http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/16030649691016479450/notebooks/BDQiXSwoQ3IrcgN8h/NDQiPSgoQoYWPst8h2006-09-28T21:10:38.497Z2006-09-28T21:15:35.600Z<div><b></b><br></div><blockquote class="gn_bq">But many people have problems with getting going: They want validation; they want risk reduction; they want to know there's going to be a marketplace and that there will be customers waiting. But you know what? You can't know that. You need to <i>get going.</i>  This is a key step<br> <br> I think the world is essentially divided into two groups: the prototypers, the people who build stuff, and the typers, the people who think the key to entrepreneurship and innovation is Microsoft Office. If you think that the key to innovation and entrepreneurship is Microsoft Office, something is wrong with you. If you're thinking, 'I have to write a business plan with Word; I need to create a pitch with PowerPoint; I need to build a 30-page financial model with Excel,' you're on the wrong track. The key to all of this is to prototype, not type.</blockquote>Sagamore