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Entrepreneurs 'Bring Sexy Back' at media X Symposium
Local thought leaders revealedl their perspectives on shifts in consumer behavior at the Stanford-Accel Symposium.
The 17th annual Stanford-Accel Symposium hit Stanford University this Tuesday, inspiring entrepreneurs from all over Bay Area into elation about technology trends.
This year’s theme was The Re-Imagining of the Modern Enterprise, and focused on the drivers of the present day tech renaissance, as well as what the future holds for developers; many of the panelists highlighted how technology use is trending toward mobile devices.
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Rich Wong and Vas Natarajan, of Accel Partners, moderated a panel on Post-PC Panel: Apple, Android and the Post-PC Tech Stack, that discussed the influence the cloud is having on the growth of tablet and smart phone usage.
Matthew Dornquast, co-founder and CEO of backup software developers Code 42, who sat on the panel, said post-PC device usage is growing.
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“People will be consuming and creating more on tablets,” Dornquast said.
Dax Dasilva, founder and CEO of retail tool site LightSpeed, said the interesting thing is that retailers are turning to mobile devices to engage customers.
“E-commerce is happening on mobile devices,” said Bill Ready, CEO of mobile payments service Braintree. “This is a change in consumer behavior,” Ready explained.
Many of the other panelists also stated what some Silicon Valley residents may find obvious.
The most touted panel of the day was LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner's Fireside Chat, in which he called his business a “member driven ecosystem.”
Andrew Braccia of Accel Parterns introduced Weiner as the Justin Timberlake of business, who’s “brought sexy back to enterprise, while also being a leader of revolution."
"People are now wearing t-shirts four sizes too small for them,” Braccia joked.
“Mobile is a fast growing service on LinkedIn,” he added, noting that the company recently acquired the newsreader app Pulse. “Big relevancy is more important than big data,” he explained.
Stanford's mediaXhosted the event.
Do you agree with these summations? Is the trend in user behavior shifting toward mobile? And if so, do you think this poses a challenge for developers? Scroll down and tell us in the comment.
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