So much of life is pure luck, being in the right place at the right time. This is not that.pic.twitter.com/OYL8PAyqDd
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Here are some other examples of tech visionaries: Aug 2006: Elon Musk publishes "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan" https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-just-between-you-and-me …pic.twitter.com/jzyvhes0iX
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May 1995: Bill Gates writes an internal memo titled "The Internet Tidal Wave" http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/07/internet-tidal-wave.html …pic.twitter.com/YCWLJ8fysR
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2003: Ben Affleck predicts the rise of streaming services like Spotify and Netflix and explains the economics behind the business models.pic.twitter.com/a1YbeP02eM
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1999: David Bowie explains why the internet is not just another tool, why it’s not simply a different delivery systempic.twitter.com/RBMGDlpwnQ
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1967: Educational video (produced with consultants from Bell Labs) predicts the future of e-commerce, video conferencing, and social networks.pic.twitter.com/l5joqhe7iy
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Alec Stapp @AlecStappMar 1998: "How Yahoo! Won the Search Wars" (Fortune) Sep 1998: Google is founded Feb 2004: Facebook is founded Feb 2007: "Will MySpace ever lose its monopoly?" (Guardian) Mar 2007: "Nokia. Can Anyone Catch the Cell Phone King?" (Forbes) Jun 2007: iPhone released cc:@ewarren pic.twitter.com/l4CtKC9fqjShow this thread2 replies 21 retweets 207 likesShow this thread -
June 1997: Jeff Bezos explains why attention is the ultimate scarce commodity in the age of the internet (and why word-of-mouth & earned media were so important to Amazon's growth). (h/t
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June 1997: Jeff Bezos explains why print advertising is so much worse than online advertising ("a marketer's nirvana"), effectively predicting the rise of ad-based business models years before Google and Facebook were founded. (h/t
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Alec, thank you. This is a wonderful thread! This video shows a number of dimensions on not only the business model but also the state of mind and the certain ambition that seems to be lost in this era. To me it is pure gold. Here is the video in entirety:https://youtu.be/Pgzi_jUBu9U
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