30 Days of Genius- Kevin Rose

Kevin's words are in bold. My personal comments are in italics. 

• "Go after the space with no competition"
• Very much like what Peter Thiel advocates- competition is for losers. If all the big players and best entrepreneurs are tackling one market, why would you try to go after that? 
• Kevin did social media years ago, before others were doing it. Now he's in the luxury watch market. Because there is no one at his level in that market, so that's enough of a reason to go after it. He can have an impact there that is much more tangible and attainable than in a crowded space. 

• "The best founders are the ones that see something before anyone else"
• This isn't trackable in the moment, but so clear after the fact. Founders disagree with something in the world wholeheartedly, and this is often proven through the story of the company's founding.
• Uber was on AngelList trying to raise money because no investor would believe in what they were doing. 

• "I want my Wikipedia page to have a list of so many failures. The fun in life is launching something no one else has done before. Because who cares?"
• Wow- one of my favorite lines in this entire series. Let's dissect sentence by sentence.
• 1) How cool is this! A list of a bunch of failures, perhaps punctuated by a few successes, likely in dozens of industries, to describe a career. Every few years your life is in a different arena.
• 2) If you're someone who agrees with this, that is an intense and risk-laden statement. Because launching something no one else has done before means, innately, that you will fail. And sometimes be poor. And often be mocked. But if you can handle all that- then the fun in life is totally about starting things no one else has before.
• 3) WHO CARES! As long as you can feed yourself and you're not doing anything evil, nobody cares what you're doing or thinking of believing. Or if they do care and they do negatively judge, then you should not care.

• "Founders have an internal drive that something must exist, and that comes from a very creative place."
• Founders have this idea, deep inside themselves. They see the end product (if there is really ever such a thing) and work through the creative process to go from nonexistence to reality.

• "What can be most beneficial is something different"
• If you're in a rut, or you're looking for creative ideas within your discipline, or feel stuck- try doing something very different. Completely unrelated to your focus. That can create inspiration in the field of your main focus.
• Creativity begets creativity.