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What is the best industry to start a business in the next five years? Why is that?

Opportunities are always more in periods of volatility,

By jililunPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

If we divide the development of an industry or even a society into a period of fluctuation and a period of stability, there will always be more opportunities in the period of fluctuation, more destruction, more construction and more opportunities. Colloquially speaking, this is chaos out of the hero, this is a shuffle. In July 2012, there were 85 million Android and iOS devices in China. By October, there were more than 200 million. Now, look around us. When I'm in a taxi, taxi drivers recommend ride-hailing apps to me and tell me that they use Wi-Fi when they often lie down in front of some hotel... A big change? No, this is just a prelude. Mobile Internet brings you, not only mobile phones can play games, can install applications, not only Weibo, wechat... It's about enabling more ordinary people to connect to an infrastructure in a simple, anytime, anywhere way. Can we imagine that five years ago, a taxi driver with a computer suggested that we could hail a taxi online? . The bar is now lower, and continuing to be lowered. The impact of the Mobile Internet is not just on the technical level. Imagine if the user interface and interaction of Windows Mobile had been so easy to use. The improvement of user experience and the improvement of consumers' overall expectations have subtly changed the entire ecological environment. The mobile Internet and its integrated infrastructure and ecosystem (including the traditional PC Internet, etc.) are changing people's living habits and changing the way people do business. I think the biggest opportunity for entrepreneurship in the next five years will be in this change, in the volatility of various industries that will result. In the next five years, consumers will be able to exert greater influence as individuals, is no longer used one-way "guided" by commercial dominated by traditional media, the bidirectional interaction, extremely rapid dissemination and diffusion, every a person's voice can be heard, be amplified, demand could be digging in a more proactive way, specific to the individual, the more the Internet marketing will be more... All this comes from the fact that users, as individuals, have greatly expanded their ability to receive and process information. This will change all industries (if not artificial monopolies). The key opportunities for entrepreneurship lie at the interface between these industries and changes in the mobile Internet system, which includes all kinds of digital technologies. Maybe it is docking, maybe it is integration, restructuring, but there is no doubt that all of them are moving in the direction of more efficient (relative to a period of time) and more competitive advantage. If your business is playing a positive role in these changes, it is in line with the trend, there is more chance. I don't want to list the specific points, everyone has their own familiar industry and background, everyone can explore and discover. The next five years, at least in my mind, will be the opportunity of our generation. But also have to remind, direction and opportunity are one thing, execution is another. For people who want to start a business, not only need passion, but also need perseverance, team, combat effectiveness, not just singing "on the road", do not be too eager for quick success and instant benefits. In fact, everyone is in the essence of entrepreneurship, some people in the existing organization (such as enterprise, called "home entrepreneurship"), some people set up a new organization (called "wild entrepreneurship"), choose their own path, to achieve the goal is good. —————————————— What I'm doing I started as a designer in 2004, and then as a product manager, operations, and growth, and I've been in the Internet space for about 14 years. I have trained hundreds of designers, many of whom are senior designers in this industry (including product managers, operation growth, etc.), many of whom are my friends, and even many of whom have worked for more than 10 years. They change jobs through me, and they are willing to talk to me, so they are very familiar with people in this industry. I have mastered a few decent skills, started a few companies, and have been exploring how to make design more valuable. Recently, we have a product called "Zhiqun", hoping to focus on the study of professional people, which can be understood as a gas station for professionals. Now there are some benchmarking courses, such as Zhiqun's Design course (Introduction and improvement of UI and UX), which is expected to help beginners and designers within three years. We spent a long time polishing, and invited senior friends from many well-known companies to record, lecture and tutor, aiming to make the best quality courses in the field of designers. There are a lot of people who have benefited from it and gone into good companies.

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