At Contrary, we describe ourselves as a talent and research-driven investment firm. That keeps us focused on finding extraordinary people and extraordinary ideas.
If you’ve read the content we’ve put out across Contrary Research and Foundations & Frontiers, you’ve seen exactly how we explore ideas.
But ideas aren’t worth much without people willing to put them into action.
Iconic companies usually boil down to one thing: extraordinary people executing on extraordinary ideas.
And when these kinds of people build companies, they canvas for opportunities that lie at the cutting edge of either technological or societal shifts.
In our work at Contrary, we’re constantly exploring what these cutting edges look like.
That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of the annual Contrary Tech Trends Report.
Over 300 slides exploring 14 of the most important cutting edges impacting the world today.
From technological shifts across categories including AI, manufacturing, energy, and transportation, to societal shifts across trends like relationships, entertainment, and health.
Generational opportunities exist where dramatic change is happening. Change can bring confusion and indecision, but out of that turmoil, you’ll typically find the opportunities that reshape the world.
The Contrary Tech Trends report is meant to help shed some light on those cutting edges and spark some of the ideas that lead to generational opportunities.
You can dig into all 14 different categories and download the full report here!
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