Technology always starts out as a solution in search of a problem. No one needs this stuff yet [the Internet]. Billions of dollars will be lost in this market.
Predictor: Caruso, Denise
Prediction, in context:A 1995 article in Sales & Marketing Management quotes California new-media analyst Denise Caruso saying: ”Technology always starts out as a solution in search of a problem. No one needs this stuff yet [the Internet]. Billions of dollars will be lost in this market.”
Biography:Denise Caruso’s column,”Digital Commerce,” appeared in the New York Times in the 1990s. She also ran Spotlight and was the executive producer of Agenda, a conference held annually for interactive media industry executives. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Sales & Marketing Management
Title, headline, chapter name: Quotables
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web24.epnet.com/citation.asp?tb=1&_ug=dbs+0%2C1%2C2%2C3+ln+en%2Dus+sid+5FFAF5B3%2D10FC%2D4DB7%2D864E%2D7721F93555F7%40sessionmgr5+90C3&_us=bs+denise++caruso+ds+denise++caruso+dstb+KS+gl+%5Fs%5F0+hd+0+hs+0+or+Date+ri+KAAACBUC00024157+sm+KS+so+b+ss+SO+D2E1&fn=1&rn=4
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