- What factors make a business ripe for digital Disruption? Are there some businesses or processes that may never digitize? Why not?
- How to spot inefficiencies and Friction in different aspects of our society, and how entrepreneurs are working to create efficiency and profitable businesses by reducing this friction
- The role of the Smartphone. Have we even begun to tap its potential power?
- Is all of this change creating anything radically new? Or are these new technologies and businesses making long-standing processes and activities better and more efficient?
- What is a Patform? What is the Network Effect? What strategies do companies use to drive adoption of new technologies so that they can achieve scale?
- What are some of the dangers of all of this ‘digitization?’ How do you keep your business secure?
- Is business more or less ‘democratic’ with these changes? Can pretty much anyone start his or her own business today?
- Are there ‘left behind’ resources that we can utilize for future opportunities?
- Do you have the wisdom to know the difference between Novelty and true Value-Add? Don’t let yourself get confused.
- What is Product/Market Fit? How do you achieve it?
We will explore these topics from a general perspective and while visiting with executives from the community whose companies are leading the charge.
You will notice that there are some big digital topics that this class will not spend much time on such as digital currency, blockchain, healthcare, and 3D printing. These topics are important and exciting but they will not be covered in depth due to time constraints