INSIGHT & INSPIRATION FROM CEA FORUM 2012 denise lee yohn

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leaders in the consumer electronics industry gathered in San Francisco in October 2012 to learn and connect

speakers provided insight and inspiration – here are some choice quotes about

business, new opportunities, and digital health…

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John Gerzema, CEO Brand Asset Consulting / author of Spend Shift

If you’ve got a great product, the margin is in the relationship.

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John Gerzema, CEO Brand Asset Consulting / author of Spend Shift

There’s been a shift from affluence to influence – skills are now a currency.

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John Gerzema, CEO Brand Asset Consulting / author of Spend Shift

Everything is moving to a market of one – there’s a race to own our routines.

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Peter Sheahan, CEO Change Labs

Change is slow until it’s not – disruption never comes from something that companies haven’t already been talking about.

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Peter Sheahan, CEO Change Labs

Existing market attributes should not be solely responsible for defining areas of opportunity.

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Peter Sheahan, CEO Change Labs

Create the technology that will kill you – it’s better that you create it than one of your competitors.

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Dean Kamen, Founder, FIRST

A lot is going to happen in 10 years; you want to invest in the kids who are going to make it good.

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Alexis Ohanian, Founder, Reddit, HipMunk, BreadPig

The world isn’t flat but the world wide web Is – when the playing field is level, the best ideas can win.

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Alexis Ohanian, Founder, Reddit, HipMunk, BreadPig

People have no choice but to build companies around the idea of giving a damn.

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Kabir Kasagod, Wireless Health Business Development, Qualcomm Life

More people have access to a cell phone than to drinking water, electricity, or a toothbrush.

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Clint McClellan, Senior Director Strategic Marketing, Qualcomm Life

We know more about our cars than about our bodies.

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Samir Damani, Founder/CEO, MD Revolution

Traditional medicine is a reactive, disease based system – we need to change.

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Samir Damani, Founder/CEO, MD Revolution

Digital health is technology at its best, because it’s about prevention (not treatment.)

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Samir Damani, Founder/CEO, MD Revolution

For behavior change, we need to measure, monitor, and motivate – and an ecosystem to tie all three together.

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Scott Stropkay, Partner, Essential

Companies need to reconcile frenemy relationships in DIY health ecosystem.

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