Comments on: 2010 Predictions: Rich Wong’s List [Venture Capital] http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/12/23/2010-predictions-rich-wong%e2%80%99s-list-venture-capital/ Computer Science meets Social Science Fri, 25 May 2012 06:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Curt Dalton http://siliconangle.com/blog/2009/12/23/2010-predictions-rich-wong%e2%80%99s-list-venture-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-10798 Curt Dalton Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:06:20 +0000 http://siliconangle.com/?p=11419#comment-10798 We study search demand/supply trends from around the world to find profitable niches and products, and the main problem with predictions is that no one looks at the "supply" side to these predictions. A niche, or hot predictions, is not just a demand side issue, but a supply/demand curve. If you predict IPHONE apps will take off, and there are already 100,000 aps, then you aren't going to hit that one. If you see that demand for cell phone radiation shields is going nuts and there are only two suppliers, then you can be pretty sure that it will be a good year for those 2 supplies. The software at www.TheInternetTimeMachine.com studies both the demand (search volume) and supply (think "results" in Google). The Google Phone is generating much more buzz right now then say the Apple Tablet. Cheers, Curt Here is a video on what I mean.. http://bit.ly/SupplyDemandCurves We study search demand/supply trends from around the world to find profitable niches and products, and the main problem with predictions is that no one looks at the “supply” side to these predictions. A niche, or hot predictions, is not just a demand side issue, but a supply/demand curve. If you predict IPHONE apps will take off, and there are already 100,000 aps, then you aren’t going to hit that one. If you see that demand for cell phone radiation shields is going nuts and there are only two suppliers, then you can be pretty sure that it will be a good year for those 2 supplies. The software at http://www.TheInternetTimeMachine.com studies both the demand (search volume) and supply (think “results” in Google). The Google Phone is generating much more buzz right now then say the Apple Tablet.
Cheers,
Curt
Here is a video on what I mean.. http://bit.ly/SupplyDemandCurves

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