Platforms create value in a manner and to a degree that was unimaginable just 10 years ago. But they’re only one example of a new class of innovations, driven by technology, that offer today’s entrepreneurs the real-life equivalent of super powers. Exponential technologies like network computing systems and artificial intelligence are disrupting everything from how we fight the global scourge of counterfeiting to how we explore the universe. Entrepreneurs who harness these powers can do far more than good business: like superheroes, they can tackle the grandest challenges of our age.

5. 30 exponential steps

11. Food
Environment Energy Education Health
Poverty
Security
Water Space

16. TOYS CONSUMER
ELECTRONICS
PHARMACEUTICALS
FOOD FASHION

26. Real people
Real products
Real impact