03/26/2024
Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, and Google, were all built by teams with a technical co-founder - an essential element to most successful startups. They were passionate founders who understood that there was a hole in the market and they could fill the gap, gaining a large market share as a result.
Well, Mark Zuckerberg didn't think of filling a market gap at first. Facebook started as a way to rate and meet girls at Harvard. But he and his co-founders saw how quickly it took off, they had the skills to take it further, Zuckerberg dropped out of school to work on it, and they made something of it. Now, can we imagine how life would be without Facebook?
But the other guys, they knew what they wanted, they realized their potential, were able to build it, and set themselves on a constant path of growth - for themselves and their companies.
Sometimes, the market doesn't know what they need. Sometimes they do. Microsoft and Apple were brand new innovations that the market didn't know they needed. They generated demand. People weren't screaming for Uber to be happen, but they made it a unicorn nevertheless.
Yes - idea validation is very important, but sometimes, you've gotta be a visionary and create something completely new.
