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Think outside of your experience, or your disciplines. The most interesting ideas
come from the confluence, the intersections of disciplines. This is why people
with an artistic background who go into business succeed. They really do bring
something unique. The more boxes and points of context you have between
them, the better the ideas will be. We are drowning in information, and very
little knowledge.

—Fareed Zakaria, CNN host and New York Times bestselling author There is no evidence for what
has not been created yet; only insight, purpose, passion and a willingness to move into what could
be instead of what is…. Truly innovative companies are not afraid to let go and create the next
market shift.

—Christine Day, CEO of Luvo (from “The Best Business Advice You’ll Ever Get,” Entrepreneur,
July 2, 2014)

All of these [concepts] started as me working in my apartment building on
something I thought would be cool…. All are projects that turned into products
that turned into companies.

—Dennis Crowley, CEO of Foursquare (from “The Best Business Advice You’ll Ever Get,”
Entrepreneur, July 2, 2014) A lot of what is wrong with corporate America has to do with a
culture filled with antibodies trained to expel anything different. HR departments often want
cookie cutter employees, which inevitably results in cookie cutter solutions.

—Nolan Bushnell, engineer and entrepreneur (from “How Not to Turn Away the Next Steve Jobs,”
Inc., April 2, 2013)

When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re
nuts.

—Larry Ellison, cofounder of Oracle Corp.

Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he
struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and