From Maker to Mogul: The Future of the Maker Movement in Business. My talk at the Hardware Innovation Workshop at PARC on May 15, 2012

1. From Maker to Mogul:
The Future of the Maker Movement in Business
Tim O’Reilly
May 15, 2012
Hardware Innovation Workshop
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2. We started out as a computer book publisher
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6. What We Really Do At O'Reilly
§ Find interesting technologies and people
innovating from the edge
§ Amplify their effectiveness by spreading the
information needed for others to follow them.
§ Our goal: “Changing the world by spreading the
knowledge of innovators.”
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7. O’Reilly Radar Methodology
§ We “watch the alpha geeks” and think about the
futures they are already living in
§ We then look for trend data that tells us that a
particular future is becoming mainstream
§ We do our best to think about possible
consequences
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8. O’Reilly Radar Methodology
§ We “watch the alpha geeks” and think about the
futures they are already living in
§ We then look for trend data that tells us that a
particular future is becoming mainstream
§ We do our best to think about possible
consequences
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9. O’Reilly Media Hardware books circa 2004
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12. Great things begin with smart people having fun...
but they don’t end there
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13. Innovation as a four-cylinder engine
Image source: http://www.musicombustion.com/engineering.html
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14. 1. Have fun: How cool would it be to FLY?!!??
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15. Have fun! OMG, I could have my own computer!
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16. 2. Think big: “A PC on every desk and in every home.”
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17. Think big: “Access to all the world’s information”
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18. 3. Figure out how to actually build a business
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19. 4. The power of platforms: Create value for others
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20. 4. The power of platforms: Create value for others
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21. http://www.google.com/economicimpact/
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24. Create more value than you capture
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25. The Firing Order of the Innovation Engine
§ First cylinder: Have fun!
§ Second cylinder: “Hey, we can change the world!”
§ Third cylinder: Build products, business models,
companies, and entire industries
§ Fourth cylinder: Maintain your ecosystem: Create
more value than you capture
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26. So where are people having fun today?
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31. Jeff Han, NYU, Perceptive Pixel, at ETech, March 2006
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32. iPhone: June 2007
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38. 2005: Seven Miles in Seven Hours
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39. 2011: Hundreds of thousands of miles in ordinary traffic
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42. Simple stress monitor becomes much more
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47. “It’s easier to invent the future
than it is to predict it.”
- Alan Kay
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48. For More Information
§ Twitter: @timoreilly, @oreillymedia, @make
§ Blog: http://radar.oreilly.com
§ My personal archive: http://tim.oreilly.com
§ Maker Movement: http://makezine.com
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