The earliest internet was built by the military, designed to help scientists around the nation gain access to those rare room-sized computers located at MIT, Stanford, and a few key institutions. <\/p>\n
Use of the early ARPAnet was slow, cumbersome, and awkwardthat is, until Marc Andreessen created Mosaic, the first widely-accessible internet browser. <\/p>\n
When Mosaic launched in 1993, there were only 26 websites. <\/p>\n
In 1994, there were 10,000. <\/p>\n
By 1998, there were millions. <\/p>\n
Mosaic (later Netscape) was a user interface moment. <\/p>\n
A user interface moment is the instant when a technology goes viralwhen a simple interface allows unfamiliar users to build revenue-generating processes on top of a previously convoluted, inaccessible system (e.g., the early internet). <\/p>\n
Inthis video, I highlight user interface moments and how to capitalize on them as an entrepreneur. <\/p>\n
As discussed, Mosaic wasnt the only important user interface moment in recent history. <\/p>\n
Fortran, one of the first programming languages, allowed average users to use complex IBM computers. <\/p>\n
The iPhones app store allowed individuals to write programs that can instantly download into the hands of hundreds of millions of users. <\/p>\n
Since just 2008, some 300,000 developers have written over two million apps that have been downloaded over 140 billion times. <\/p>\n
Developers on the Apple app store generated over $20 billion in revenue in 2016 alone. <\/p>\n
As an exponential entrepreneur, it is your job to look at the exponential roadmap ahead and identify user interface moments. <\/p>\n
If youre not building them, learn to recognize them, so you can capitalize on them when the moment presents itself. <\/p>\n
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