Talking of Startups - Bill Gross Wisdom

Bill Gross from Idealabs has always been one of my business and tech heroes. Bill has & is been a founder of hundreds of companies many of which have sold for millions and billions of dollars. His TED talk is one I have recommended time and again to several friends. This six-minute talk is packed with the wisdom of the lessons he learned from trying to answer the curious question on what makes startups successful? This one is worth listening to:

To summarize - it's best to quote Bill from the talk:

The idea matters a lot. But timing might matter even more. And the best way to really assess timing is to really look at whether consumers are really ready for what you have to offer them. And to be really, really honest about it, not be in denial about any results that you see, because if you have something you love, you want to push it forward, but you have to be very, very honest about that factor on timing".