117 PowerPoint slides titled ‘KPCB Internet Trends 2013’ doesn’t sound like it should be a worthwhile investment of your time, but this presentation from Mary Meeker at the D11 Conference will tell you probably more about the immediate future than anything else you’ll read soon.
KPCB is a venture capital firm, and long-time tech analyst Meeker – one of the stars in this field, if there can be such a thing – is a partner there nowadays, so when she says something is going to take place, people tend to listen.
Some of her themes for 2013 are:
It’s fascinating stuff – both a complete treasure trove and bewildering blizzard of statistics and trends at the same time. To do some data mining yourself, join the 433k people who’ve already watched the presentation here.