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The Innovator’s OpportunityDouglas Merrill

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Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen

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Juggling is just a coordinated set of drops

Losing control in the new world

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Technology changed the world

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66% of Fortune 100 gone in 20 years

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Cheaper businesses emerged

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Online activities matter… even to offline stores

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Product development in the new world

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People want to connect to a community

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Listen to your users

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But don’t listen too carefully

“If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have asked for a faster horse.”-- Henry Ford

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Learn from your users

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In fact, let your users do your job

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Getting it doneBuilding a new business

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Don’t be afraid to do dumb things

Google.stanford.edu (Circa 1997)

Google.com (Circa 1999)

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This is the world callingAlways “over hire” and diversity matters….

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Talk about everything*

* Almost, anyway

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People do what you measure

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Forget everything I’ve said

Change happens.To you, or by you.

Pick.

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THANK YOU

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