Minitrends: How Innovators & Entrepreneurs Discover & Profit from Business & Technology Trends; Between Megatrends & Microtrends

For the individual who wants to improve their personal finances, this volume proceeds from the process of searching for a minitrend to developing an exploitation scheme. In between is an exploration of nine attractive minitrends, including ones that could be taken advantage of by larger companies, with the employee playing a key role in their pursuit. Vanston, the chairman and founder of Technology Futures, Inc., writes in a casual style with a two page section at the end of each chapter entitled "All Very Interesting, But Frankly, So What?". No references are supplied. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)