Sure, make assumptions!

• “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” ~Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

• “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” ~Ken Olson, president and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

• “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” ~H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927

• “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” ~Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962

• “I’m just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.” ~Gary Cooper turning down “Gone With the Wind.”

• “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. ~Western Union internal memo, 1876.

• “The concept is interesting… but to earn better than a ‘C,’ the idea must be feasible.” ~Yale professor on conceptual paper that became FedEx.

• “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” ~Michael Dell on Apple, 1997.

• “640K ought to be enough for anybody.” ~Bill Gates, 1981.

• “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” ~Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

• So what is your assumption?