The prediction, in brief:

The opportunities are on the Internet, and you might be able to use it whether you make jet engines, dental tools, pipes, whatever your business is. Someone else will do it if you don’t do it soon. And if they get there first, and they do it right, you’ll never get that chance again.

Predictor: Meckler, Alan M.

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article that ran on Business Wire, Alan Meckler talks about the future of the Internet in an appearance at Future Focus ’95, the second annual seminar. The article says:”‘The opportunities are on the Internet, and you might be able to use it whether you make jet engines, dental tools, pipes, whatever your business is,’ he concluded. ‘Someone else will do it if you don’t do it soon. And if they get there first, and they do it right, you’ll never get that chance again.'”

Biography:

Alan M. Meckler was the chief executive officer of Mecklermedia in the early 1990s. His Mecklerweb was one of the first commercial web sites and his Internet World magazine was the first publication devoted exclusively to the Internet. His Internet World trade show and publishing business helped foster the growth and advancement of the Internet. In the mid-’90s, he sold Mecklermedia to Penton Media. He became CEO of Internet.com Corporation and later built it into Jupitermedia Corporation, which became a leading provider of global real-time news, information, research and media resources for information technology and Internet industry professionals. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)

Date of prediction: May 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Economic structures

Subtopic: E-commerce

Name of publication: Business Wire

Title, headline, chapter name: Future Focus: Speaker Details Marketing Opportunities on the World-Wide Web

Quote Type: Paraphrase

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=2219c1861aa4b1402f0c456108f6e994&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVzz-lSlzV&_md5=3e36a58860ac196cf7083d6157d771a2

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Pinkerton, Bradley Steven