Re:Tap Into Y Combinator's Contrarian Thinking
by mathattack on Thursday May 23, 2013 @02:24PM
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I like the core of Peter Thiel's comment. If you're not in the business, "Most people think X, I know 'Not X'" then you're not really an entrepreneur. Anything that is un-contrarian (maybe status quo is the better word) can be done at a large company better.
If Excel is the optimal spreadsheet, work at Microsoft.
If hotels are pretty good, work at Hilton.
If airlines just need some tweaking around the edges, go work at American Air. (Yikes!)
One can argue exactly how bold these places were in their contrarianism, but they still bucked the status quo. I couldn't have dreamed that AirBnB would have pulled it off.
If Excel is the optimal spreadsheet, work at Microsoft.
If hotels are pretty good, work at Hilton.
If airlines just need some tweaking around the edges, go work at American Air. (Yikes!)
One can argue exactly how bold these places were in their contrarianism, but they still bucked the status quo. I couldn't have dreamed that AirBnB would have pulled it off.