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Zino Society Investment Forum – Winners and My Keynote Speech
I had a great time yesterday at the Zino Society Zillionaire Investment Forum, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle. I had the privilege of delivering a brief keynote speech. The Forum was an opportunity for 28 entrepreneurs to present the investment case for their companies, competing for two investment prizes of $50,000, as well [...]
Full StoryFuture of Retail – Google alerts for Glen Hiemstra Keynote Speech and Panel for RSPA Annual Trade Show
On Monday I was in Las Vegas to address the annual meeting of the Retail Service Providers Association, and to moderate a panel on “thinking outside the retail box.” The RSPA issues these press notices and articles. As soon as I can I will get a summary of my talk posted here, and the slides [...]
Full Story2010 Speaking Schedule Futurist Glen Hiemstra
Notes on availability: If you are working with any Speaker Bureau, that bureau can book Glen. Dates with city and event listed are firm, but additional events in that city may be possible on same day. Dates on “HOLD” are available for second hold; please call to see if the date can be released for [...]
Full StoryFuture of Retailing Now
I’m preparing a program I’ll be delivering next month for RetailNOW, the conference trade show for the Retail Solutions Providers Association. A bellweather sector, the retail industry supplies important information on the progression of the economic downturn. How is one of its main providers heading into its annual industry event? Evidently with some hopeful expectation. [...]
Full StoryFuture Tech for Livable Community and Homes
Archi-Tech Magazine has a nice feature on “Future Tech” in our buildings and homes and neighborhoods, based on some interviews with futurists, including me. ARCHI-TECH asked several futurists and forward-thinking designers to tell us which technologies and trends are most likely to have a significant effect on the building industry in the future, both short [...]
Full Story65,000 is a lot for one day
Readers know that I am pretty relentless in finding how and why things are going to work in the future. Current realties make that a challenge. Today’s announcement by Caterpillar, Home Depot, Sprint, Texas Instruments, and others of total job cuts, just today, Monday, of 65,000 is stark. It means that time grows shorter by [...]
Full StorySpaceX Successful Launch to Earth Orbit
We all would like some good news about the future. Here is some. One of the most impressive people I have met is Elon Musk, whom I have seen at Future In Review conferences. He was founder of PayPal as well as Zip2 Corporation, and after selling them poured his efforts and money into two [...]
Full StoryLight Visible in Financial Tunnel
Mark Anderson is a friend and colleague, and probably the smartest person I know personally. He is long-time publisher of the most widely read online newsletter on the future of the tech economy, Strategic News Service. His organization also produces the number one future and technology conference each year, Future In Review. Mark has been [...]
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