BT Alumni Fellows Association

Entrepreneurship is a strange, paradoxical journey. For many founders, the constant sense of urgency often stems from the belief that they are already behind—that their groundbreaking idea is so obvious the world must surely be on the verge of embracing it. Yet, time and again, the reality proves to be the opposite: they are not too late. They are too early. And in many ways, that’s the curse of the entrepreneur. The World Should Already Work This Way The origin of every great entrepreneurial idea lies in a founder’s vision of how the world should work. It’s an insight so clear, so obvious to them, that it’s hard to comprehend why the rest of the world hasn’t caught up. For the founder, this can create a nagging doubt: Am I too late? Has someone else already started solving this problem? After all, if it’s obvious to me, shouldn’t it be obvious to everyone? But the reality is different. Most revolutionary ideas come into the world before their time. The founder’s insight migh...