Is Carisma a Prerequisite to the Success of a Product?

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i'm particularly interested in antrapaners like pat brown, the founder of impossible foods. What wad become more and more interesting to me in recent years is this idea that entrepenership has the potential to solve world scale problems. i don't think carisma is really necessarily, a factor in the success of a product or brand, necessarily. But here's what i would say. Everyone is solving a problem that isn't right in front of them.

Great ideas often come from a simple spark: A soccer player on the New Zealand national team notices all the unused wool his country produces and figures out a way to turn them into shoes (Allbirds). A former Buddhist monk decides the very best way to spread his mindfulness teachings is by launching an app (Headspace). A sandwich cart vendor finds a way to reuse leftover pita bread and turns it into a multimillion-dollar business (Stacy's Pita Chips). In this week's episode award-winning journalist and NPR host Guy Raz speaks to Carl Miller about uncovering the stories of highly successful entrepreneurs. To find out more about Guy's book click here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Built-This-Unexpected-Entrepreneurs/dp/0358216761

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