Done? What's done?

To mash up a line from the poem by Robert Frost with an old phrase by Steve Jobs:

Now I have "Miles to go before I sleep" because I need to "make a dent in the Universe"

Seth Godin brings up the eternal question asked by every entrepreneur.. What's next? I'll tell you what's next. Go browse the websites of your customers, and those of their competitors. Figure out what new force will impact their business. Better still, think of a disruptive force that can be used to impact their business positively. You should find these forces in industries that are seen as leading edge. They'll impact your customer's business too. But not just yet. And there lies the opportunity. Now go and help your customer take advantage of these forces. Here are a few to get you started :-)

• Web 2.0
• Razors and Blades - Paid services around products given away for free
• The PSF organisational model - Every staff function becomes a professional services firm that also serves external customers
• Collaboration - across divisions, and functional silos within companies
• Creation networks - Get everyone to innovate on your behalf, including your competitors and customers
• Open source everything - How fast can you spell Linux?
• China and India as the factory and backoffice of the world
• Brazil - which has become energy independent by running all automobiles on ethanol and is committed to using free software for everything in the government. Can you imagine the impact on costs of products produced there in a couple of years time?
• Russia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines will provide the next wave of investment, and outsourcing opportunity

Now go write a proposal or a businessplan this evening. Actually go take a break! You just worked hard all day :-)