The Devlin Reminder Thats
10,000 Years Old:
by
Matthew Moody
Business
In Creative Design-
01/08/2015
Devlin
was a lot more enlightening that he knew.
The
notes I recall: I am grateful that brought up that any one can have
success (even the 11th
son of a successful family). Also that, even though you have all
these people around you, there are still ideas to make money off of
(again- very goo 11th
son).
He
also elaborated on a fact that I was no aware: BYU Business grads CAN
succeed. This is good news. And no, I will not apologize for that!
He
also mention Paul Gramm and his books and lectures, all of which are
very good and everyone who plans on ever opening a business should
give them a listen.
And,
finally, he came to the matter at hand. He answered the big
question.
The
question that I knew I wanted to ask Devlin, and he answered it with
the 10,000 year old paradigm that has always been the business model:
what was your idea?
The
answer: he looked for a problem, and he fixed it. Then he shared it
with people in trade for goods and services.
When
man first saw his problems in ages past- the dark, the cold, hunger,
thirst, etc.- he looked around and he had an idea.
Fire
makes light, so, my idea: if I have fire, I can see in the dark.
I
can get warm by covering my skin-
I
see the animals eating things. I can eat those too. And, hey, I
could probably eat the animal as well.
Water
quenches thirst. I know. If I'm always near water, I will never be
thirsty. And there will always be animals nearby, and plants.
And
all business stems from this same simple pattern: here is a problem.
I have an idea. I fix the problem with this idea. Now I share it
with everyone else for a small fee.
An
oversimplification probably.
But
no less true, and inspirational.
Devlin,
it turns out, is responsible for the Canvas education software (which
makes him awesome), and I don't mind saying that a better solution
for handling online class work was sorely needed and I am glad he
came along.
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