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Four Disruption Themes for Business

April 18, 2013 By 18 Comments
Altimeter 2013 Disruption Themes

By Altimeter's Research Team Analysts: Susan Etlinger, Charlene Li, Rebecca Lieb, Jeremiah Owyang, Chris Silva, Brian Solis; Consulting: Ed Terpening, Alan Webber: Researchers: Jon Cifuentes, Jessica Groopman, Andrew Jones, Jaimy Szymanski, Christine Tran Over 30 Technologies Have Emerged, at a Faster Pace than Companies Can Digest. If you think social was disruptive, it was really just the beginning. Altimeter’s research team recently convened for our annual research offsite and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Altimeter, Consumers, Customers, Enterprise, Innovation, Marketing, Mobile, Research Themes, Strategy

SXSW Interactive: Exploring the Perhiphery

March 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment

SXSW Interactive—or what I like to call it, “Geek Mardi Gras”—is over, and the dust is settling. Although there was no real central theme at this year’s SXSW Interactive conference, there were very interesting themes on the periphery of digital. It’s great that the conference curators are exploring the outside boundaries of “Interactive”.  It’s just that kind of attention to peripheral vision (and not a direct hit on traditional interactive) that will keep South-By relevant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Consumers, Enterprise, Events, Innovation, Technololgy

Call for Insights #2: Altimeter Blog Ring and the Adaptive Organization

July 2, 2012 By 7 Comments
Adaptive Organization

Request: We want to hear from you. Tell us on your blog or website how the principles of an Adaptive Organization impact your business, and we’ll cross-link to the conversation. Altimeter Group continues its blog ring in July and August to deepen understanding of our three research themes. The next theme of focus is the Adaptive Organization. Consider these key questions when contributing to the conversation on your blog or website: What consumer technology trends will contribute to the … [Read more...]

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Beyond the IPO: Ten Implications of a Public Facebook

May 8, 2012 By 9 Comments

By Susan Etlinger, Charlene Li and Rebecca Lieb The run-up to Facebook's IPO reminds me a bit of a wedding: everyone's attention is on the big day (expected to be Friday May 18), without much regard for the weeks, months and years afterward. Charlene Li, Rebecca Lieb, and I sat down to discuss some of the implications of a newly public Facebook: on shareholders, business and Facebook itself. -- SE Whether or not Facebook's IPO ends up being one of the world's largest (this Washington Post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Facebook, google, Innovation, Leadership, Media, Privacy, Social networks, Technololgy, Uncategorized

Altimeter’s Research Themes And Upcoming Research Calendar

March 9, 2012 By 3 Comments
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As an analyst and research firm focused on disruptive technologies, our clients and others frequently ask us what we are paying attention to and what we are researching. There are a multitude of areas we would like to be paying attention to and probably just as many that we would like to research, but we can’t. So instead, we are focusing on just a few key disruptive themes that have the potential to significantly impact organizations and consumers from tomorrow through three years from now - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Altimeter, Enterprise, Innovation, Leadership, Research, Uncategorized

Pinterest Potential: User Collaboration

February 10, 2012 By 9 Comments
Pinterest Potential: User Collaboration

This post originally appeared on Altimeter Group Researcher Jaimy Szymanski's blog. Follow her on Twitter here. If you would have asked me, even a week ago, what I thought of Pinterest, I would've likely given this tongue-in-cheek answer: "I'm not getting married anytime soon, so it's not really for me." To some extent, I still think that, and I'm not alone. A recent stat released by Ignite Social Media confirms that 80 percent of Pinterest's users are female. Does that mean … [Read more...]

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What’s Facebook Going to Do with All That Money?

February 6, 2012 By 3 Comments
Facebook Money

Many of us grew up with Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. For the past few years the refrain has been Google, Google, Google. But this past week, it’s been all Facebook, all the time. As we wait for the biggest IPO in tech history to shake out, the question I’m being asked most by clients and particularly the mainstream media is, by far, “what’s Facebook going to do with all that money?” Clearly, no one's in possession of a crystal ball, but some reasonable conjectures can be drawn. 1). … [Read more...]

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Can Apple Lose The Mobile Innovation Game?

January 27, 2012 By 7 Comments

The big story this week is the record number of iPhones, iPads, iPods that Apple sold in Q4, 2011. Great news for Apple and it's shareholders - their stock got a 7% bump on the news - but, with stellar growth in the number of users of the iPhone, what's the achilles heel that slows their march on the market? I think it's innovation. It's something I've been doing a bit of thinking about on my own blog, and here's my case, I'm interested in your reasons for agreement or disagreement. "Apple … [Read more...]

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Pioneers on the Move: Rise of Social Commerce

November 1, 2010 By 45 Comments

Download our paper and presentation below, and register for a webinar with me and partner Jeremiah Owyang on Wednesday, December 1 at 11 am PST for a webinar on the Rise of Social Commerce.  Registration at: http://bit.ly/rscwebinar. Meet the new shopper. Underneath the keys of the keyboard, they are shopping in a new way. Unleashing the power of the social network, the digital consumer is shopping with friends, sharing recommendations, and actively engaging in dialogue with brand owners on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumers, Customers, Enterprise, Innovation, Marketing, Report, Shameless plug, Shopping, Social

Announcing the Open Leadership Awards

August 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

by Charlene Li I'm pleased to announce the Open Leadership Awards, which will recognize the organizations and individuals who are using social technologies to open and transform their organizations.  Being open is hard, so this is a chance to highlight organizations and leaders who are successfully giving up control while still getting things done. If your organization has changed the way you make decisions, share information or engage with your community and employees, this is your chance to … [Read more...]

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