Look back 100 years and ask yourself…
How many of today’s industries were still pretty much unknown?
- Henry Ford had just begun making the automobile an affordable family vehicle.
- In 1914 the world’s first scheduled passenger airline took off between St. Petersburg and Tampa.
- Widespread radio broadcasting didn’t happen until 1920, paving the way for the record industry.
Now turn the clock back just 40 years, when 100’s of billion-pound industries sprung up…
- In 1973 the first mobile phone was made by Motorola.
- Followed by (in 1979) the first 1G commercial automated mobile network in Japan.
- Then in April 1981, the Osborne 1 was recognised as the first true laptop computer.
- The first commercial laser printer was released by IBM in 1976, although it was huge.
- And it took until 1979 before Canon released the first affordable desktop laser printer.
Today, we’ve got office technology on subscriptions, electric cars, electric vehicle chargers, solar & wind power, and soon autonomous vehicles, with Google‘s Waymo, Ford backed Argo AI & General Motors leading the way.
Now put the clock forward 20 or 30 years. How many ‘now unknown’ industries will likely exist?
No matter your industry, they’ll always be opportunities.
…you’ve just got to be ready!
