YES WE CAN innovate!

“Everything that can be invented has been already” - Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1899

People keep innovating. It’s part of what makes us human, we are constantly searching for ways to make our lives, everybody’s lives, better.
But not everybody is an innovator. Obviously Charles H. Duell wasn’t. Even before we decided to jump head first into founding our startup we have been constantly double guessing ourselves. “Will this work? Will people like it? This idea’s terrible!”. Somedays you feel like The World is Yours

and someday’s, well, you feel your idea is full of fail

and everybody just can’t stop telling you how bad it is . There are always people who “wont get it”. That’s fine. I believe that’s what separates the visionaries from the sheep.

“I see little commercial potential for the Internet for at least ten years.” – Bill Gates, 1994

Yeah, even successful, important people can fail to grasp the magnitude or the potential of certain things. So if you don’t believe in yourself, you’ve already lost. Forget prophets and doom-mongers. The only way to know if something is going to work or not is to try it.

So hang some motivational posters on the wall! Keep yourself focused! Believe in what you do! ‘Cause (almost) no one else will…

Start of second week at Tetuan Valley

Start of the second week at TetuanValley, and there are no signs of slowdown. Like the Spartan Agoge, the pace has proved to fast for some, and two teams just could not continue.

I know that those of us that remain are strengthened, you could tell just by watching the presentations. Where our first pitches were vague, after one weeks work on the project and @Alex Barrera's special mojo/coaching/advice I was actually exited by the project presentations this week. I understood their vision, and the project.

I believe the hardest thing about giving your pitch is realizing that people don't share your vision, not because they don't want to, just because you haven't explained it correctly. You're too close, the project is your baby and you take for granted too many things. So take nothing for granted. If you're exited by what you're doing, don't be afraid to show it, just make sure to tone down the technobabble...