Game Changers 2018
Emerging trends to watch and high-momentum startups
with world-changing potential.
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December 12 – 13, 2017 | San Francisco, CA
A-ha! is a gathering of Fortune 1000 executives, investors,
academics, and startup founders discussing the next wave of
ideas and technologies that will shape our world.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Daymond John
The Shark Group
Star of ABC’s Shark Tank
and CEO
FUBU
Founder/CEO
Liza Landsman
Jet.com
President
Sold to Walmart for $3.3B
Mudassir Sheikha
Careem
Co-founder & CEO
MENA’s $1.2B Unicorn
Benedict Evans
Andreessen Horowitz
Partner
“Working Out What’s
Happening Next” at a16z
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2018 Game Changers
Company Deep Dives
Appendix & Methodology
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Table of Contents
Marc Andreessen
Andreessen Horowitz
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"Most of the big breakthrough technologies
seem crazy at first... It has to be a radical
product. It has to be something where, when
people look at it, at first they say, I don’t get it, I
don't understand it…"
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Defining Game Changers
/ɡām - CHānjər/
noun
An event, idea, or procedure that effects a significant shift in
the current manner of doing or thinking about something.
A newly introduced element or factor that changes an
existing situation or activity in a significant way.
Our selected startups are high-momentum companies
pioneering technology with the potential to transform society
and economies for the better.
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2018 Game Changer categories
Neurotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Synthetic Animal Produc