Chris Dixon crowdsourced this list of future platforms for innovation:
- Virtual reality
- Internet of things
- Wearable computers
- Cryptocurrencies / blockchain
- Self-driving cars
- Drones
- Brain-computer interfaces
- 3d printing
- Augmented reality
- Open data
- Synthetic biology
- Satellites
- Injectibles
- Nanotech
Platform may not be an appropriate descriptor for everything on the list, but it’s a good list none-the-less. At Forward Partners we are laser focused on early stage ecommerce for now, but that will run out and at some point we will change to a new area and it may well be one of these. Timing will, of course, be key. Being too early to a trend is as bad as being too late.