Short motivational monologue (YouTube video) arguing that the best time to set a bold business vision is during economic upheaval. The speaker cites well-known companies and figures—Walt Disney, GE, Apple, Oprah—as examples that started in hard times and claims successful founders eliminate the old guard by doing something radically different to serve customers rather than improving incrementally.
This is the time when you set a vision. This is the time when you decide how it's going to be. You look at the most successful brands and the most successful companies right now around the world. Guess when they started. During pandemics, during global financial crises, during depressions, during upset. Walt Disney, ge, Apple, Oprah, all these extraordinary businesses all started in hard times because they said you don't go out and try and do incrementally better. You eliminate the old guard by doing something radically different that serves the customer. Do you guys get that?
