Brendan Wood

really look up to people who have a vision and who have grit like those are the things that i admire the most people who strongly believe something should exist and they're just going to go make that happen regardless of what the naysayers say and there are a lot of naysayers when you try to do something new especially when you ask people for their support and one of the metrics that i've come across to help identify something truly new is if you pitch something and the answer you get is oh yeah i understand what you're doing but it doesn't look like a market exists for that

If I get that answer, I'm like, that's because it's probably generally new. It may be that it doesn't exist for a reason because it's a terrible idea. But if the market doesn't exist and nobody really understands what the application is, but the person has a bit of vision and they think there's something there and they're going to go explore that, that is the epitome of entrepreneurship.

If I get that answer, I'm like, that's because it's probably generally new. It may be that it doesn't exist for a reason because it's a terrible idea. But if the market doesn't exist and nobody really understands what the application is, but the person has a bit of vision and they think there's something there and they're going to go explore that, that is the epitome of entrepreneurship.

If I get that answer, I'm like, that's because it's probably generally new. It may be that it doesn't exist for a reason because it's a terrible idea. But if the market doesn't exist and nobody really understands what the application is, but the person has a bit of vision and they think there's something there and they're going to go explore that, that is the epitome of entrepreneurship.

And I just love it. I can admire and respect some aspects of people's personality while not appreciating others. Steve Jobs is a great example of that.

And I just love it. I can admire and respect some aspects of people's personality while not appreciating others. Steve Jobs is a great example of that.

And I just love it. I can admire and respect some aspects of people's personality while not appreciating others. Steve Jobs is a great example of that.

his initial vision along with was of creating graphical user interfaces and computers and defining that entire market and then the eventual comeback with the reinvention of apple and the creation of the ipod like just incredible just creating things left and right that nobody thought were doable

his initial vision along with was of creating graphical user interfaces and computers and defining that entire market and then the eventual comeback with the reinvention of apple and the creation of the ipod like just incredible just creating things left and right that nobody thought were doable

his initial vision along with was of creating graphical user interfaces and computers and defining that entire market and then the eventual comeback with the reinvention of apple and the creation of the ipod like just incredible just creating things left and right that nobody thought were doable

One of the things I like about that was like the story of the iPod and how it was created and how Apple knew exactly what was needed to make a successful product with the iPod before the technology was even there. Like they knew the core problem was storage density at a reasonable price. And as soon as they found that, it was like, it's go time.

One of the things I like about that was like the story of the iPod and how it was created and how Apple knew exactly what was needed to make a successful product with the iPod before the technology was even there. Like they knew the core problem was storage density at a reasonable price. And as soon as they found that, it was like, it's go time.

One of the things I like about that was like the story of the iPod and how it was created and how Apple knew exactly what was needed to make a successful product with the iPod before the technology was even there. Like they knew the core problem was storage density at a reasonable price. And as soon as they found that, it was like, it's go time.

They bought the entire world supply of mini hard drives because they knew exactly what to do with it. Another example would be Tolkien. I only found this out recently, but he worked on Lord of the Rings for 14 years. before he finished it. And he did like a whole three books in one go. It was intended to be one large volume. Even after he got that done, his publisher wouldn't publish it.

They bought the entire world supply of mini hard drives because they knew exactly what to do with it. Another example would be Tolkien. I only found this out recently, but he worked on Lord of the Rings for 14 years. before he finished it. And he did like a whole three books in one go. It was intended to be one large volume. Even after he got that done, his publisher wouldn't publish it.

They bought the entire world supply of mini hard drives because they knew exactly what to do with it. Another example would be Tolkien. I only found this out recently, but he worked on Lord of the Rings for 14 years. before he finished it. And he did like a whole three books in one go. It was intended to be one large volume. Even after he got that done, his publisher wouldn't publish it.

He spent years trying to get this thing published. And I guess fantasy genre didn't really exist, but the publisher didn't think it would sell. And as evidence of this, like the reason why there's three books for it was like risk mitigation on part of the publishers. They were like, we're not sure we can sell 2000 pages of this. We're going to sell a third of that

He spent years trying to get this thing published. And I guess fantasy genre didn't really exist, but the publisher didn't think it would sell. And as evidence of this, like the reason why there's three books for it was like risk mitigation on part of the publishers. They were like, we're not sure we can sell 2000 pages of this. We're going to sell a third of that

He spent years trying to get this thing published. And I guess fantasy genre didn't really exist, but the publisher didn't think it would sell. And as evidence of this, like the reason why there's three books for it was like risk mitigation on part of the publishers. They were like, we're not sure we can sell 2000 pages of this. We're going to sell a third of that

14 years of work only to have people tell you that, what, probably there's no market for this, no one's going to buy it. But then powering through it anyway, like, ton of respect for that. I mean, I mentioned Plaid earlier. I have a ton of respect for the founders of Plaid, Zach Paré, Will Hockey. I actually had lunch with Will back in 2013, shortly after they raised their round.