Published by Robert Scoble
I give you a front-row seat on the future. Focusing most of my efforts now on next-generation augmented reality and artificial intelligence, AKA "mixed reality."
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WATCH MY LATEST SPEECHES:
State of VR with Philip Rosedale (done in VR itself, very cool): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zAA1EVGUZU
At GEOINT, June 2017: http://trajectorymagazine.com/glimpse-new-world/
Augmented World Expo, June 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4xHILvLD8E
At Leade.rs, April 2017: https://youtu.be/52_0JshgjXI
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BIO:
Scoble gives you a front-row seat on the future.
Literally. He had the first ride in the first Tesla. Siri was launched in his house. He's been the first to share all sorts of technologies and companies with you, from Flipboard to Pandora to Instagram.
Today he's focusing on mixed reality, AKA "next-generation augmented reality" which will include a new user interface for EVERYTHING in your life (IoT, Smart Cities, driverless cars, robots, drones, etc).
That's based on his view thanks to his past experience as futurist at Rackspace.
Best place to find Scoble? On his Facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/RobertScoble
He has been a technology blogger since 2000, was one of five people who built Microsoft's Channel 9 video blog/community, worked at Fast Company Magazine running its TV efforts, and has been part of technology media businesses since 1993.
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SPEAKER PITCH:
Apple and Facebook now have revealed their Augmented Reality strategies, which means your business needs one too. Rely on Robert Scoble, the world's top authority on AR, to bring to your conference what businesses should do next.
SPEECH ABSTRACT #1:
TITLE: The Fourth Transformation: What's next in mixed reality (AR and AI) and the future of technology?
Here's an example of this talk at Leade.rs in Paris in April, 2017: https://youtu.be/52_0JshgjXI
Why "the Fourth Transformation?"
Soon we will have phones and glasses that do full on augmented reality. Everything you look at will potentially be augmented. This world is coming in late 2017 with a new iPhone from Apple, amongst other products. Microsoft is betting everything on its HoloLens glasses that do mixed reality and the industry is spending many billions of dollars in R&D and funding new companies like Magic Leap.
This future will be the user interface for IoT, Smart Cities, autonomous cars, robots, drones, and your TV.
This is a big deal and Robert will take you through what mixed reality is and how it will change every business.
Learn more about Robert's speaking style and contact his agent at http://odemanagement.com/robert-scoble/Robert-Scoble.html
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SPEECH ABSTRACT #2:
"The Next Two Clicks of Moore's Law."
Over the next four years, or two clicks of Moore's Law, a ton about our technology world will change. Scoble will bring you the best from his travels visiting R&D labs, startups, and innovators around the world.
He views the world through his rose-colored-mixed-reality glasses, which will be the new user interface for self driving cars, Smart Cities, IoT, and many other things in our world.
He'll send you off with some lessons for companies both large and small.
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SPEECH ABSTRACT #3:
"Personalized Meaning: What is Augmented Reality For?"
As we enter a far more technological world where even cars drive themselves, I predict we'll see a blowback toward the analog, more authentic world.
What role does augmented reality play in both worlds?
Get Scoble's insight into where augmented reality is going, see tons of real-world demos, and understand what he means by 'personalized meaning.'
CONTACT:
If you are looking to contact me, email is best: scobleizer@gmail.com.
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ENDORSEMENTS:
IZEA Top 25 Tech Influencers: https://izea.com/2017/07/07/25-top-tech-influencers/
Time: One of the top 140 Twitterers!
FT: One of the five most influential Twitterers!
Inc. Top 5 on list of Tech Power Players You Need to Know: http://www.inc.com/john-rampton/30-power-players-in-tech-you-need-to-know.html
Next Reality: #4 on top 50 AR influencer list: https://next.reality.news/news/nr50-next-realitys-50-people-watch-augmented-mixed-reality-0177454/
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Dispute you are not talking about Microsoft – NIH is clearly an issue in this company.
Even more – once I had high level manager defend that NIH is good for Microsoft.
He started to claim that power to change software, bug fixing, licensing costs, etc… make it valuable for Microsoft to reinvent EVERYTHING internally.
The only reasons why Microsoft will acquire anything from you or establish partnership – are
a) Legal Risks (Patents, Copyrights etc.). These apply in case if licensing is much cheaper than protection from possible lawsuits.
b) Company personnel have information critical to implementation of similar functionality inside Microsoft. This can be done by total acquire or short-term (but you will be forced to believe it’s long-term one) partnerships.
For rest of business opportunities Microsoft rarely allow outsiders to make profit.
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Dispute you are not talking about Microsoft – NIH is clearly an issue in this company.
Even more – once I had high level manager defend that NIH is good for Microsoft.
He started to claim that power to change software, bug fixing, licensing costs, etc… make it valuable for Microsoft to reinvent EVERYTHING internally.
The only reasons why Microsoft will acquire anything from you or establish partnership – are
a) Legal Risks (Patents, Copyrights etc.). These apply in case if licensing is much cheaper than protection from possible lawsuits.
b) Company personnel have information critical to implementation of similar functionality inside Microsoft. This can be done by total acquire or short-term (but you will be forced to believe it’s long-term one) partnerships.
For rest of business opportunities Microsoft rarely allow outsiders to make profit.
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It is interesting to note that VCs invest in startups for the same reasons that the major companies acquire startups; 1)Great team of extraordinary people, 2)innovative technology, 3)growing user base, 4)a hot new market with huge growth potential. These are pretty much in rank order of importance.
I wrote a post on the logic big companies use when deciding to acquire a startup, entitled “Microsoft Will Acquire My Company”. You can find it here http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/10/microsoft_will_.html
Microsoft acquires, on average, more than 10 companies per year. My post above lists the major acquisitions over the years, and the recent ones this year which include; Giant Software, Sybari, Groove Networks, Frontbridge, Teleo, and FolderShare. I think MessageCast was this year too. There are probably more.
No one should start a company with their exit strategy being acquired by one of the big players. It does happen, but it is rare and difficult.
Don Dodge
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It is interesting to note that VCs invest in startups for the same reasons that the major companies acquire startups; 1)Great team of extraordinary people, 2)innovative technology, 3)growing user base, 4)a hot new market with huge growth potential. These are pretty much in rank order of importance.
I wrote a post on the logic big companies use when deciding to acquire a startup, entitled “Microsoft Will Acquire My Company”. You can find it here http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/10/microsoft_will_.html
Microsoft acquires, on average, more than 10 companies per year. My post above lists the major acquisitions over the years, and the recent ones this year which include; Giant Software, Sybari, Groove Networks, Frontbridge, Teleo, and FolderShare. I think MessageCast was this year too. There are probably more.
No one should start a company with their exit strategy being acquired by one of the big players. It does happen, but it is rare and difficult.
Don Dodge
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Robert,
You ae right on spot on ths one. have had se recent experiences that make it cear Microsoft holds no monopoly on arrogance in the acquisition process.
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Robert,
You ae right on spot on ths one. have had se recent experiences that make it cear Microsoft holds no monopoly on arrogance in the acquisition process.
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Shel and AT: right. There indeed is plenty of arrogance inside Microsoft. That’s why I said “I’m not JUST talking about Microsoft here.”
Hey, AT, I expect my readers to be careful readers. If you just want to FUD here, go somewhere else please.
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Shel and AT: right. There indeed is plenty of arrogance inside Microsoft. That’s why I said “I’m not JUST talking about Microsoft here.”
Hey, AT, I expect my readers to be careful readers. If you just want to FUD here, go somewhere else please.
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I dare say the reality is that there are probably more startups that want to flip than companies that want to aquire them especially when the process of creating the company and product is more painful than its supposed to be– speaking from experience here–but it is interesting to see that more and more companies are thinking “sell out” rather than IPO for the exit strategy.
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I dare say the reality is that there are probably more startups that want to flip than companies that want to aquire them especially when the process of creating the company and product is more painful than its supposed to be– speaking from experience here–but it is interesting to see that more and more companies are thinking “sell out” rather than IPO for the exit strategy.
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Don’t do that Robert. The problem is that without a group backing you if the company ever fails you’ll get blamed (and probably fired). Which would be bad.
Same goes for Engineers. Don’t invent and deploy arch without having buyin from the team. Even if you’re 100% sure it’s the right decision if something goes wrong (and it always does) then you’re the first to get blamed.
Just my $0.02…
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Don’t do that Robert. The problem is that without a group backing you if the company ever fails you’ll get blamed (and probably fired). Which would be bad.
Same goes for Engineers. Don’t invent and deploy arch without having buyin from the team. Even if you’re 100% sure it’s the right decision if something goes wrong (and it always does) then you’re the first to get blamed.
Just my $0.02…
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Kevin: good point.
The reality is if you had a single person doing acquisitions most of the acquisitions would fail anyway because they wouldn’t get support from the rest of the company.
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Kevin: good point.
The reality is if you had a single person doing acquisitions most of the acquisitions would fail anyway because they wouldn’t get support from the rest of the company.
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