Technology is creating massive flux in today's world and we see the pace of change only accelerating in the future. In this context, we believe that automation will fundamentally change the way people consume good and services in the next decade. Using this as our central thesis we elaborate on the technology trends that will power future unicorns and the characteristics will define them. This presentation was part of a keynote delivered at PODIM (www.podim.org) 2015 in Maribor, Slovenia. For further inquiries please contact sartaj@egomonk.com

1. SARTAJ
ANAND

2. THIS IS ME.
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3. AND I LIKE TO READ
THINK
WRITE
INVEST
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4. LET’S START FROM HERE.
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5. USUALLY PEOPLE
FOLLOW MONEY BUT
SOMETIMES MONEY
FOLLOWS PEOPLE TOO.
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6. Automation will change the way
we consume goods and services.
OUR THESIS FOR THE
NEXT DECADE*
* THIS WILL PREEMPT TRENDS@Sartajanand

7. SERVICE
PROVIDER
AGGREGATOR
PLATFORM
ANALYTICS
AUTOMATION
LOW LEVEL
HIGH LEVEL
INSTANTANEOUS
COMPUTING
SINGULARITY
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8. MAJOR TRENDS RUN IN
PARALLEL THEN BREAK
OUT TO DOMINATE.
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9. @Sartajanand
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10. ON DEMAND

12. SMART INFRASTRUCTURE

13. Embedded medical
technology
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14. DEEP ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE

15. Networked robotics
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16. Block
chain

17. 0.7% OF ALL VENTURE
BACKED COMPANIES
BECOME UNICORNS.
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18. @Sartajanand
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19. THIS WAS TODAY.
LET’S TALK ABOUT
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20. HOW TO FIND A UNICORN?

21. unicorns grow their horns at
the right time. They have great
caretakers. they make quick
deals with the devil. And they
don’t stop running.
“
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23. YOUNGER PEOPLE WILL GROW
FUTURE UNICORNS FASTER AND
CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE. BUT
THE ROUNDS WILL BE LARGER.
AND THE MISSES MORE SEVERE.
“
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25. COST OF
DEMAND
GENERATION
COST OF
MARGINAL
SUPPLY
INTERNET
SHARING
MODEL
ADOPTION
AUTOMATION
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26. BONUS:
FUTURE UNICORNS
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