Insights March 7th, 2019

We’ve seen huge growth in the markets in relation to companies that have invested in big ideas – applications, big data, artificial intelligence, and other platforms. In turn, investors have poured billions of dollars into their stocks creating trillions of dollars in value. In ‘Investment Briefing – ARK’s Big Ideas’ we see one leading investment manager – ARK – focused on disruptive innovation that is changing the way the world works.
ARK was formed to capitalize on the opportunities for excess returns created by companies benefiting from technological change. ARK researches the universe of innovation platforms and their underlying technologies. On an annual basis we publish research highlighting the technology breakthroughs that we believe will advance significantly over the coming year.
ARK has 9 “Big Ideas” that they think will be solid investments in 2019:

  1. Deep Learning
  2. Digital Wallets
  3. Cryptocurrencies
  4. Battery Cost Tipping Points
  5. Autonomous Taxi Networks
  6. Next Generation DNA Sequencing
  7. CRISPR For Human Therapeutics
  8. Collaborative Robots
  9. 3D Printing For End-Use Parts

You can download there report here, and see their video below:

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Nikolas Badminton is an award-winning Futurist Speaker, researcher and author. His expertise and thought leadership will guide you from complacency to thinking exponentially, planning for longevity, and encouraging a culture of innovation. You will then establish resiliency and abundance in your organization.
Contact him to discuss how to engage and inspire your audience. You can also see more of Nikolas’ thoughts on his Futurist Speaker VLOGs as he publishes them in this Youtube playlist.
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Nikolas Badminton

Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist of the Futurist Think Tank. He is world-renowned futurist speaker, a Fellow of The RSA (FRSA), a media personality, and has worked with over 400 of the world’s most impactful companies to establish strategic foresight capabilities, identify trends shaping our world, help anticipate unforeseen risks, and design equitable futures for all. In his new book – ‘Facing Our Futures’ – he challenges short-term thinking and provides executives and organizations with the foundations for futures design and the tools to ignite curiosity, create a framework for futures exploration, and shift their mindset from what is to WHAT IF…

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