✨ FAMOUS QUOTES THAT COMPLETELY MISSED THE MARK!✨




TALK ABOUT MISSING THE MARK!!

The many reasons entrepreneurs need to just plough through with their ideas:

(via Vala Afshar)

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." —Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

"Television won't last. It's a flash in the pan." —Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio broadcasts, 1948

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” —Ken Olson, founder of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977

"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys." —Chief engineer British Post Office, 1876

"The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty - a fad" Michigan Savings Bank, 1903

"The idea that cavalry will be replaced by these iron (tank) coaches is absurd." British Military Commander, 1916

"The telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication." Western Union, 1876

"There is no chance the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance." Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, 2007

"Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems." Marty Cooper, Inventor, 1981

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