10.20.2005
Disruption and the New Kingmakers:
Software Developers and Payment Services
IPS 2015
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About Me
@monkchips
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About Us
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Explosion of Forms
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Disruption!
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The Business of APIs
IPO planned for 2015
Annual revenues $100m in 2014
Adding $1m in annual recurring revenue every seven days.
Participated in more than 500 developer events in 2014
560k registered developers, near 100% growth in 2014
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Micro-services
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Context and Pervasive Payability
• Accelerometers
• App usage behaviours
• Location
• Images in context
• Influence patterns
• Facial Recognition
• Emotions
• Health data
• Value of Search data
• Sentiment
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Systems of Record Systems of Engagement
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From Mobile Phone Co to Payments Network
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From Online Store to Payments Network
“Engage with Amazon’s most valuable customers.”
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From Social Network to Payments Network
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From Search Engine to Payments Network
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From Transport Service to Payments Network?
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From Payments Service to Payments Network?
“Built for developers - Robust, clean APIs that
let you focus on building great products.”
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Peer to Peer Disaggregation
“Built for developers - Robust, clean APIs that
let you focus on building great products.”
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Well played
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All Companies need Moats
Fortune 500 firms in 1955 vs. 2014; 89% are gone
All industries are under threat now, regulated or otherwise.
All industries are becoming digital industries.
Apps are changing the game, across the board.
But you also need a drawbridge - APIs.
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Regulation As a Moat
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Data as a Moat
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The End of Business As Usual
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Wrap Up
Self-service APIs underpin self-service user experiences
But great APIs don’t guarantee success
Build data moats with analytics and mass aggregation
Treat data like Uber – eg ORD
Pervasive Payability – wearables, gestures, things
Network effects are another moat – the App store
Peer to Peer is already here
Regulation won’t stop the disruption
Outsourced IT is risky. Invest in engineering and design
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Last Year’s Recommendations
API-First development
Let others developer the User Experience- they’re better at it
Community Management is not just for Web Companies
Developer Experience marries social and technical
Great Application Experiences are a funnel
Invest in Design
Invest in Developer Relations, Developer Experience
Open Source contributions foster community goodwill
Make future API plans clear from the outset, where possible
Optimise for Happiness – for internal and external developers
Your Data is your most important API asset

Disruption and the New Kingmakers: Software Developers and Payment Services

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    10.20.2005 Disruption and theNew Kingmakers: Software Developers and Payment Services IPS 2015
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    8 The Business ofAPIs IPO planned for 2015 Annual revenues $100m in 2014 Adding $1m in annual recurring revenue every seven days. Participated in more than 500 developer events in 2014 560k registered developers, near 100% growth in 2014
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    10 Context and PervasivePayability • Accelerometers • App usage behaviours • Location • Images in context • Influence patterns • Facial Recognition • Emotions • Health data • Value of Search data • Sentiment
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    11 Systems of RecordSystems of Engagement
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    12 From Mobile PhoneCo to Payments Network
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    13 From Online Storeto Payments Network “Engage with Amazon’s most valuable customers.”
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    14 From Social Networkto Payments Network
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    15 From Search Engineto Payments Network
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    16 From Transport Serviceto Payments Network?
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    17 From Payments Serviceto Payments Network? “Built for developers - Robust, clean APIs that let you focus on building great products.”
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    18 Peer to PeerDisaggregation “Built for developers - Robust, clean APIs that let you focus on building great products.”
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    20 All Companies needMoats Fortune 500 firms in 1955 vs. 2014; 89% are gone All industries are under threat now, regulated or otherwise. All industries are becoming digital industries. Apps are changing the game, across the board. But you also need a drawbridge - APIs.
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    23 The End ofBusiness As Usual
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    24 Wrap Up Self-service APIsunderpin self-service user experiences But great APIs don’t guarantee success Build data moats with analytics and mass aggregation Treat data like Uber – eg ORD Pervasive Payability – wearables, gestures, things Network effects are another moat – the App store Peer to Peer is already here Regulation won’t stop the disruption Outsourced IT is risky. Invest in engineering and design
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    25 Last Year’s Recommendations API-Firstdevelopment Let others developer the User Experience- they’re better at it Community Management is not just for Web Companies Developer Experience marries social and technical Great Application Experiences are a funnel Invest in Design Invest in Developer Relations, Developer Experience Open Source contributions foster community goodwill Make future API plans clear from the outset, where possible Optimise for Happiness – for internal and external developers Your Data is your most important API asset