Will startups die or thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

For those who experienced the late 1990s tech boom, innovation was happening everywhere. An excitement existed. However, it did result in the tech bust. Still, innovation continued in the decade that followed. It now has produced the “Frightful Five” — Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.

With the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution – defined “as the advent of ‘cyber-physical systems’ involving entirely new capabilities for people and machines, a question arises if startups and entrepreneurs will flourish or perish during this time.

• If innovation is to come from startups, what can we do now?
• Are older entrepreneurs better equipped to drive startup success?
• Is entrepreneurial innovation history or filled with possibility?
• What policies can foster entrepreneurial innovation (e.g., break up big tech)?
• What can Santa Fe do to foster entrepreneurial innovation?

Join our conversation during Global Entrepreneur Week in Santa Fe (http://gewsantafe.com/)!

To prepare for our conversation, a few suggested articles:

Why the ‘end of the startup era’ could be great for entrepreneurs - https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/04/why-the-end-of-the-startup-era-could-be-great-for-entrepreneurs/

Founders of successful tech companies are mostly middle-aged - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/business/tech-start-up-founders-nest.html

Peril & Promise: “The Fourth Industrial Revolution” and the reality gap - https://magazine.startus.cc/peril-promise-the-fourth-industrial-revolution-and-the-reality-gap/

Fourth Industrial Revolution brings promise and peril for humanity – https://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2016/jan/24/4th-industrial-revolution-brings-promise-and-peril-for-humanity-technology-davos

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