Steve Faktor’s prescriptions and predictions for the future.
Status: Occurring Prediction: 3D-Printed Clothing Without Inventory Does that mean no more racks? Will The Gap stock clothes or just a body scanner, design kiosks, and a 3-D printer in the back? Everyone can have perfect jeans every time without a store employee having to restock your mounting pile of shame in that aspirational size […]
Status: Occurring Prediction: Where 3D Printing opportunities will be What Happened Still got it… Disruptive Manufacturing, The Effects of 3D Printing, 2015 Deloitte’s Report on global 3D printing disruption copied Steve Faktor’s opportunity chart (without asking! boooo!!). Still on point 3 years after Steve’s Forbes piece! Q&A: Why the Factory of the Future is Online
Status: Occurring…But Not Always By Microsoft Prescription: How Microsoft can defeat iPhone & Android “The mass-market is crowded. Android and iPhone will be hard to beat with the current strategy. The better approach, I think, is to create 3 optimized WP7 flavors: The XPhone (or Kinected phone) WP7 Executive Edition Zune Multimedia Monster Partner (exclusively
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Status: Occurring Prescription: Bring back apprenticeships & vocational training there are modern versions of apprenticeship that can help businesses fill sales, medical, and skilled jobs with qualified candidates without a degree. Extend Vocational Options Experts argue (that’s what experts do) that undergrad business degrees are no more than expensive vocational training, especially majors like finance
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Status: Occurring Uncertain Prescription: Repurpose housing can save dying cities “There are many other ways to repurpose excess real estate or abandoned communities. Some have suggested converting them to farms to reduce the need for food stamps or developing them into recreational facilities. One idea in particular intrigued me—giving abandoned housing away to immigrants…At the
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Status: Occurring Prescription 1: College shaming is coming “At these prices, school is the biggest investment of time and money anyone will ever make. Isn’t it time we started to treat them exactly like investments? Just as Morningstar rates mutual funds, there is a need for a similar online rating system for schools that goes
Status: Occurring Prescription: Sell more by killing uncertain pricing (unless you have an inelastic good) “Thousands of businesses – from packaged goods to retail to tech – are losing millions in sales by playing games with hidden pricing. And, they’re inflicting a mild form of psychological torture on customers, sowing the seeds of discontent. Like
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Status: Occurring Prescription: Universities and businesses should intertwine “There is a mass-market opportunity for new types of schools that are linked to business and get private funding. These schools will produce more innovators, engineers, and tinkerers who don’t mind getting their hands dirty.” Econovation, 2011, p.147 What Happened Citi Ventures taps into student talent though
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Prescription: Colleges Should Become Incubators Status: Occurring “By the time they get to college, teens with entrepreneurial tendencies should be treated a little differently. What if they could also turn a profit by the time they graduate? We’re not quite there yet, but schools like Babson and University of Miami are inching closer. First- year