Here is an excerpt taken from Fortune Magazine with a Q & A with Jim Collins. Jim Collins in his book Good to Great spoke about having Big Hairy Audacious Goals. In this Q&A, Collins says not to obsess on finding the “great idea.” In fact, their research shows a somewhat negative correlation between pioneering a great idea and building a great company. Many of the greatest started with either no great idea or even failed ideas. He goes on to say that many started with a relationship before the idea and uses people like Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard as an example. Their big idea was simply to work together the rest followed. Proving that relationships count more than the big ideas. Having big dreams is the easy part the challenge is building relationships that make those ideas worth something.
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What is your big idea and who can you build a relationship with to bring that idea into fruition?
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