View
6.000
Download
5
Category
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
From Maker to Mogul: The Future of the Maker Movement in Business. My talk at the Hardware Innovation Workshop at PARC on May 15, 2012
Citation preview
From Maker to Mogul:The Future of the Maker Movement in Business
Tim O’Reilly
May 15, 2012Hardware Innovation Workshop
Tuesday, May 15, 12
We started out as a computer book publisher
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
What We Really Do At O'Reilly
§ Find interesting technologies and people innovating from the edge
§ Amplify their effectiveness by spreading the information needed for others to follow them.
§ Our goal: “Changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.”
Tuesday, May 15, 12
O’Reilly Radar Methodology
§ We “watch the alpha geeks” and think about the futures they are already living in
§ We then look for trend data that tells us that a particular future is becoming mainstream
§ We do our best to think about possible consequences
Tuesday, May 15, 12
O’Reilly Radar Methodology
§ We “watch the alpha geeks” and think about the futures they are already living in
§ We then look for trend data that tells us that a particular future is becoming mainstream
§ We do our best to think about possible consequences
Tuesday, May 15, 12
O’Reilly Media Hardware books circa 2004
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Great things begin with smart people having fun... but they don’t end there
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Innovation as a four-cylinder engine
Image source: http://www.musicombustion.com/engineering.html
Tuesday, May 15, 12
1. Have fun: How cool would it be to FLY?!!??
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Have fun! OMG, I could have my own computer!
Tuesday, May 15, 12
2. Think big: “A PC on every desk and in every home.”
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Think big: “Access to all the world’s information”
Tuesday, May 15, 12
3. Figure out how to actually build a business
Tuesday, May 15, 12
4. The power of platforms: Create value for others
Tuesday, May 15, 12
4. The power of platforms: Create value for others
4
Tuesday, May 15, 12
http://www.google.com/economicimpact/Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Create more value than you capture
Tuesday, May 15, 12
The Firing Order of the Innovation Engine
§ First cylinder: Have fun!§ Second cylinder: “Hey, we can change the world!”§ Third cylinder: Build products, business models,
companies, and entire industries§ Fourth cylinder: Maintain your ecosystem: Create
more value than you capture
Tuesday, May 15, 12
So where are people having fun today?
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Jeff Han, NYU, Perceptive Pixel, at ETech, March 2006
Tuesday, May 15, 12
iPhone: June 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
2005: Seven Miles in Seven Hours
Tuesday, May 15, 12
2011: Hundreds of thousands of miles in ordinary traffic
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Simple stress monitor becomes much more
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Tuesday, May 15, 12
“It’s easier to invent the future than it is to predict it.”
- Alan Kay
Tuesday, May 15, 12
For More Information
§ Twitter: @timoreilly, @oreillymedia, @make§ Blog: http://radar.oreilly.com§ My personal archive: http://tim.oreilly.com § Maker Movement: http://makezine.com
Tuesday, May 15, 12
Recommended