The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified 155. Predicting Technology Shifts Before they Happen (Tim O'Reilly)
Jan 26, 2018
01:03:02
The Trend Spotter joins us today on the program. Tim O'Reilly is one of the top minds in tech, who has predicted and/or driven many of the movements that now seem so obvious to us. In today's episode we discuss:
- Tim's path to becoming an investor
- How he linked up w/ Bryce Roberts and launched O'Reilly Alphatech
- The shift in their model w/ Indie VC
- We talk about Tim's focus on profitability and his counter to those that cite some of the biggest and best tech companies that are not profitable
- We discuss Tim's new book WTF: What the future and why it's up to us
- Tim outlines the way he thinks about business model maps
- He explains his thought process of identifying technology shifts before they happen
- We discuss fear and it's role in shaping consumer mindset
- Tim references the historical lessons most overlooked by today's society
- and we wrap up w/ a conversation on ICOs and cryptocurrencies and get Tim's opinion on their role in the future of tech
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