The Perils Of Extrapolation: Who Knows What The Next Disruptive ...

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 10/21/2009 - 05:40

There are all sorts of "lessons" that you hear concerning entrepreneurship, but the one that has always struck me as being the most reasonable and valuable is:

Be adaptable

People who haven't built a company think that it's "the plan" or "the idea" that matters.

That's almost never the case. Look at nearly every successful startup, and their business has little (if anything) to do with their initial plan.

Google was going to sell search appliances...


 

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