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The shape of things to come: Google will power our lives ow I know how Billy Joel felt to upset the ‘Apple cart’ while writing “We Didn’t Start Xiaomi and Micromax: will ensure it is Nthe Fire”. Here’s my list, not in no longer a bipolar world, especially as order of importance or chronology: further mobile penetration will come from Google: will eventually power our entire low-income regions lives The quantified self: Fuel, Fitbit and all so Airbnb & Uber: are changing the way far but Apple is about to up the ante. Soon people travel we’ll know everything that’s inside Emirates, Etihaad, Qatar, Turkish: true Wikipedia: the de facto alternative to global carriers transporting people from owned sites for unbiased information one corner of the globe to another, people Netflix: will go on innovating and will be who have nothing to do with the Middle entrenched in most aspects of our lives Roopak East or Turkey YouTube: anyone can be a star. And make Twitter: the democratization of broadcast money being a star Saluja Arab Spring: the result of the Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz: FOUNDER & CHIEF democratization of broadcast the brains behind the money behind EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE Narendra Modi: will save a billion the most successful and most disruptive 120 MEDIA COLLECTIVE Angela Merkel: ensured Europe has a phenomena of the past decade fighting chance of remaining economically ISIS: will redraw the map of the world. In influential a scary way iPhone: responsible for the existence of Usain Bolt: the fastest man ever will the app economy; seven years running as continue to be so the most desirable phone available Amazon: will be a part of all aspects of Samsung: going through a rough patch our lives but will continue on its journey by trying Alibaba: will keep Amazon on its toes The decade belongs to those who took big bets on the future he decade from 2004 to 2014 and they bet on it going OTT (over-the-top) belongs to those who dared to take or bypassing telcos’ SMS gateways. In the Tbig bets for the future with their process, they have created almost a $20 disruptive ideas, went beyond borders and billion business. constantly innovated. Cross-border scale up: InMobi, the Ability to take bets for the future: Indian mobile network, quickly scaled up The biggest success stories of the Internet, its operations globally and has become one Google and Facebook, have demonstrated of the most successful mobile ad networks. that if you build products keeping the Constant innovation: Google is one consumer’s future needs in mind, you can company that is constantly innovating and create a massive business. being ahead of the curve. Their successes Anurag Disruptive ideas: WhatsApp include Android, YouTube, Google Maps, Gupta challenged the concept of text messaging and much much more. FOUNDER & MD, DGM INDIA