Carlos Watson on why entrepreneurs love a blank page: the freedom to build something from nothing. He turned a digital series into broadcast TV and created an offline festival for his audience, both starting from scratch with no script to follow.
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I really like a blank sheet of paper. I know not everyone else does, and I know sometimes it can be intimidating to think, where do you start? And is this right or wrong? But I. If you like blank sheets of paper, if you like getting to create something afresh, if that doesn't scare you, but that actually kind of pulls you towards it, and you love the idea of kind of building something new that wasn't there before, then I will tell you that being an entrepreneur is one of the most wonderful things possible. There is nothing like going from a blank sheet of paper to a big win. And whether that's the site getting launched, whether that's thinking about ways to get people to fall in love, and millions of people doing that. Last year, we launched our very first TEC television show, meaning we took some of our digital series and turned it into a television show and sold that. Whether that's been creating an offline experience, meaning a big festival where people who were reading and watching and listening to Ozzy could come in and enjoy all of that has been terrific. And I think, as much as I could have guessed that I would enjoy it, I think for some of us there's a particular joy. If that turns out to be you, I think entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial opportunities could be terrific.