In 1998 Bart Simpson went to the mall to get his ear pierced. As he walked, store after store was a Starbucks. Some were being closed and turned into Starbucks. When he finally found the place to get his ear pierced, the guys says have to do this quick, in five minutes Starbucks is taking over this space.
Eleven years later, there are more Starbucks than ever.
That’s the future of the Web. It born in the public consciousness in the mid ’90s, was reborn as Web 2.0 with greater user capability about five years ago and now is subsuming newspapers, bookstores, music studios and TV.
It is much more powerful than Starbucks (which is undergoing growing pains at the moment).
We’re lucky to be a part of this genesis. It’s like being in the right place at the right time – Hollywood in the 1930s, Detroit in 1920. We are poised to take advantage of the 2.0 revolution just as it is occurring.
Sometimes success is being in the right place at the right time. But you still have to take advantage of the opportunity.