Perfect problem. So he needed a way to sort of delineate problems. If you think about the world problems, you got the ones who are salt so that we can cover the solution. And may be a problem that symbiosis already figured out. Then you have the ones that are one reason or another are so lovable. We just dont have the ways to do it. But then theres a group in the middle of solvable problems that have not yet been solved. Jim so that is what i call the perfect problem because that in fact, is the focus of what i think the leadership is. In other words we are looking for a way to solve a problem that is solvable but has not been density going to have to be doing something new and you dont get a copy it. So what happened with jack, jack dorsey and i, while i hired jack when he was 15. It was a High School Student and came into work at a company that actually still have. I dont run any of my companies but i also never sell them. At some of this one has been around for 30 years. And jack an
It also has the caliber. 50 machine gun and two m1919. 30 caliber machine guns. One is mounted coaxially with the main gun. The other is mounted here and is manned by the gunner. If you look here, he can show you how that works. That is a machine gun protruding through their and hes got his ammunition in the back and to the back to catch the bag to catch the shell casings. If you look over his right shoulder, there is a periscope there, and its a prismatic periscope that sticks up through that space. In the periscope is a lens and he uses that to fire the machine gun. This is another one. This one is controlled by the gunner. There is a switch to fire the machine gun. He ranges that through a similar set up. His periscope comes up from the inside, and that is how he is looking. One of the things you will notice, their field of vision is fairly limited. The critical thing for the commander was, he would have to lay the main gun on the target such that the gunner can see it. Typically, t
Problems that havent yet been solved. So thats what i call the perfect problem because that, in fact, is the focus of what i think entrepreneurship is. In other words, you are looking for a way to solve a problem that is solvable but hasnt been done. You had to do something you and you dont get to copy. And so we were then taken around for ideas and you do not have an idea and i didnt have an idea so we started looking for problems that we can solve and came up with the problem of how they got paid. When did you come to that conclusion, you talk in the book about your work, tummy about that moment that payments were a problem for small merchants. It was funny because as i said jack had been kicked out of twitter and my first reaction to that was jack was like a little brother to me, somebody felt like i needed to stand up for and what they did to him at twitter the first time was completely bile. So my first suggestion was lets go to San Francisco and get even with those guys. It was l
Steve told the story of going from a glass blower in st. Louis teaming of the founder of twitter to build a multibillion payment company. In the book you talk about a lot about perfect problems. When did you realize that Small Business payments were a you are going to have to do something new and you cannot copy. I hired jack when he was 15, he was a High School Student came into work at a company that i actually still have. I dont run any of my companies but it also dont sell them. This ones been around for 30 years. He goes off to college, we kept in touch. And then he had kicked out of twitter, the first time,. [laughter] they showed him the door and he came back to st. Louis and he came back we were hanging out and talking and decided to start a company together. We are then kicking around ideas he didnt have an idea and i didnt have an idea suisse are looking for problems we could solve. And came up with the problem. When did you come to that conclusion you talk in the book about
And they show them the door and we were hanging out and talking. And decided we would start a company together. We were kicking around ideas. He didnt have an idea so we were looking for problems to solve. And came up with the problem of how merchants got paid. When did you come to that conclusion . Talking about your work as a glassblower when you realize payments were a problem for small merchants. That was funny because jack was just kicked out of twitter and my first reaction is he was like a little brother. I felt like i needed to stand up for what they did at twitter to have the first time was completely file. My first suggestion was lets get even with those guys it was just spite motivated. But jack to his credit said lets do something more positive and start a new company. So that was the impetus. Then we were looking for a problem the only thing we determined was our company would be focused my phone is a prop. These things focus on these things because the iphone had just com