If Everyone Played It Safe, We Wouldn't

Seeking An Acquisition From The Start Is More Than Just Bad Advice For An Entrepreneur. For The Entrepreneur It Leads To Short Term Tactical Decisions Rather Than Company-building Decisions And In My View Often Reduces The Probability Of Success.

It Is Important In Any Population To Have An Ecosystem Around Start-up Ideas To Leverage The Most Out Of Them Such An Ecosystem Needs Developing And Most Of This Is About Giving Entrepreneurs Confidence.

Letting The Perfect Be The Enemy Of The Good Is One Of The Reasons We Have A Coal-dependent Infrastructure, With The Resulting Environmental Impact That All Of Us Can See. I Suspect Environmentalists, Through Their Opposition Of Nuclear Power, Have Caused More Coal Plants To Be Built Than Anybody. And Those Coal Plants Have Emitted More Radioactive Material From The Coal Than Any Nuclear Accident Would Have.

Religion Asks You To Believe Things Without Questioning, And Technology And Science Always Encourage You To Ask Hard Questions And Why It Is Important In Science And Technology. So I Was Always Interested In Science And Technology.

Any Problem Is An Opportunity. The Bigger The Problem, The Bigger The Opportunity.