The Internet Of Things, A Huge Boon To The Economy
May 27, 2014
Hosted by Bob Pritchard
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Episode Description
The Internet of Things marks a major change in the global Internet economy. From current household giants, to startups specializing in home automation to large Silicon Valley based tech companies, they are all poised for a huge battle over this new consumer space estimated to be worth $2.5 billion by 2020: Smart Things, the specialist Internet of Things company which has a great platform to connect everything in your home rather than just one-off products, is on the march; Cisco CEO, John Chambers, believes that the rapid pace of change in technology is going to create a blood bath among both the major tech companies and almost every other company on the planet. Of the top five tech companies, possibly only two will survive; Mobile now makes up 12% all e-commerce sales. We also discuss whether people are more productive at some times of the day than others. Not all hours are created equal. Some hours produce more net value than others. You need to rank your activities over the course of the week into three categories: High Value, Low Value and No Value. When you are planning to start your own business, should you begin now when we are coming out of a recession or should you wait until the economy picks up before you leave your job and give it a go? We also have our extremely popular email segment and an excellent interview.
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Bob Pritchard
Bob Pritchard has over 30 years’ experience as a straight talking business and marketing troubleshooter and consultant with many of the world’s leading companies on 5 continents. Bob is the recipient of the highly coveted International Marketer of the Year Award, a distinction he shares with some of the world’s top business leaders.
Bob's newest book, Kick Ass Business and Marketing Secrets. How To Blitz Your Competition, the 100,000 word business bible, was released globally by Wiley and Sons, the world's largest business book publisher, in August 2011.
Bob has been a Business speaker and trainer at over 1,500 conferences, including 91 Fortune 500 companies. He has presented to major corporations in 53 countries. Bob was also Joint winner of a Clio award and joint winner of 4 Silver Telly awards for work with Citibank.
Bob was a television and live performer for 15 years, appearing in some 400 television shows as a singer and actor with several recordings including one top 10 hit. He is the Author of 5 internationally best-selling books, including ‘Complex Marketing Made Simple,’ with sales exceeding 100,000 copies. Bob has a wide knowledge of business, has business interests around the world and understands global business and opportunities.
