TY - BOOK AU - Vanston,John H. AU - Vanston,Carrie ED - Technology Futures, Inc. TI - Minitrends: how innovators & entrepreneurs discover & profit from business & technology trends SN - 9781884154362 (pbk.) AV - HF 5386 V281m 2010 U1 - 658.4/09 PY - 2010/// CY - Austin, Tex. PB - Technology Futures, Inc. KW - Éxito en los negocios KW - Innovaciones tecnológicas KW - Autorrealización (Psicología) N1 - "Between megatrends & microtrends lie minitrends: emerging business opportunities in the new economy."; Includes index; ; Part I: The value of minitrends -- Importance of minitrends -- Part II: Uncovering minitrends -- Searching for minitrends -- Where to search for minitrends -- Part III: Some attractive minitrends -- Minitrends for individuals -- Minitrends for small and medium-size companies -- Minitrends for large companies -- Part IV: Prospering from minitrends -- Selecting a minitrend for exploitation -- Developing a minitrend exploitation scheme -- Putting the exploitation scheme into action -- Part V: Becoming a minitrends master -- Here's the so what! N2 - Book collaborator Carrie Vanston has many years of experience in public relations, marketing, and sales at Technology Futures, Inc. and in the entertainment industry. Because the successful exploitation of a Minitrend requires effective marketing, she brings a distinct real-world quality to the book, particularly in the media communications and social media areas. Her easy sense of style and readability helps the ER -