Thinking and business opportunity

06 Oct. 2009

Miguel de Icaza is discussing a battle between him and Richard Stallman in a blog entry and quotes a story which goes like this

Two shoe salesmen were sent to Africa in the early 1900's to scout the territory. One telegraphed back: "Situation hopeless. Stop. No one wears shoes." The other telegraphed: "Business opportunity. Stop. They have no shoes."

A great story for highlighting the right way to think with regard to opportunity.