Strategy question

Imagine that after 5 years, driverless cars are the norm. What business will you start building today to make use of driverless cars in 5 years?

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What this question tests

Tests forward-looking strategic thinking: identifying a durable business opportunity created by a major technology shift.

Identify what changes when driverless cars are the norm: shared cars, more idle in-vehicle time, shifting real estate use.
Pick a derivative opportunity, not driverless cars themselves: in-vehicle commerce or entertainment for idle ride time.
Assess timing: building now lets the product mature alongside the shift, giving a first-mover advantage.
Weigh the risk: if adoption is slower or more fragmented, an idle-time business built too early may lack scale.
Recommend starting narrower today: in-vehicle entertainment or ads for existing ride-hailing trips that scales with adoption.
Define success as engagement or revenue per ride today, tracked as driverless penetration increases.

Picks a derivative business instead of trying to compete with driverless car makers directly.
Explicitly reasons about timing risk, building something viable today that scales with the trend.
Names a concrete near-term proxy metric to validate the idea before the trend fully materializes.

Proposing to build the driverless car technology itself, missing the point of the question.
No plan for what to do or measure before the trend fully arrives.

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