We interviewed 4 futurists for today's #SundayStory to identify upcoming opportunity.
@amywebb suggests looking at areas of distress to identify upcoming business opportunities.
Then, "figure out how to mitigate that risk and solve a future problem today."
@BryanAlexander suggests thinking about businesses that help people in contingent labor.
"So anything from, say, a tool that could help people in the gig economy find resources and jobs, to something that helps people manage the gig economy."
@amyzalman suggests creative thinking around hybrid opportunities for meeting, and anything that starts with “tele” — telemedicine and the like."
@JamieMetzl says to focus on global communications.
"...technology that is really bringing us together is this raft of communication technologies that allow us to collaborate in ways that defy geographies."
For centuries, Russia has been known as the vodka capital of the world.
But in 1993, a sixth generation Texan named Bert "Tito" Beveridge (you can't make this up), started on a path to take the world of vodka by storm.
Here's how it happened 👇🏼
1/ Before vodka, Tito's career was in crisis mode.
He left the oil fields for Austin, TX, where he couch-surfed while bouncing between jobs. For fun, he started infusing store-bought vodka with habanero peppers.
Late one night, he saw an infomercial that changed his life.
2/ The host said to find your dream job, you have to do 3 things:
-Draw a line down the middle of a piece of paper
-On the left, list everything you love to do.
-On the right, list everything you're good at.
From there, find what you’re best suited for, and make it happen.
You’ve probably never heard of CoSport or its parent company, Jet Set Sports.
But every American who has purchased tickets to the Olympics for the past ~20 years has had to go through them.
At the Olympics, CoSport buys up almost every ticket available to Americans — and reserves thousands of hotel rooms and restaurant tables in the host city — then sells them back to the public at inflated prices
We're in the middle of a national housing shortage and towns on the Kansas plains are giving away free land and ultra-cheap houses.
But is the offer worth it?
In Kansas small towns, the houses are cheap, with quality homes going for $100k and fixer-uppers costing far less.
Land, a commodity over which NIMBY battles rage throughout the country, can actually be obtained for *free* in several counties. thehustle.co/would-you-take…
The downside to living in rural Kansas, of course, has always been economic opportunity.
But price-conscious urban dwellers have been drawn to places they never thought they could live. thehustle.co/would-you-take…