Excerpted for a presentation to the entrepreneurship club at Ramapo College of New Jersey

1. Entrepreneurial Trends in a
Shrinking Planet
Think About:
“Interconnectivity” Making The World Smaller.
Excerpted from a Presentation to Ramapo College
Entrepreneurship Club
By Mark Miller
Entrepreneur In Residence – Ramapo College of New Jersey
Founder/CEO Alliant Ventures, LLC

2. Global Trends

3. 9 Megatrends
But It’s Really Is All About
Interconnectivity
Hyper-Interconnectivity

4. New Faces
Youth
• Millennials Have Overtake Boomers
– Pragmatic
– Connected
– Socially Conscious
• Gen Z Moving In
Women
• Number of Women Starting Businesses
20 Year High
• Not Parity Yet 40%
Diversity
• 40% of 2016 entrepreneurs were “non-
white” #facesoffounders (Case Foundation)

5. Disruptive Technology
• Biotechnology
• IOT
• AI Backward and Forward
• Smart Fabric

6. Speed
• Data
• Learning
• Communications
• Technological advancement
Everything Is Getting Faster

7. Collaborative (Shared) Economy
• Utilization
– Shared Space
– Accelerators/Incubators
– Telecommuting
• Start Up
– Air BNB
– Uber
– Zip Car

8. Intercultural Collaborative World
• Wikipedia
– 22 million scholars contributing
• reCaptcha
– 750 million digitizing 2.5 million books
• Duolingo
– 25 million people translating the web while
learning languages

9. Accessible Global Market
• Video Conference in your pocket
• Translate in real time (Skype, Apple)
• Logistics
• Global Customer View

10. Living Business Ecosystem
Merging
– Development
– Consumers
– Investors
– Brand
– Community
– Personalized Immersive Engagement

11. Regulation
More positive governmental engagement
Supporting
• Entrepreneurship
– Traditional
– Social
• Support of International Business
Start Up Friendly

12. Not Just National
On The Local
Cities and Entrepreneurial Community
Supporting Each Other

13. Social Entrepreneurship