A true visionary solves a problem that customers don't even realize they have yet (and is only called visionary if he succeeds).
This is true, but the timing and pricing have to be right as well. Look at the Apple Newtwon...it was too early and it failed. More than a decade later, the iPad is a runaway success.
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A true visionary solves a problem that customers don't even realize they have yet (and is only called visionary if he succeeds).
This is true, but the timing and pricing have to be right as well. Look at the Apple Newtwon...it was too early and it failed. More than a decade later, the iPad is a runaway success.
The Newton failed because it didn't solve the problem, not because it was too early. The problem was a usable mobile platform.
Take an iPad back in time to the era of Newton and it would sell. That's because it solves the problem well.