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The World Shifting Changes Headed Your Way – Part 2

The eCommerceFuel Podcast · with Bill D'Alessandro · August 12, 2016 · 25 min

Summary

This episode speculates on the economic shifts driven by technology, focusing on what industries and economic structures might disappear due to advancements like AI, virtual reality, and prolonged low interest rates. It provides a forward-looking perspective for ecommerce entrepreneurs to anticipate and prepare for these significant changes to their businesses and the broader economy.

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founder & leadershipai & automationfinance & fundraising

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future economic trendsimpact of ai on employmentlow interest rate environmenttechnological disruptionbusiness model adaptation

Episode description

New post from The eCommerceFuel Blog: Bill and Andrew resume last week's conversation to finish looking at how current trends in technology will have an impact on the future of our economy. Although these shifts may be a few years away, understanding the how these change can impact your business will help you prepare and not be caught off guard. This week, we speculate on what will disappear and just how these shifts impact the economy and thus your livelihood. The predictions we propose have the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with the economy. Tune into this final segment of our two-part conversation to find out how you can get prepared. Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher (With your host Andrew Youderian of eCommerceFuel.com and Bill D'Alessandro of Rebel CEO.) Andrew: Welcome to the eCommerceFuel Podcast, the show dedicated to helping high six and seven-figure entrepreneurs build amazing online companies and incredible lives. I'm your host and fellow eCommerce entrepreneur, Andrew Youderian. Hey, guys. It's Andrew here. Welcome to the eCommerceFuel Podcast. Thanks so much for tuning in today. And today, we're going to be continuing our discussion that Bill D'Alessandro and I...that we started last week, specifically talking about the massive world-shifting changes that are going to be headed your way in the coming years. And last week, specifically, we talked about robots and artificial intelligence. We talked about widespread virtual reality. We talked about negative interest rates and an extremely low-interest-rate environment for the coming future. And that's where we left it off. So what to dive in today is particularly about things that are going to be disappearing in the future that are going to have a big change on your life. So I'll go ahead and we'll pick it up right from where we left off last week. Enjoy! The Two Party System So moving into things that will be disappearing, the first one on

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What does this episode say about founder & leadership?
Anticipate the disappearance of certain industries and job functions due to automation and AI, and strategize on how to repurpose your existing skills or pivot your business model.
What does this episode say about ai & automation?
Understand the long-term implications of sustained low and negative interest rates on capital allocation, investment strategies, and consumer spending habits.
What does this episode say about finance & fundraising?
Proactively identify and invest in emerging technologies and business models that are likely to thrive in a rapidly changing economic landscape.
What does this episode say about founder & leadership?
Develop agile business strategies that allow for quick adaptation to unforeseen technological disruptions and market shifts.
What does this episode say about founder & leadership?
Re-evaluate traditional economic and societal structures, much like the 'Two-Party System' metaphor, to identify potential areas of transformative change that could impact your business environment.

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