There is a popular scenario which I have personally experienced. A passionate young person imagined a beautiful application and took time to express it into the real world. On demonstrating it to an individual that has neither imagined nor expressed a product in the real world but has read countless blogs, the first question they receive is, 'what is your business model?'
Let us analyze the psychological impact of such a question. The young person was going through life and imagined a possibility. She took the time to meditate upon it and patiently brought it into the world in the form of a mobile application.
Whereas others see a developer, I see a parent that has brought a child into the world. The relationship a mother has with a child cannot be taken lightly. To ask her for a business model is similar to asking a mother what she will feed her child.
The women that hawk fruits on the streets of Kampala at the risk of imprisonment reveal the power of a child. They do not go through the inconveniences just to make money, they endure to provide for their children.
Countless young people have aborted their children because the elders of the tech community have rated them on a wrong standard. The question they might have never considered before, has now shot doubt through their walls of confidence.
As a way forward, I would like to suggest a new question, 'What is your vision?'
Hearing is easy, but listening is hard. We overestimate our intellect when we attempt to understand the minds of these young innovators in just a few minutes. Eloquence might not be their natural gift but given patience they can take you into their world.
In their world, you will see what they see. You will understand their motivation; whether its money or legacy. You will see the facts and assumptions, the strengths and weaknesses. In that moment, you will see your relevance in their visions.
Steve Jobs saw a bicycle for our minds and Mark Zuckerberg saw a social graph; none of them began by seeing business models. Study the people we have come to celebrate, and you will discover two things; vision and passion.
Investors and MBA graduates will all come to you because 'provision follows vision'. It is from that understanding that I say, 'F# business models'.
Your Truly
Felix Kitaka
(Tech Kojja)
Let us analyze the psychological impact of such a question. The young person was going through life and imagined a possibility. She took the time to meditate upon it and patiently brought it into the world in the form of a mobile application.
Whereas others see a developer, I see a parent that has brought a child into the world. The relationship a mother has with a child cannot be taken lightly. To ask her for a business model is similar to asking a mother what she will feed her child.
The women that hawk fruits on the streets of Kampala at the risk of imprisonment reveal the power of a child. They do not go through the inconveniences just to make money, they endure to provide for their children.
Countless young people have aborted their children because the elders of the tech community have rated them on a wrong standard. The question they might have never considered before, has now shot doubt through their walls of confidence.
As a way forward, I would like to suggest a new question, 'What is your vision?'
Hearing is easy, but listening is hard. We overestimate our intellect when we attempt to understand the minds of these young innovators in just a few minutes. Eloquence might not be their natural gift but given patience they can take you into their world.
In their world, you will see what they see. You will understand their motivation; whether its money or legacy. You will see the facts and assumptions, the strengths and weaknesses. In that moment, you will see your relevance in their visions.
Steve Jobs saw a bicycle for our minds and Mark Zuckerberg saw a social graph; none of them began by seeing business models. Study the people we have come to celebrate, and you will discover two things; vision and passion.
Investors and MBA graduates will all come to you because 'provision follows vision'. It is from that understanding that I say, 'F# business models'.
Your Truly
Felix Kitaka
(Tech Kojja)
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