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<div>On Mar 14, 2014, at 3:03 AM, Adrian Tymes wrote:</div>
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<div><a href="http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/10/solutions_looki.html">http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/10/solutions_looki.html</a> does a good job of explaining "solution looking for a problem" further.</div>
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<div>That link says:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">I
have talked to hundreds of entrepreneurs over the years about new ideas and starting a company. </span><strong style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I
have found that when they have worked in the industry and have lived the problem they are trying to solve, they have a much better shot at success.</strong><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;"> </span></blockquote>
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<div>Amen.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 12px; ">Robin Hanson <a href="http://hanson.gmu.edu">http://hanson.gmu.edu</a><br>
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