It may not seem important today, but I strongly suggest to everyone here that they to start familiarizing themselves with the various online marketplaces. One of the newer companies in this field, America Online, is doing a particularly good job of signing up new users. And then there’s the Internet, which is a real wild card.
Predictor: McCarthy, Ken
Prediction, in context:Ken McCarthy, founding publisher of the Internet Gazette, includes this August 1993 prediction on his personal archive on the Internet. It was included in his remarks at the Direct Marketing Super Conference in Phoenix: ”It may not seem important today, but I strongly suggest to everyone here that they to start familiarizing themselves with the various online marketplaces. One of the newer companies in this field, America Online, is doing a particularly good job of signing up new users. And then there’s the Internet, which is a real wild card.”
Date of prediction: August 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-commerce
Name of publication: kenmccarthy.com
Title, headline, chapter name: Predictions
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://kenmccarthy.com/predictions/
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry