Reinventing the Wheel




James Dyson looked at the vacuum cleaner and gave people a different way to do things – no bags. Simple.

EasyJet looked at international flights and gave people a different way to fly – no thrills affordability. Simple.

Sony looked at video games and gave people a different way to view gamers – cool mass appeal chic. Simple.

We don’t always have to build something brand new. We don’t always have to spend millions on research when the audience is already there. We don’t always have to create from scratch.

Sometimes just reinventing the wheel is more than enough.

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We don't have to create the problems, there are tons of them waiting to be solved. -- the thought just came in right after reading your post.^^ Creation is good, but improvement is equally important. I like the idea of reinventing the wheel, another example is reconstruct your old posts and make them current again. Sometimes innovation is what we need for extraordinary. @wchingyaSocial/Blogging Tracker

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We don't have to create the problems, there are tons of them waiting to be solved. -- the thought just came in right after reading your post.^^ Creation is good, but improvement is equally important. I like the idea of reinventing the wheel, another example is reconstruct your old posts and make them current again. Sometimes innovation is what we need for extraordinary.

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