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Find an Unmet Need

Courtesy of Jeremy Gutsche

Find an Unmet Need

In February 1930, as unemployment spiked in the early months of the Great Depression, Henry Luce launched Fortune magazine with the then steep cover price of $1. Eight years later, the magazine boasted 460,000 subscribers.

Lesson: Innovation is not about market timing. It is about creating something that fills an unmet need.