What I’m working on is developing the sort of technology that can bring normal financial transactions and normal commerce to the Internet, so the Net will be more than just a business-to-business tool. Making it all happen is a huge task, and it will just facilitate a much wider use and appreciation of how cool the Net is.
Predictor: Lynch, Daniel C.
Prediction, in context:In an interveiw for Forbes magazine in 1995, David J. Buerger talks with Daniel Lynch, founder of the NetWorld and InterOp trade shows, which he sold to Ziff-Davis in 1990, remaining to help chair the company part-time while also working with several technology start-ups. Buerger writes “Much of the credit for making ‘networking’ a household word goes to Dan Lynch.” He asks Lynch, “What’s happening with your new CyberCash venture?” Lynch replies: ”It’s really revolutionary. What I’m working on is developing the sort of technology that can bring normal financial transactions and normal commerce to the Internet, so the Net will be more than just a business-to-business tool. Making it all happen is a huge task, and it will just facilitate a much wider use and appreciation of how cool the Net is. I’ll do that for another 10 years. And then I’ll be done.”
Biography:Daniel C. Lynch was the founder of CyberCash Inc. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-cash
Name of publication: Forbes
Title, headline, chapter name: Accidental Millionaire – Dan Lynch
Quote Type: Direct quote
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Page 118 ISSN: 00156914
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