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Danger Ahead: Challenges Preventing Adoption

Future Commerce
Future Commerce
Episode • Jun 29, 2016 • 1h 0m

Wearables



  • Bit of implosion of the industry

  • Health gamification


Alexa News



  • Makeover for Alexa Skills Store

  • Enabling Skills with your voice


Messenger bots: Where we're at now v. the future



  • Messinabot just released - it's rudimentary

  • Side note: Who is going create the best bots?

  • Spring

    https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/why-facebooks-shopping-bot-kinda-sucks?utm_term=.bhN4QMnnmN#.lm7Oy0wwb8

  • Sarah Guo: https://news.greylock.com/5-reasons-mobile-apps-may-still-rule-3a0f0469cb3f#.b7h3mkijq

  • When and why should you have a bot?

  • Don't get too far ahead of yourself


Opportunities ahead



  • https://medium.com/startup-grind/marc-andreessen-clayton-christensen-venture-capital-is-abundant-opportunity-is-scarce-1d7d720a5009#.h22zc758u

  • Plenty left to be done with emerging technology

  • There's money available to do it.

  • Greylock is actively looking to invest in the conversational space

Future Commerce Podcast: eCommerce, DTC and Retail Strategy • Danger Ahead: Challenges Preventing Adoption • Listen on Fountain