Great line from this episode:
“You’re an explorer on the trail of untold riches; with almost no one in pursuit”
David Senrax.comGreat line from this episode: “You’re an explorer on the trail of untold riches; with almost no one in pursuit”
This is an important point. A lot of the most successful people, not just in startups but in many fields, do what they do because there's something they want to exist, or some mystery they want solved, and no one else is working on it.
Paul Grahamtwitter.comI’ve always believed the best early-stage founders are artists – they're obsessive about new and unusual things, they feel compelled to bring creation into the world, and they are often misunderstood for long periods of time–even lifetimes. Building businesses is their art.
Take entrepreneurship—not as a job title, but as the fundamental posture of business itself. The Austrian economists, particularly Israel Kirzner, recognized that entrepreneurship is essentially the act of recognizing value where others haven't seen it yet. This "entrepreneurial alertness" is less a calculated search and more an aesthetic
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