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Predict the following, higher inflation will cause central banks to raise interest rates to fight inflation. Higher interest rates will stop easy central bank a
by acd 4y ago
Predict the following, higher inflation will cause central banks to raise interest rates to fight inflation. Higher interest rates will stop easy central bank and founder exit money flow to fund capital for startups. Startups without easy access to new rounds of capital will have to lay of staff.
Engineers from previous startups will cause a resurge in opensource projects. Stable companies with solid profit track records will become popular to work for. As will working as own consultants freelancers writing open source.
Patent free standards, open source and open hardware will become very popular. Trends being driven by more environmentally aware consumers and credit access.