Changing our cities with cloud-based companies | Jay Shapiro | TEDxJerseyCity

For hundreds of years people have gathered in urban city centers to be closer to work, leading to lives filled with increased traffic, property prices and stress. Empowered by internet technology, a new way of working called “Cloud-based Companies” may reverse those trends, making work something you “DO”, not somewhere you “GO”. This has broad reaching implications for urban planners, municipal governments and elevator repairmen.

Entrepreneur, adventure traveler and professional envelope pusher, Jay Shapiro looks at how digital innovations can change the global face of business…and then does it.

In 1999, on the 10th anniversary of the birth of the World Wide Web, Jay Shapiro launched “BLUE”, one of the first dedicated web marketing agencies in Asia. From this third-floor walk-up apartment converted into a makeshift start-up office would grow into one of the largest digital marketing agencies in the world. Leveraging the power of online collaboration and remote teams in those early days opened Jay’s eyes to the potential for creating companies that exist entirely in the cloud.

Jay has become a thought leader in the area of remote work and cloud-based companies through his many ventures including AppMakr, which despite being the largest mobile app publisher in the world has no physical offices, anywhere.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx