Thinking big is only one part of being a successful entrepreneur.
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I think if you're an entrepreneur, you've got to dream big and then dream bigger.
It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful.
For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.'
I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent.
It takes the same effort to think small than to think big. But to think big frees you from the insignificant details.
Entrepreneurs, by disposition, are built to think big. When a role no longer affords those opportunities, it might be best to leave it in capable hands and move on.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big?
Some people make their choice on size. I happen to not be a believer in that. I've often said, especially in an industry that's clamoring for growth, if I wanted size, I wouldn't have divested $8 billion of businesses.
Big companies have trouble with innovation. Innovation is about bad ideas, or ideas that look like bad ideas. That's the fundamental thing.
There are a lot of people building small ideas now. There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea.