Technology and opportunities have never been as accessible as they are nowadays. Absolutely disruptive startups are born in bedrooms, launched from public WiFi at “arched food chains”. Open source has made highly complicated tech accessible to those with merely a desire to want to learn.
The true disruption doesn’t happen in the world you are talking about. The true disruption happens there where the economic climate affects many, many more. Economical hardship leads to creative solutions. The entrepreneurs of the developing and third world are so much ahead, and that without 5 year business plans as thought during MBAs.
Ahead because they start and do.
Kenya is an early adopter of mobile payments and a world leader at it. In Asia, LINE and WeChat and now also Kakao all have their markets already completely with own ride-hail services and mobile (QR-code using) wallets. Asia Pacific/South-East Asia is currently ahead in it, with the biggest players involved even without the blockchain. Also acquiring small and talented startups while they go along.
LINE app in Vietnam connected micro and small provincial entrepreneurs to clients in the capital. It’s already happening but you’re in the wrong market.
Innovation is driven by creativity and entrepreneurial spirit there where it is most needed. And where the people still know the skill of having to graft many hours every day to succeed, to deliver food on the table.
Early adopters now have their own incubators or accelerators and are now the investors with a social responsibility. All of which happened without any blockchain btw.
But it is true that the blockchain will repeat this cycle and will create new opportunities, often the same ones, to new people. The blockchain is a repeat of the early 2000s Internet. At a time when, just like 5-10 years ago, technology and opportunities were never as accessible as they are now.
Then it all boils down to a simple adagio: there’s only two kind of people: those who do and those who don’t.
Well, there’s a third kind... the talkers who don’t see what is all happening already. They will miss out on learning from those who pioneered. Know though that you don’t need a blockchain for it. The blockchain isn’t the magic bullet.
Drive and passion is.
Action is.