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ENERGIZING STORY
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If you have an idea, GO FOR IT!
Steve Ells dreamed of opening a fine-dining restaurant, but did not have the funds necessary to do so. Seeing the popularity of taquerías and burritos in San Francisco’s Mission District, Steve thought to open an easy-to-operate dining place as a way to make money to fund his dream of starting a fine-dining restaurant. So, in 1993, he opened Chipotle.
Steve’s parred-down restaurant took off; within a month, he was selling 1,000 burritos per day. He continued growing the business, and armed with foil-wrapped burritos, Steve’s restaurant gained a cult following. Today, Chipotle is worth nearly $40B.
In an interview with the WSJ, Ells said, “So many people told me it was not a good idea to start a restaurant, especially a fast-food restaurant. There was so much wrong with it; it was too spicy; everything was done by hand, from scratch. Everything was wrong. But that’s why customers liked it; it’s different, in the right way. If you have an idea, just go for it. If everybody is telling you that it’s wrong, maybe that’s an indication that it’s an original idea.”
ENERGIZING QUOTE
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“Entrepreneurs figure out how to parlay the last thing into the next thing, and to continuously create buffer to succeed.”
—Rahul Vohra
Rahul Vohra is the Founder & CEO of Superhuman. Learn more about Rahul in his Momentum Audio Episode now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and our website.
1% GROWTH
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Absorb Culture
If you want to cultivate game-changing ideas, you need to leave your house. Go to a museum, see a play, watch a movie, explore a park, travel – let your mind feed on the inspiration in front of and around you.
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Tools
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