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155. Predicting Technology Shifts Before they Happen (Tim O'Reilly)
The Trend Spotter joins us today on the program. Tim O'Reilly is one of the top minds in tech, who has predicted and/or driven many of the movements that now seem so obvious to us. In today's episode we discuss:
Tim's path to becoming an investor
How he linked up w/ Bryce Roberts and launched O'Reilly Alphatech
The shift in their model w/ Indie VC
We talk about Tim's focus on profitability and his counter to those that cite some of the biggest and best tech companies that are not profitable
We discuss Tim's new book WTF: What the future and why it's up to us
Tim outlines the way he thinks…
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