Next Big Thing

alpha7 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 09:47 PM

I was sitting here at home wondering what the next big thing will be on the web. I thought it would be a great question for the forum. So, what do you guys think?

"Bill Gate-ish" visionaries are the one's that get the jump on the industry. Is there one among us?

TechieGuy · #2 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 07:50 AM

I think movies is the next big thing. It has already started.

Blu-ray will probably be one of the last (if not the last) popular physical media for movies. With the speed of the Internet in the Megabytes, and a country like Japan launching an Internet satellite capable of transferring Gigabytes/second, it only make sense for movies.

This means that renting/purchasing a movie may eventually be like MP3's.

alpha7 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 07:57 AM

Wow, I didn't know about the Japan satellite! This may make it easier for armature movie makers to sell their stuff to large studios and individuals too. Interesting.

lisa · #4 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 11:35 AM

Whatever the next big thing is, sure would be nice if I had a hand in developing it. Can you say filthy rich?

KevinCamon · #5 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 03:12 PM

This is a very broad question, but an interesting one. I have thought about this very same question from time to time. I'm sure we've all mind-blastered this question. Here's the deal, whatever the NEXT BIG THING is, there are millions of thinkers out there trying to figure this one out.

Anyways, I thought this website was rather interesting when I ran across it. I see more companies starting to provide services such as this one slowly but surely. Make sure you watch the video and tell me what you think: http://helloworld.com

It would be cool if a community of people on a blog, or forum such as this one put our minds at work and come up with THE NEXT BIG THING and launch from right here.

Just a few thoughts

KevinCamon

ssmorgan · #6 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 06:44 PM

Interesting question. Here are two thoughts/questions:

1. For those in the past who invented "the next big thing" ... of course, they were passionate about it and believed in it enough to overcome all the hurdles and challenges, and to keep going, but did they know it was going to take off and become the next big thing?

2. now, thinking about what the next big thing would be, here are two (there are definitely more) obvious characteristics that I came up with just now:

a) it has to touch very hot buttons for a large portion of the target audience
or
b) it has to solve an important problem or make something a lot simpler or more convenient.

Given that I am already working on the next big thing, I won't share any more specifics here! just kidding, of course

sort of

Sherif

mobiiart · #7 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 08:47 AM

There seems to be 2 types of "next big things". The first might be a major improvement on an already existing product. Something that kicks it up a big notch all at once, like DVD over VHS.

The other would be a true revelation so to speak. Like satellite TV or something. I don't think I am going to be able to invent cows that give Budweiser instead of milk, so I guess I will keep plodding along after the first one. Just about everything we see can be made a little bit better in some way or another. So, we keep at it!

augenauf · #8 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 11:58 AM

Me! Me! Me!

psychdev · #9 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 03:10 PM

I read a little quote somewhere where one of the founders of either YouTube or PayPal, it was someone who graduated from the university I am at, had commented on how he came up with the 'next big thing.' He said that he had started up several businesses online, and most of them failed, but eventually he struck gold. That was the advice he gave: just keep trying.

Basically if you spend all day brainstorming about what the next best thing might be, instead of implementing your ideas, you'll never strike the gold.

mobiiart · #10 (**permalink**) 03-11-2008, 01:23 PM

I think that is one of the few totally true statements I have heard on the net. Just do it! Plans don't make you money unless you initiate them. One of the nice things about online business, is that it's fine to learn as you go. So go!

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