Winning Themes in 2007
There’ve been a lot of “big in ‘07″ prediction posts (VC Mike has a good roundup). Although I initially sort of tuned out and didn’t feel the need to pile on my own opinion (after all, New Year’s is a totally arbitrary milepost from which to make industry prognostications), the meme did stimulate me, and a few thoughts have filtered to the top that I want to write about.
Rather than focus on predictions for the calendar year, though, I thought I’d muse on a few ideas - just notes from my own trench, really - that are interesting conversation points and that I think may accrue to be “winning themes” in different segments of the industry, but that may or may not reach maturity in the next four quarters.
I’ll do those in individual posts after this one and over the next few weeks. (I’ve added a new category, “2007″, as well.)
Of course the big overall theme here is innovation, which seems boundless and ever-cheaper, and continues to stimulate the startup community, the internet economy, and the media industry in general. 2007 will undoubtedly make for an exciting year no matter which individuals turn out to be right.
