Why the next generation of startups won’t build apps
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The document discusses how the next generation of startups will focus on people-oriented systems rather than app-based destinations. It emphasizes that the internet is evolving from being a collection of apps to multiple interfaces that facilitate communication between makers and consumers. The author, Paul Adams, highlights the transient nature of business success, noting that only a fraction of historically significant companies still exist today.
Why the next generation of startups won’t build apps
- 1. Why the next generation of startups won’t build apps
- 2. VP of Product at Intercom @Padday Paul Adams
- 6. The internet is so young
- 14. Young + changing
- 16. A thing that connects the makers of something, with the consumers of something.
- 21. BusinessCustomer
- 22. BusinessCustomer
- 23. So interfaces simply connect businesses and consumers. And up until now, interfaces have always been destinations.
- 25. We are connected
- 26. We are social
- 28. vs
- 29. …
- 30. Extend to things that allow people to connect and communicate.
- 31. The internet is still catching up with how real life works. And we’re now past the point of no return.
- 32. The internet is oriented around people
- 35. A destination to download other destinations.
- 37. The interfaces of the internet are changing
- 39. 1. People oriented systems, not destinations 2. Multiple interfaces, not apps
- 40. 1. People oriented systems, not destinations 2. Multiple interfaces, not apps
- 43. BusinessCustomer
- 44. 1. People oriented systems, not destinations 2. Multiple interfaces, not apps
- 51. API < > API
- 54. Young, changing. People + systems. Many interfaces.
- 55. The Fortune 500 was created in 1955.
- 56. 500 companies. Only 67 still exist.
- 57. Everything today will be different tomorrow