Technology innovation will become the competitive imperative for regions and private companies. Disruptive technologies and rapid innovations have become more pronounced as the global markets become more open and integrated. Sometimes, the disruptive technologies cause economic loss and financial uncertainties for families and companies who are not prepared to deal with the new global marketplace. Predicting Technology explains how technological innovation occurs and helps readers understand where new markets may be created in the future. It offers essential advice for people who would like to start a new company or who may want to consider a career change to take advantage of the new markets that will emerge. The theory explained in the book is written for non-economists and ordinary citizens who would like to better understand how technology evolves

Author Biography

Laurie Thomas Vass is a regional economist and a registered investment advisor representative of Investment Management & Insurance Advisors, Inc., a North Carolina registered investment advisory firm. As an independent investment advisor to real estate companies and technology companies, Vass has been providing investment advice to CEOs on private placements since 1988. Under the older 506(b) model, commonly called angel capital, she learned how to coordinate all of the components of a private placement, and used that experience to create the newer internet method of raising capital, using Reg D and Reg A. Vass is a professional money manager, and is the inventor and holder of a research method patent on selecting technology stocks for investment. She was cited by Peter Tanous, in The Wealth Equation, as one of the top 100 private money managers in the nation. Vass is the author of seven books. She has published over 87 scholarly articles on the Social Science Research Network author platform, and is currently ranked in the top 1.4% of over 320,000 economic authors, worldwide, on the SSRN platform.