The era of opportunity

What does opportunity look like?

• An entrenched market leader that's taking its customers for granted
• A throw-away comment from a friend about how his cell phone could work better
• A new application for an existing technology
• A forum where everyone has a voice
• 100 million bored smartphone users
• Depressed real estate prices
• An engaged Facebook, Linkedin, or Twitter network
• America's obesity epidemic
• A freeway at rush hour
• An outdated power grid
• The 10% unemployment rate
• Low interest rates
• A tight money supply
• Gridlock in congress
• Information overload
• Media fragmentation
• The end of the 9 to 5 workday
• A pink slip
• Communitarianism
• Escapism
• Personalization
• Globalization
• Altruism
• Vanity

Opportunity is everywhere for those who are willing to look, listen, think, and act.

Welcome to 2012, the era of opportunity.