Bill Maris

There's still someone back there taking a picture.

There's still someone back there taking a picture.

And then let's go just four years later to another inauguration.

And then let's go just four years later to another inauguration.

And if we look closely, it's quite a bit different because now everybody's got a camera.

And if we look closely, it's quite a bit different because now everybody's got a camera.

Everybody's got a camera.

Everybody's got a camera.

And this was kind of before cameras were mushed into cell phones.

And this was kind of before cameras were mushed into cell phones.

It was kind of around that time it was starting to happen.

It was kind of around that time it was starting to happen.

But that's not the most interesting thing about this photo, because in this crowd is someone who, to his friends I'm sure, seemed insane, who also did glimpse the future.

But that's not the most interesting thing about this photo, because in this crowd is someone who, to his friends I'm sure, seemed insane, who also did glimpse the future.

And if we look closely, this gentleman has decided to, I don't know, live stream or record the inauguration on his laptop.

And if we look closely, this gentleman has decided to, I don't know, live stream or record the inauguration on his laptop.

He knew something that those around him didn't know, which is one of the things that I've always looked for in entrepreneurs is they know a secret about the future that most of us don't believe.

He knew something that those around him didn't know, which is one of the things that I've always looked for in entrepreneurs is they know a secret about the future that most of us don't believe.

Let's fast forward to 2007.

Let's fast forward to 2007.