Morgan Stanley Report: “Mobile Internet will create/destroy more wealth than Desktop Internet”

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Computing Growth DriversMorgan Stanley’s 2009 report on trends in the mobile Internet marketplace makes for an important read for anyone doing business in 2010 and beyond. By anyone, I mean not only hardware, software, and wireless companies, but all small, medium, and large businesses including plumbers and dentists. They forecast that the Internet boom of the past 15 years will take a marked upward acceleration with the mobile web.

History suggests the mobile Internet has potential to create / destroy more wealth than prior computing cycles based on 10x user multiplier effect (from cycle to cycle, the number of users / units increases tenfold). Regarding pace of change, more users will likely connect to the Internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs within 5 years.

Here’s a Powerpoint of the 92-slide presentation from Slideshare.net

Download the full 2009 Mobile Internet Report directly from the Morgan Stanley web site.

NetFlix’s Amazing Culture Document

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As company’s grow, they tend to suck more. We see this happen every, single, day. Yet some companies continue to innovate and do the right thing. What principles set these companies apart?

We need to study the principles that keep good companies from turning into sucky ones. Here’s an internal NetFlix document that goes a long way to identifying key elements of successful organizations. Every college student should read this before entering the workforce.

Turbocharge Your Career with WordPress

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Mastering the “three Rs” was essential for knowledge workers in the twentieth century. Today, knowledge workers need to master the “three Cs” in order to succeed in our connected economy. Learn about the “three Cs”, and learn how your blog, the search engines, and social networking sites cooperate to create and enhance your professional reputation. Discover the limitations of Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter as publishing platforms, and learn the critical features of WordPress that make it the premier platform for sharing your talents with the world.


This presentation was given at WordCamp Dallas 2009 at UTD in Richardson. A video recording of this talk will be posted sometime soon.

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