How did Michaelangelo sculpt the Pieta? How did a deaf Beethoven compose his famous 9th Symphony? How did Van Gogh paint Starry Night? Where did these things come from? According to Steve Blank:
They’re visions. And founders do the exact same thing. Its not about code, it’s not even about customers, it’s about a vision of what could be.
You could view this as either inspirational or disheartening. You might think, “Well, I could never carve the Pieta or paint Starry Night; I’m not an artist, so I can never be an entrepreneur.” Or, you could take the far more logical approach: vision is just imagination plus conviction. Everyone has a wild imagination. Anyone can imagine the future. Ask any child. All it takes is the conviction to bring what you’ve imagined to life. Very inspirational. See the whole clip here:
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