How often do you find yourself imagining how great it would have been to be an entrepreneur back in 1985 at the dawn of the internet? All domains you could think of were still available and all you had to do was simply ask for the one you wanted. Even better was the fact that they didn’t cost anything to register.
The problem however for most people and companies was that they didn’t had any vision on this huge internet transformation. A hilarious example comes from a Wired reporter that registered McDonalds.com. He then tried to give it to McDonalds for free, but they refused his offer due to their cluelessness about the internet back then.
Nowadays, everything feels kind of saturated with millions of apps and platforms. It seems like it has become way more difficult to become a successful entrepreneur than 30 years ago. However, this is not the case at all, because the internet is actually still at the beginning of its beginning.
People in 2050 will have this same ‘how great would it have been to’-feeling as we have now. Because, today actually is, an absolute wide-open frontier.
As mentioned, the only problem is that you need to have a certain vision and see the right opportunities. At this very moment this is the case with Artificial Intelligence. It will also be a huge game changer and most people and companies are still in denial or unaware of it. Plenty of opportunities exist, as you can now pick almost any industry or product and add some Artificial Intelligence to it. You just need to be able to identify these.
So let’s all face it: You are not too late! Develop your vision and see the opportunities lying ahead. Today is the best time ever in human history to start up.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-kelly/the-internet-is-still-at-the-beginning_b_10321958.html
