The Software and Information Industry is hosting its annual Information Industry Summit, which is always an excellent two days of networking with colleagues, meeting new people and listening to industry leaders talk about what is happening in the industry today and where it may be going in the future. The conference starts today.
Last night was the annual Genesys Partners Ventures Dinner, hosted by Jim Kollegger, CEO of Genesys. As always, Jim selected a few industry luminaries to share their insights on the future with his dinner guests. A couple of thoughts
Esther Dyson mentioned two of the most influential companies in the industry – Google and Yahoo! and tongue-in-cheek noted that one has a culture that is largely based on Darwinism the other more about Intelligent Design! She mentioned two things that I completely agree with regarding the future of Search – the increasing importance of vertical search and the need for "human assisted taxonomy."
John Patrick, former VP of Internet Technology from IBM opened his comments by saying that we are only experiencing about 5% of what the internet ultimately has to offer! No need for me to tell his story, check out his website and look at his book – Net Attitude.
Finally, David Thomson, author of Blueprint to a Billion, 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth was the guest speaker for the evening and left us all with a lot to think about regarding our respective organizations and what is necessary to become a billion dollar company!
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Posted by: Maleright | December 06, 2009 at 07:24 PM