TOP TREND: MID-YEAR UPDATE 2016 FORECAST: As 2016 dawns, the factors are clear: The rise of the Black Lives Matter protest movement, spontaneous campus protests over race issues, the sharp increase in far-right movements in Europe in the wake of the refugee crisis, the growing likelihood that more and more voters worldwide vote against a...
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In 2015, a surge of protest movements gained momentum. The rapid growth of anti-immigration and anti-establishment movements across Western nations has brought public protest back to the forefront. These are examples of mass movements that are coalescing around a single, overriding issue: Take power away from the globalization profiteers and central-bank bandits, and give...
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Robots: A takeover in the works
TOP TREND: MID-YEAR UPDATE 2016 FORECAST: Robots will continue to take on human roles, both large and small, and for better and worse. Robotic cars park themselves, sparing us the anxiety of manual parallel parking on a busy street, but also robbing us of a skill; drones — flying robots — spy on our enemies,...
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Investment in artificial intelligence, robotics and virtual reality technology is going to create an investment cycle that will surpass, both in investment and market gains, the dot-com boom. This revolution in the expanding capability and affordability of robot and intelligent automation will grow exponentially. In fact, in the very near future, the investment opportunities will...
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Personalized City
TOP TREND: MID-YEAR UPDATE 2016 FORECAST: In 2016, growth trends for The Personalized City strengthen. It is defined by smaller living spaces augmented by innovative transportation, as well as entertainment and services networks that tie residents and their activities closely together to meet personal wants and community needs. In effect, the city becomes their living room, kitchen, playroom...
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Ontrendpreneuers®, developers and city officials will continue to partner to create The Personalized City, where experiences are as central to the quality of life as are conveniences. Technologies such as car-sharing and the emerging Internet of Things support this urban lifestyle that de-emphasizes possessions and highlights freedom, immediacy and connectedness. The trend — already...
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The OnTrendpreneur™
Two trend lines are speeding toward collision, and they will create the dawn of the OnTrendpreneur™ — one is caused by the merger/acquisition craze; the other is the result of new technologies that are about to eliminate many traditional job sectors. Innovative, cutting-edge professionals who are first to identify and seize high-potential opportunities emerging in this...
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Fueled by central bank cheap-money activities across the globe, mergers and acquisitions have significantly replaced investment in building and expanding businesses with true-innovation price discovery and entrepreneurial creativity. And now cheap and accessible machine automation in traditional workplaces will eat away at something once greatly valued in industrial, entertainment, media, retail, architectural and service sectors:...
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Michael Glauser: Everyone will be an entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is Michael Glauser’s calling. Even in high school, “I thought it would be awesome to know how to meet objectives efficiently and create great environments for people to work in,” the Utah State University business school professor says. Now, after starting six successful companies and interviewing more than 100 small-business creators for his book...
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Millennials struggle to become self-employed
Statistically, the millennial generation’s track record of creating successful self-owned businesses is at a historic low. For this generation, the concept of entrepreneurship is about learning hard lessons to find new ways. Often centered around venture capitalists and other investors enticing them to buy into social media or other digital ventures, they are learning this...