No one can predict the future, but it’s so fun to try!
An annual rite of passage in Silicon Valley is taking the last week of December to post predictions for the coming year. These observations are often directionally informative and highlight the patterns the smartest folks are paying attention to.
Below is a round-up of predictions for 2020 from 40 thought leaders. Topics covered include: future of work, enterprise SaaS, crypto, direct to consumer (D2C) and much more.
General Predictions:
- Alex Danco – general tech predictions
- Trends.co – Extrapolated from social platforms (Reddit, Pinterest, etc)
- Sriram Krishnan – general tech predictions and part 2
- Harvey Multani – One upping everyone with 2030 predictions!
- Tuner Novak– tech predictions
- Eric Friedman – tech predictions
- John Battelle – General tech predictions
- John Hagel – General tech predictions
- Azeem Azhar – General tech predictions
- Jeff Lonsdale – General tech predictions
- Business Insider roundup – Collection of VC predictions
- Fortune – Ideas that will shape 2020
- Fred Wilson & Albert Wegner – Union Square Ventures tech predictions
The Future of Work:
- Andreas Klinger – remote work predictions
- Brianne Kimmel – future of work focus
- Mercedes Bent – (Lightspeed VC) future of work focus
Consumer Focus:
- Brian Norgard – Possible next blockbuster products
- Jeff Morris – startup predictions
Enteprise SaaS
- Cindy Sridharan – Enteprise/developer tooling focus
- Gartner 2020 Predictions – Enteprise tech focus
- Boldstart – Enteprise tech focus
- Tom Tunguz – Enteprise tech focus
- Cindy Sridharan – Innovation in the last decade + predictions for the future
Media & Gaming
- Ari Paparo – adtech focus
- Brett Bivens – podcasting focus
- Jake Shapiro – podcasting focus
- Jeff “SuiJeneris” Chau – Gaming focus
- Blake Robbins – eSports focus
Fintech & Crypto
- Brian Armstrong – Crypto
- Charley Ma – fintech focus
- Keith Wasserman – proptech focus
- Forbes Proptech Predictions
- Aaron Holiday – tech predictions from 645 Ventures
- Byron Wien (Blackstone) – Economic/political focus
- European Startup Predictions – collection of top EU founder predictions
Requests for Startups in 2020
- Pioneer Startup Themes – Themes Pioneer.app wants to fund in 2020
- Varadh Jain – Startup ideas for 2020
- Yoni Rechtman – 2020 tech theses
*Know a 2020 tech prediction I missed? Send it my way @samhuleatt