Cooper’s Law)
Digital storage capacity Kryder’s Law
Doubles every 2 years.
Technology
Evolution
Laws
2yrs
2x /

10. ‘Truth’ is a tweet, photo or video
clicked & sent away
New definitions of ‘success’-
money may not be
Access to luxury vs owning luxury –
Rise of sharing economy & EaaS
(Everything as a Service)
Self-realization and self-actualization
happens now also online
(Win)^3:
You help me, I help you, we help others
Klout score in your resume
from now onwards
Global thinking, global objectives -
collective intelligence arising (Singularity)
People

11. Entrepreneur generation
• Reduced sense of security since terrorist attacks 2001
• Destabilized economy Financial crisis since 2008
• High unemployment levels – ‘Evil’ corporations
• Increasing perceived fiscal pressure – self sustain or
live out of the system
• Pervasive & cheap computing everywhere
• Tech-entrepreneur heroes – Dorsey, Zuckenberg,
Larry, Sergey
• All tools you need in the web: crowdfunding yourself
(kickstarter, rockthepost)
• No loss aversion fostering self driven entrepreneurship

12. edfernandez
@efernandez
www.about.me/ed.world
With warmest appreciation for their amazing work:
KPCB: MaryMeeker, 2014 Internetreport
VisionMobile: MobileMegatrendsreport
Fjord: AnnualTrendsReport2014
JWT: 100ThingsToWatch2014
Horace Dediu Asymco
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