6A – Identifying Opportunities in Economic & Regulatory Trends

Economic trend



Opportunity 1:

As our world is changing really fast, technology seems to be the future of the american economy. Most economic newspapers like Business Insider or Bloomberg.com emphasize the importance of investing in start-ups high-tech companies. As a matter of facts, we should increase our partnerships with countries like Israel, India or Singapore as they seem to appear as the next big world technology centers outside the United States. The customers who will benefit from these partnerships are the entrepreneurs themselves but also the regular citizen who will see capital revenues entering their countries and add to their country’s wealth. I believe that for a country like the United States, it shouldn’t be too complicated to stay up-to-date with the world economic changes.



The reason I am aware of this opportunity is because I am greatly interested by technology changes and advancement which makes me follow social media pages on the matter.



Opportunity 2:

On a long-term basis, we know that we would have to make some efforts in order to change the terrible climate change trend. One of the big changes that seems to appear as objectively possible is the replacement of fuel cars for electric cars. We can see this phenomenon with the development of Tesla and their ambitious project. In this case the potential typical citizen is both the typical consumer and the one who will benefit from this change because we are all concern by this global warming threat.



I am aware of this opportunity is because I have family members investing in the electric industry. They follow with great interest the development of this industry.



Regulatory trend



Opportunity 3:



Both medical and recreational marijuana seem to gain legal status in the United States. This matter became a real political subject and emerge sometimes during election debates. Many states are decriminalizing marijuana’s uses. If medical marijuana is having a better advancement than recreational marijuana, one can only be aware of this phenomenon and new business opportunities can be created from that. The people who are going to be the future clients and customers will be those who are already using it illegally and those who need it for medical treatments. Both previously judged “criminal” and medical patient will benefit from this opportunity.



I am aware of this opportunity is because I’m originally from Brussels, Belgium which is two hours away from Amsterdam “the Marijuana capital of the world”. It always appeared to me as absurd that someone in Belgium smoking marijuana can be sent to jail while when crossing the inexistent border between Belgium and the Netherlands, it suddenly becomes legal.



Opportunity 4:

Same-sex marriage seems to gain popularity among American public. Every poll show that our generation is more accepting of this trend than our parent and grandparent’s generations. This change is having a strong regulatory impact on the United states law. More and more states are legalizing same-sex marriages and the few states that still haven’t legalized it are expected to change their policies soon. This can be seen as an opportunity for event organizers from these couple states that are still banning same-sex marriage. The typical customer would be the gay or lesbian person who is waiting on the legal status to change in order to get married.





I am aware of this opportunity because I am greatly interested by domestic American politics. Same-sex marriage being a hot topic during election times, I couldn’t be unaware of this regulatory trend.