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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me. What We Saw in 2011…. The list of applications to engage, empower and organize citizens continues to grow, and will be one of the most defining legacies of 2011.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

It was difficult because we had limited bandwidth to send the bits through, and limited processing power to compress and decompress the video. I looked at the future predictions for “modem speed” (as I called it back then, today we’d called it internet connection speed or bandwidth). Napster just happened to have been first.

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How The 5G Revolution Emerged And How It Will Give Business A Boost

YoungUpstarts

A study of 96 developed and developing economies conducted between 2008 and 2011 found that a 10 percent market shift from 2G to 3G in a given country yielded a GDP increase of 0.15 In addition to the revenue generated from apps themselves, the increased business efficiency powered by apps had a ripple effect on the economy.

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[Asia] Small Businesses Look To The Internet For Growth Opportunities

YoungUpstarts

In a 2011 and 2012 survey conducted by McKinsey of SMEs in Asia, SMEs who use the Internet say it has helped them gain revenue as well as reduce costs. In Vietnam, a 2011 McKinsey survey revealed that Vietnamese SMEs reported a 19.3% increase in productivity from using web technologies. A key takeaway?

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The Case For A Five Hour Workday

YoungUpstarts

More free time means a better quality of life, and increased bandwidth due to heightened pressure yields more production. grew 80 percent between 1973 and 2011, while hourly wages only rose 11 percent. The idea of working harder for shorter periods of time makes perfect sense to them. This is when it clicked for me.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

The temptation, therefore, is to stop everything, to clear bandwidth for some very real and very pressing crisis management. By 2011, we had 50 customers; today we have over 2,000. Building a method for production that makes this efficient enough for profit. Managing the means of production to fit the circumstances.

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A Few Last Thoughts On SOPA/PIPA From Last Week

Feld Thoughts

1981 - Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 – has embedded in it an amendment that’ll have your internet service provider tracking all of your financial dealings online. And yes, the sponsor of this is Lamar Smith, the same guy who sponsored SOPA.

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