« Living the Broadband Lifestyle in Stockholm. | Main | LIVE: "How Disruptive Changes in an Industry can Create Opportunities for Startups" »
April 25, 2007
How Disruptive Changes in an Industry can Create Opportunities for Startups:
At 11.30 CET (5:30 AM EDT) today, I will be answering the question: “How Disruptive Changes in an Industry can Create Opportunities for Startups” at the Innovation and Technology 2007 conference.
During my talk, which I hope to broadcast live on Ustream.tv, I will be looking at the effects of VoIP as a disruptive change agent.
I will also review my short list of rules on How Anyone can Disrupt a Marketplace:
- Find Your Space. Identify the Disruption
- Believe in Yourself, Your Mission and Your Vision.
- Understand that Business Plans and Business Models evolve.
- No experience Needed. Just because it hasn’t been done before doesn’t make it impossible or wrong, Stay the course and avoid hiring people whose past prior experiences would introduce the words “No” and “Can’t” too early into your startup. Out-of-the-Box Thinking is ok and should be embraced.
- Support Community. From the “Bottom-up.”
- Be aware of Lobbyists and Patent Attorneys. Watch out for disrupted companies to attempt to apply old legacy rules and regulations against a new innovation that did not exist when the rule/regulation/law was conceived of. Be aware of large companies that attempt to take the obvious and patent it. Speak up whenever needed.
Tags: voneurope07, Stockholm, voip, Jeff Pulver
Share this post:
Digg |
del.icio.us |
Reddit |
Newsvine |
Google Bookmark |
Yahoo MyWeb |
StumbleUpon
Posted by jeff on April 25, 2007 01:47 AM | Permalink
Additional resources: Watch PrimeTime TV Shows | Watch the Jeff Pulver Show | Jeff's Qik Videos
Comments
There's a reason you hired me. Everything on that list is something I'm passionate about. It's great to see it written down there. For me, this is the seed to a book. I hope you knocked 'em dead on that stage. Good post!
Posted by: Chris Brogan... at April 25, 2007 11:19 AM