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What or compan will look like
when Millennials call the shotsBy Mr Youth and Intrepid
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Introdction
A DecADe of chAnge
John F. Kennedy once said, Chane is the aw o ie. And those who ook ony to the past or present are
certain to miss the uture. This quote, thouh vaid throuhout time, rins especiay true today. The
reaity o the present and possibiity o the uture bur toether more than ever beore.
The past decade has bred unprecedented innovation in technooy, nancia coapse, increased ear o
cimate chane, and the democratization o media creation and consumption in a obaized society deain
with the atermath o a major terrorist attack. Without a keen eye and a ervent passion to both evove and
drive chane, it is easier than ever or both brands and individuas aike to bink and be et behind.
chAnging of the guArD
Whie youth have aways introduced new ideas that hep shape cuture, todays youn eneration have
ound themseves at the very epicenter o major societa chane. Whie Miennias may not yet be CEOs
o Fortune 500 companies or eaders o the ree word, they are possiby the biest infuencers and
innovators around today.
A 25-year-od is the CEO o the most searched brand on the web, a site with a arer popuation than the
United States. We have a Commander in Chie who won his spot in oce thanks to a rass roots movement
ueed by socia media. He YouTubes,tweets and cannot be separated rom his Backberry. Ceary
President Obama doesnt a into the 1977-1996 ae rane used most requenty to dene Miennias,
but he understands the importance o adoptin their vaues and thinkin ike one. Embracin the Miennia
perspective is key or anyone wantin to keep up (and move ahead o the curve).
the new LeADers
Chane wi not sow down as time passes; in act, most see it acceeratin at an unprecedented rate.
Socia technooies wi urther pervade and interate into our ives in ways that the rest o us not named
Zuckerber or Jobs ever dreamed o. Successu companies wi not ocus on whats aways worked.
Their eaders wi not be educated usin traditiona means, as the inormation in textbooks wi be out o
date beore it is even printed.
So what wi ead successu companies and drive rowth in the next decade? New ideas, creative
approaches, innovative products, interated oranizations, open communication, connected communities,responsibe ethos, and most importanty- an increased passion or chane.
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weLcome to miLLenniAL inc
As society continues to embrace and consistenty demand drastic chane, it is Miennias who are
most poised to ead tomorrows successu businesses. By the end o the next decade, Miennias may
not be CEOs o every Fortune 500 company- probaby not even the majority o them. But Mienniasike Mark Zuckerber (Facebook), Kevin Rose (Di), Chad Hurey (YouTube), Bake Ross (Mozia)
and Jack Nicke (Threadess) wi brin the chane by continuin to shake up how we communicate,
consume media, browse the web and make products. In order to succeed, oranizations wi need to
have Miennia vaues sewn into the abric o their companies. They must strive to nd new ways to
empower this buddin eneration and unock empoyees creativity as they advocate chane. This is
Miennia Inc.
About the miLLenniAL inc stuDy
The oowin research study was conducted by Intrepid, a word-renowned market research
consutancy, and Mr Youth, an interated marketin aency recenty named as one o Fast CompanysTop 10 Most Innovative Marketin and Advertisin Companies.
The oa: show you what your company woud ook ike i Miennias were aready in chare. Ater
a, they are aready your major consumers, eadin infuencers o cuture and uture eaders o your
company.
Throuh a six-month study takin pace in both the United States and the United Kindom, we
expored and identied major themes usin a three-tiered approach:
DIgITAl ETHNOgRAPHY The study bean with deveopin an onine community to brin
Miennias rom around word to a sine pace to discuss various iestye topics . Intrepids teamo anthropooists immersed themseves in this diita space where they observed patterns in
conversations and teased out the topics that were o the most importance to this eneration.
VIRTUAl COMPANIES Next, two roups o Miennias (one in the US and one in the UK) were
tasked with deveopin the business o tomorrow. This exercise was hed durin three in-person
sessions and chaened the two roups to expore the various aspects o creatin a ashion retai
business (oranizationa structure, product deveopment and marketin), resutin in identiyin
Miennias main approaches or creatin and manain a successu business.
QUANTITATIVE SURVEYS To concude the study, over 800 individuas were surveyed onine across
the US and UK to conrm and vaidate our ndins. Topics incuded their viewpoints on their careers,work environment, marketin and messain preerences, incorporation o technooy into their ives,
ecooy/reen ivin and more.
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The DNA o Millennial Inc.Our research identied three key themes that Miennias embraced across three major areas o any
business. Those are:
the orgAnizAtion
COllABORATIVElY lED ENTERPRISE
STIMUlATED WORK ENVIRONMENT
IDEA-POWERED CUlTURE
the ProDuct
TECHNOlOgY BREEDS HUMANITY
QUAlITY IS CORE
ECO IS NICE
the mArketing
CElEBRITIES = OVERPRICED MANNEQUINS
INTERACTION CREATES CONNECTION
PEER-TO-PEER DRIVES INFlUENCE
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The Organization
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Stimlated Work Environment
401Ks and stock options may be nice but Miennias need to be in an environment that continuay
keeps them stimuated and enaed or they wi keep ookin.
continuAL chAnge
Miennias rew up in a continuousy stimuatin word. Sometimes dubbed the ADD generation,
they are aways searchin or work that keeps their attention. In act, the number one reason in both
the UK (34%) and US (37%) or switchin jobs was, Just Needed a Chane. That need or chane
ar exceeds the desire or a better saary, benets, or a more senior position. The averae 26-year-od
has craved stimuation so much, theyve chaned jobs an astoundin seven times rom ae 18, in
search o somethin more.
chALLenging environment
In addition to a workpace that is both un and riendy, chaenin was identied as the
key component o a ood work environment or Miennias. This inteectua stimuation creates an
excitin and rewardin work pace. Word couds rom the diita ethnoraphy conducted with both
US and UK participants showed a chaenin work environment to be a core actor in Miennia
job satisaction.
lets et cozy. Say oodbye to the on boardroom tabe and say heo to the round tabe. Coaboration,
shared responsibiity and consensus rue Miennia Inc.
fLAtteneD LeADershiP
Miennias view success as somethin shared across the oranization. In observin the creation o
their virtua companies in both london and Seatte, teams did not assin a denitive CEO but had
each member ocus on an area o responsibiity (desin, nance etc).
shAreD resPonsibiLity
Whie our Miennias ound it important to have areas o expertise, they a wanted to weih in on other
areas o the company. The quantitative study competed by neary 1,000 participants showed that
82% o Miennias beieve it is important to have a sta that can do each others jobs.
Decision by consensus
Expertise across areas o responsibiity is vaued and seen as a key input to decision makin. Desin
and creativity hod as much weiht as nance and manaement and Miennias see the vaue o
brinin diverse thinkers toether to come to a coaborative decision. 54% o Miennias preer to
make decisions by consensus, and that number shoots up to 70% when they are amonst their peers.*
Collaborativel Led Enterprise
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Idea Powered CltreSeniority and tenure are dirty words to Miennias. Authority is earned and proven throuhdirect interactions, not iven bindy based on tites and experience.
oLDer is not better
In the 2008 Presidentia eection, John McCain came out o the ates with the campain soan,Best Prepared to lead on Day One. With twenty-three years miitary experience and twenty-sixyears in nationa overnment he may have been. But, o course, it was Barak Obamas mere ouryears in nationa overnment and Chane We Can Beieve In messae that captured 62% o the
Miennia vote. Miennias are not swayed by the been there, done that mantra intoned byprevious enerations, but are driven by ideas that move orward.
eArn uP moDeL
In creatin their virtua companies, Miennias desined a mode that required each empoyee,despite tite or ski set, to start at the round eve and move her way up throuh the company.This approach ensured that every empoyee woud have some ace-to-ace contact with hiscustomer base and experience the brand rsthand. Those who exceed woud be promoted quickyand paid more or their abiity, rather than bein rewarded or a demonstrated aciity in corporatepoitics. Whie this may sound impractica to most o us, many Miennias beieve that hih-eveexecutives ack proper understandin o the ront ines o their own business. This point is the
basis o Undercover Boss, a hit CBS TV show that aims to expose CEOs to the daiy chaeneso their empoyees.
foLLow the iDeAs
In a word where anyone can be an author, director, photorapher, journaist, comedian, actor orad man, Miennias are used to a democratized payin ed where ood ideas and work rise to thetop. Individuas with bi ideas are successu and ain respect throuh their work, and Miennias
expect this to be true everywhere, especiay in their career. I not, their ideas o esewhere.
innovAtion-Driven cuLture
gooe and Microsot ed the ist o companies that Miennias in the US aspire to work or by a
are marin. In the UK, The Nationa Heath Service came out on top with gooe and Microsot
takin second and third paces respectivey. gooe and Microsot, aon with Appe and Nike,
were seen as innovators both or their products and their approaches. Technooy and innovation
have the same aure that previous enerations attributed to ashion and ceebrity.
In setting up the hierarchy o the company, we shouldnt haveexperience or the amount o time someone has held a rolldetermine their aptitude or a specifc position Ive had morejobs where my manager doesnt necessarily know more than meor have the ability to do the work better, they just have beenthere longer. We should let people grow through the companyto demonstrate ability instead.
- Dan, 23, Seattle
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Technolog Breeds HmanitWhie there woud be no technooy without humanity, Miennias actuay fip the statement and ook
to technooy to make their ives more human.
PersonALizeD AnD tAiLoreD
Amazon.com has been around or many Miennias entire ives. Theyve rown up with the abiity to
customize many o the products they buy, the option to access personaized content and discover new
entertainment recommendations based on purchase behavior. They view technooy as a aciitator
that aows companies to cater to consumers and create uniquey persona experiences. For instance,
in creatin their virtua companies, Miennias who were desinin ashion soutions expored
deveopin an in-store system that can scan a customers body measurements, compare them to
careuy desined aorithms and match that customer with cothes that t their body type perecty.
crowDsourceD creAtion
Miennias want idea deveopment to come directy rom rea peope so that brands can deiver products
that meet consumers needs and incorporate their coective creativity. In their virtua companies, both
roups perceived crowdsourced business modes ike Threadess as bein very eective.*
invisibLe technoLogy
Whie user experience desin is a reativey new ed (particuary outside o websites and technooy
adets), it is intrinsic to many Miennias perception o brands both onine and o. They expect
to be abe to intuitivey naviate products and services so that technooy enabes a seamess user
experience. This is ceary iustrated by Miennias obsession with Appe Technooy, which has
as much to do with the physica desin o devices as it does with the simpe and inteient user
interace. Miennias want to minimize the device (or more precisey, the eein o the device) whie
sti maintainin the experience that technooy enabes. The Wii brouht Nintendo exceediny hih
saes throuh a simpe, neary button-ree controer. Now Xboxs Project Nata wants to remove the
ame controer competey, eavin ony the amers actua body movements to uide the experience.
The Prodct
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Qalit is Core
Whie many brands incorrecty view the youth market as cauht up in fashy trends, quaity products
are what utimatey ain their purchase and oyaty.
QuALity evokes Love
Whie Appe, Sony and Nike a make seriousy styish and innovative products, they are Miennias
avorite brands because they have become synonymous with quaity. In describin the brands that
Miennias ove, quaity was the #1 trait cited by a andside.*
Longevity creAtes vALue
Creatin on-astin products may arey be out o ashion in avor o oerin cheaper aternatives,
but Miennias sti vaue onevity as a measure o quaity, vaue and sustainabiity. *Ony 11% oMiennias disareed that they woud not spend more or items that they knew woud ast..
exPectAtions not forgotten
For brands with products that meet and exceed consumer expectations, Miennias cry or quaity
is a reassurin messae. And or brands that overse, overhype and under deiver-- we, be warned.
Miennias are the savviest consumers ever. They are wary o ads and become more so when they
witness products not ivin up to their caims. They et recommendations rom riends, read reviews,
post on Facebook, chat on messae boards and do research onine. The truth doesnt escape theMiennia. The ony way to ain their trust is to deiver and do so consistenty.
When I purchase something, I want to know that its goingto last or a while. I dont know, maybe its just the nostalgiao getting things handed down to me rom my parents andgrandparents and the history they had but it makes me sadto think that our generations purchases wont go throughthe same ordeal everythings insta-use and once its used
its gone.
Brittney, 21, Seattle
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Eco is Nice
Despite widespread beie that Miennias are hihy eco-conscious, it is not a key drivin actor in
product choice.
eco AwAreness but not concern
Miennias may be concerned with the eects their iestye has on the environment but it doesnt
drive their day-to-day actions. Whie recycin and other eco-riendy actions may have become more
interated into their ives, it may be providin them a ase sense o their overa contributions to
environmenta issues. In act, ony 20% o respondents in the internationa study were concerned
about the eect their iestye has on the environment.*
convenientLy conscious
Miennias want to ee as thouh they are makin as itte neative impact on the word as possibe
as on as it doesnt chane their iestyes drasticay. They view the responsibiity to move towards
reener iestyes to ie with businesses creatin reener products, rather than with the individua.
When these products t their needs and are convenient to use, they wi make a switch i its cost-
eective and non-intrusive.
gooD for Profits sAke
In creatin their businesses, one o the initia oas Miennias had was to create a mode that is
both eco-riendy and conscientious. They keyed in on business modes ike Toms Shoes to interate a
positive word contribution with saes. However, as they urther expored costs and business pannin,
Ecooy and humanitarian causes became ess o a ocus. Utimatey, Miennias see vaue in positive
messain when it heps with the core sein proposition and brand DNA, but were reuctant to
acknowede the useuness o these components beyond that initia context.
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Celebrit = Overpriced Manneqins
Miennias reconize the visibiity that many ceebrities can brin to a brand, but ee that companies
are ooish to ore orma reationships with ceebrities. Why? The averae Miennia cannot identiywith the averae pop ceebrity.
Direct enDorsement is tAboo
Whie unsoicited pubicity (ike spottin Scarett Johansson wearin TOMS shoes) is seen as
acceptabe, Miennias view the usae o ceebrities directy in advertisements as taboo. *It ees
orced, ake and totay inauthentic. **In the virtua companies conducted in both london and
Seatte or this study, both roups opposed ivin ceebrities paid endorsements but reconized
their pop imae vaue.
roLe moDeLs fALL fLAt
Chares Barkey ot it riht neary 20 years ao when he said, Im not a roe mode... Just because
I dunk a basketba doesnt mean I shoud raise your kids. In a word where ceebrities character
faws and mistakes surace on a daiy basis, even the most seeminy sae endorsers ater. Mostrecenty, Tier Woods et a roster o bi name brands scrambin ater his word came tumbin
down. Some o the words most proic brands coudnt have predicted his pubic demise. His a
rom marketers race ceary outines that no ceebrity is sae rom potentia scorn, scandas or
misortune. Miennias reconize this and wi avoid it when eadin their own companies.
chArActers connect
Whie ceebrities ai to connect with Miennias, the characters they pay are sinicanty better. This
is due to the act that the reationship Miennias have with a ceebrity is reay with the character that
he or she pays. Oten times those ceebrities persona personas bear itte to no resembance. This is
evident in the success o Seth MacFaranes Cavacade o Cartoon Comedy Shorts he did or Priceineand Burer Kin where Miennia-created and shared pop cuture memes and characters were used
to convey the thouht o the advertisement eectivey. Characters rom TV shows ike Fiht o the
Concords (HP), Macgruber (Pepsi), and NBCs Community (TurboTax) have recenty been used in
advertisements portrayin the character they pay on TV, rather than themseves. The connection that
Miennias have with characters aso reveas why YouTube and other smaer stars now oten resonate
with this audience more than a muti-miionaire proessiona entertainer.
The Marketing
I the paparazzi were to catch Victoria Beckham in ourclothes I would be completely fne with that shes the kindo person that we want in our clothes. But to actually comeout and advertise using her as a model would only alienateour audience.
Becky, London, age 25
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Interaction Kes ConnectionNot surprisiny, a eneration that innatey consumes, creates and participates in media is easiy
turned o by one-way communications and brands that dont deepy interact with them.
commerciALs Dont convert
Miennias view most commercias as simpe notications, supercia media or watchin without
any rea enaement. Commercias hep them remember that a brand or product sti exists but wont
necessariy drive them to buy. In act, ony 17.7% o Miennias aree that their avorite TV spot ed
them to purchase the advertised product. These ackuster resuts combined with the act that most
ads are ast-orwarded or inored prove that Miennias are hard to sway usin traditiona media that
doesnt promote interaction.
incLusion buiLDs efficAcy
Not a marketin and advertisements are viewed as ineective by Miennias thouh. To be eective,
campains need to invite Miennias into the process and aow them to et invoved with the
brand on a deeper eve. User-generated Ads, Facebook Brand Paes, Twitter and a host o new
technooies have opened up doors or Miennias to have diaoues with brands. Miennias now
expect to be abe to interact with companies to participate and promote the products and brands
they are passionate about and theyre not turnin back. Even typicay one-way communication ike
commercias are expected to enae and invite vs. push and persuade.
exPeriences engAge
Miennias ive in a 360 deree word where media beeds toether seamessy. They dont seediita, print and TV as distinct individua channes separated rom their physica ives. As ines
continue to bur, content is becomin more and more pervasive, and mobie. The best recent exampe
o this usion is the iPad, an a-in-one print, diita and video experience oten used outside o
the home.
Because theyve rown up in such a diita word, Miennias vaue tanibe experiences to make a
enuine connection with products and brands. **Successu companies wi earn that 360 does not
mean utiizin every channe, but requires creatin a pan that meres and connects with Miennias
fuidy at severa ie touch points. Nike+is a reat exampe o a patorm that combines a device,
community and diita resources toether with products to add true vaue to runners ives.
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Peer-to-Peer Drives Infence
Miennias distrust in advertisin and dismissa o typica ad noise make impactin their behavior
throuh commercia messaes increasiny dicut. Peers remain as the one reiabe source to break
throuh and infuence this over-stimuated eneration.
worD-of-mouth trusteD to inform
Miennias innatey distrust commercias and understand that many brands wi oten say anythin
in an attempt to win their waets. At the same time, there have never been more resources to
research product choices thanks to riends on Facebook, a oba onine community via Twitter, peer
product reviews or a host o other toos. Miennias reaize that every commercia caim can be easiy
investiated beore makin a purchase and they wi utiize a avaiabe toos in order to do so. Not
surprisiny, word-o-mouth was the #1 preerred pace to receive news and inormation about products,
with neary as many Miennias preerrin it (43%) to TV (26%) and Web Paes (22%) combined.*
Peers DeLiver reLevAnce
Not ony does WOM ive Miennias a method to vaidate caims, but it aso enabes them to earn
about products and services rom peers who can end perspective and reevance. Whether ookin
or noves or their book cub, parentin inormation rom a youn parents messae board or a new
set o skis rom their Facebook Ski group, Miennias have easiy accessibe resources to earn about
purchases rom peope who best understand their needs. likewise, Miennias proactivey seek to te
others about products they ove and do so eectivey as they share inormation about the product in a
way that matters to them as individuas, not throuh mass marketin messain.
recommenDAtions Drive behAviorThe trust and reevance Miennias have with peer-to-peer communications, and the outets
Miennias have or communicatin throuh them, makes peer recommendations a hot commodity in
marketin any product. Whie TV can sti ive a ot o round cover and drive awareness or brands, it
is word-o-mouth recommendations that have the reatest infuence over purchasin behavior.**
The reason why Apple marketing is widely successul isbecause it merges giving an overview o the product in acompelling manner with constant reminders that it existsthrough press releases around the hype that the producthas produced (e.g. the wait lines or stores to open). Thiscombination creates an event only open or a certainamount o time which drives the desire to get involvedand become part o a larger group.
- Gordana, London, age 26
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Whie the past decade ushered in new chaenes that companies are scrambin to et their headaround, the next decade wi require that businesses make are scae chanes to the way theyoperate. Whie previous are shits in media and deveopments in technooy have evoved the aceo bi business, the ame stayed the same in many ways. Manuacturin advanced, the media shited
sihty but the ormua remained the same. Create a decent product that serves a are consumerneed, deiver enouh reach and requency to et peope to buy it, rinse and repeat.
So, whats chaned now? We, everythin, and it wi ony keep evovin. Chane may beunderestimated by most and ikey uncear to every business , but when ookin at Miennias beies,its obvious that the od ormua o business wi not rein in the uture. Miennia Inc is a rea-time,two-way, customized, coaborative and merit-based business where brands and consumers orm cosereationships and have expectations o one another that more cosey resembe those with riends orreatives than with a oba conomerate.
So how does a business evove to become more ike Miennia Inc? Here are ten core principes thatsuccessu business wi adhere to:
enAbLe oPen coLLAborAtion Across the orgAnizAtion. Remove sios and enabediverse cross-unctiona teams
Ask for more from every emPLoyee.Continuay present new chaenes and aow orrapid rowth or those who perorm
vALue iDeAs over exPerience.Seek out and reconize ood ideas wherever they exist in youreco-system, whether rom the CEO, mai room cerk, suppier or even customer
engineer humAnity.Utiize technooy to make products more customized, communicationsmore persona and consumers ives more enhanced
Dont skimP on QuALity. Consumers wi quicky avoid those products that ai to meet theirexpectations and have meaphones to ensure their thouhts are heard
integrAte resPonsibiLity into the core of the business.Dont ive back- be acompany with a mission beyond just prots
be genuine.Dont hide behind ceebrity personas- ocus on connectin to individua consumersand communities in ways that are authentic, reevant and meaninu
think 2-wAy.Partner with consumers across a areas o the business- ive and breathetransparency and open communication
foster ADvocAcy.Buid products and create marketin that invites consumers to share andeveraes word-o-mouth, the most infuentia source o inormation
chAnge. I your business is not continuay searchin, evovin and ndin new ways to do thins,you wont keep up
The Ftre o Bsiness
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Just needed
a chaneBetter
Saary
Appea o
industry/position
Reasons Wh Millennials Soght Ot Their Last Job
Amongst Peers in the workPLAce
I preer someone ese to make
the decisions, I dont need
to et invoved
I preer to be part o a team
that makes decisions on a
consensus basis
I preer to have the abiity to
make decisions myse with
itte input rom others
Millennials Preerred Approach to Decision Making
More senior
position
Benets/
Perks
34%
37%
27%27%
18%16%
12%9% 9%
12%
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
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Companies Millennials Aspire to Work ForFiure 4
18%
13%
3%2%
1% 1% 1%
3%
1% 1%
gooe
Micros
otDisn
eyApp
eWam
art Pixar
RedC
ross MTV
Faceb
ookNike
5%
8%
4%
3%2% 1% 1% 1%
3%
1%
NHS gooe
Microso
t BBC
governm
ent Virin
Disney Pixa
rApp
e Sony
uk
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IfIbuysomething,Iwantittolast.IcanjustifytheexpenseofsomethingthatsabitmorepriceyifIknowitlllastmemorethanaseasonortwo.
Kim,24,London
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DisAgree highLy
30%
I am concerned abot m personal
impact on the environment
neutrAL Agree highLy
50%20%
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No,werenotusingcelebrities...Icantidentifywiththeaveragecelebritycanyou?Howcouldweaskourcustomerbaseto!?"
Jake,Seattle,age28
Celebs as SpokespeoplePercent of millennials who would
use stars to advertise
yes no
60%
40%
Celebrit or CharacterIcon Millennials identify with more
chArActer ceLebrity
70%
30%
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A great ad will impact m
prchase decision
highLy
DisAgree
36.5%
45.8%
17.7%
neither
Agree nor
DisAgree
highLy
Agree
Ilovefashmobsorcommercialsthattalkaboutconceptsratherthanproducts;botharearefreshingchangetomarketingandmakemefeellikeImpartofsomethingbyengagingmeratherthaninundatingme.Iwouldntsayeitherreallyhelpsmebuyaproductmyfriendsdothatbuttheydoremindmeandmyfriendsthatthosecompaniesexistandwarrantsomeinvestigation.
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Word o mouth recommendations infuence me more than TV adverts
neither Agree
or DisAgree
Agree DisAgree (8-9)
48%38%
Preerred Method or Receiving News/
Inormation Arond Prodcts
43%
Fiure 10
WordoM
outh TV
26%
22%
5%
2%
1% 0% 0%
Webpae
s
Newspap
ers/
maazin
es Radio
RSSeed
s
leafets/f
yers
Podcasts
Word o Moth in Relations to TV
15%
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Research Methodolog
As Franz Boas the randather o modern anthropooic science woud say: a coection o data
rom every aspect is the most important eement in understandin cuture. In attemptin to stay true
to his thouhts, Intrepid and Mr Youth sourced their data or this study rom 3 dierent methodooies
and an assortment o Miennia minds. These incuded an ethnoraphy o an oranicay-buit onine
community, a set o consecutive ocus roup think-tanks and a quantitative survey conducted across a
arer popuation o Miennias. Each component was used in tandem to shape the questions we askedthrouhout the research and corroborate the empirica insihts that we arrived upon.
To reach our utimate oa o understandin the underyin interactions between Miennias and the
consumer word, each stae o research was used to sowy buid the Miennia mindstate and cariy
how their thouht process worked. The diita ethnoraphy ave us their environment; the Virtua
Company aowed us to observe their perspective on modern business; and the quantitative survey
ave us the chance to test and conrm our hypotheses.
THIS STuDy WAS CONDuCTED IN 3 PHASES:
DIgITAl ETHNOgRAPHY
VIRTUAl COMPANIES
QUANTITATIVE SURVEY
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DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHyStructure
1 ONlINE COMMUNITY - HTTP://MIllENIAlSINC.NINg.COM/
377 MIllENNIAlS AgES RANgINg FROM 18 TO 32
2 MONTHS OF ENgAgEMENT
Weeky enaements throuh orum topics
Semi weeky enaements throuh bo topics
TOPICS COVERED
Job huntin
First job
Continued education
Entrepreneuriaism
Over a two month period o time, Miennias rom around the word were recruited to join MienniasOnine and to be sociaized with a roup o their peers to enae in various activities. This stae o
the research primariy served as structure. We covered top-o-mind subjects such as urtherin their
education, job-huntin ater coee and rst jobs to et Miennias to tak amonst themseves and
become enaed. This aowed us the abiity to both aue what the Miennia mindstate was and
position the community or recruitment into the board o directors or the virtua companies.
This e o the research showed us that the Miennia popuation was inquisitive and skeptica o the
way past enerations conormed.
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VIRTuAL COMPANIESStructure
2 MIllENNIAl BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1 london, UK based (7 Miennias)
1 Seatte, WA USA based (6 Miennias)
3 CONSECUTIVE ENgAgEMENTS
1 per week over a 3 week period
TOPICS COVERED
Product deveopment
Brandin
Advertisin
Business cuture
Oranizationa behavior
Company structure
From the Miennias Onine community, two seect teams were chosen to provide a robust coaboration
o viewpoints or three ocus roup think tanks where they woud buid the idea Miennia-run business.
Each session woud have its own theme and buid on the ast, sowy deveopin their concept. In the rst
week both roups covered desired businesses ideas, coaborated on a venture and structured their product
oerin. The ideas teams came up with were a-encompassin (reen, oca, humanitarian, crowdsourced,
poiticay-minded, persona, etc). However, it became evident eary on that many o these eatures were not
mandatory, but were nice-to-have considerations.
Week two covered messain propositions. This is when the strenth o enaement in non-traditiona
media and the ack o immersion in passive advertisements were discussed at enth. A marketin
campains the Miennias deveoped stemmed rom community cuture experiences and were deepy rooted
in word-o-mouth techniques. Brandin aso notaby payed ess o a roe here, which oreshadowed ater
data that suests a diminishin strateic need or brandin amonst the Miennia popuation.
The na week expored company structure and oranizationa behavior. In ainin their business
mode to their core oerin, Miennias chose a bottom-up advancement structure and merit-based
acknowedement pan over the traditiona mode. This choice oriinated rom a ack o connection
participants observed in the marketpace between the products themseves and many o the companiesbehind them.
Throuhout these sessions, observations about interactions were aso made. Amonst themseves and
without stimuus to do so, the Miennias took on an eaitarian mante indicative o their community
orientation and desire or peer-to-peer enaement. This undamenta basis woud be seen resonatin
throuhout the remainder o the research.
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QuANTITATIVE SuRVEyStructure
1 20 MINUTE SURVEY WITH MIllENNIAlS RANgINg FROM
18 TO 32 FROM THE US AND UK
812 COMPlETES
TOPICS COVERED
Career attitudes
Brandin/messain preerences
Work environment
Communication/interaction preerences
Tech usae
Poitica activism
loca awareness/association
Ecooica/ethica ainment
Ater deveopin Miennias Inc and reviewin business creation with the board o directors in the
virtua companies, vaidation was needed to corroborate the insihts ound. To do so, 812 Miennias
in the US and UK were surveyed onine over a two week period. This e o the research dried
urther into the Miennia mindstate and addressed many subjects, strenthenin some hypotheses
and annuin others. Amon these annuments were the noted sinuarities within the roups around
poitica activism, ocaization, and humanitarian coaboration that were not refected by the broader
data. Conrmations have been presented in the body o this whitepaper itse.
27%52%
21%
Emploment Stats
fuLL time emPLoyeD
43%
25%
12%
8%
6%
4%2%
PArt time emPLoyeD
stuDent
emPLoyeD & stuDying
seLf emPLoyeD
unemPLoyeD
other
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Annal Income uK
0 to
15,000
36%
15,000 to
25,99926,000 to
39,999
40,000 to
69,999More than
70,000
36%
19%
9%
1%
Annal Income uS
$0-25,000
45%
$25,000-
$40,000
$40,000-
$56,000
$56,000-
$75,000
greater than
$75,000
25%
13%
6%
11%
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Crrent Marital Stats
current mAritAL stAtus
Divorced
40%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Separated Unmarriedpartners
Married Sine
45%
50%
Crrent Nmber o Children
current number of chiLDren
0
80%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
1 2 to 3 4 or more
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Level o Edcation
29% 25%21%
12%6% 4% 2%
Bachelorsd
egree
HighSchool
Proession
al/
vocational
qualifcation
Mastersde
gree
Associatesd
egree
O
ther
Doctoratedegree