Nothin' But A Dreamer

In the words of the band Supertramp; "Nothin' but a dreamer" could best describe me and most entrepreneurs. Without dreamers would we have had Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Alva Edison and Henry Ford? The answer is no. The dream is the beginning. Once we dream it then we must believe it will happen. It is our passion to see our dream become reality that allows us to persevere through diversity and make our dream a reality. But how often are our dreams selfish?

If we look back at the worlds most successful dreamers like the three listed above, how much of an impact have their dreams had on society and our way of life? With the inventions of electric light, the telephone, the affordable automobile the lives of everyday people were improved creating employment, better living conditions and longer healthier lives. Now I know you may be saying yes Ray but these people were inventors. Yes they were but so were the people who came before them who spurred their inventions with failure after failure. It is said that the Wright brothers didn't invent the first flight, they were just the first to properly market flight and it is their names that live on in infamy.

All or most of the greatest inventors were great marketeers and business people. This is their legacy to the entrepreneurs. To be great isn't always about being the first inventor but rather first to market with a better reinvention of an old idea.