It seemed to me that the web would be a big deal [...] If I wanted to get rich, here was the next train leaving the station.
What other trains have left the station? What ones are leaving now? I'm referring to growth areas that are not 'winner takes all' and do not require extreme ability/talent to get into. The ones that come to mind are:
- smart phone apps when the iPhone first launched
- crypto currency mining/speculation (still ongoing I suppose)
- maybe some period 2005-2015 when there were still many novel and lucrative applications of machine learning to try out?