That’s according to entrepreneur and VC Anthony Tijan, writing in a recent blog post for the Harvard Business Review. Tijan argues that while experience may be helpful in growing and sustaining a company, a certain amount of ignorance is necessary for generating new and novel ideas. As he puts it, “Being unencumbered by external opinions allows two critical entrepreneurial traits to thrive: creativity and conviction.” Tijan suggests that without prior knowledge of existing constraints, entrepreneurs are more apt to develop creative ideas and then maintain their conviction while making those ideas a reality. The tricky part, however, is realizing that it doesn’t pay to remain perpetually ignorant. “The key is recognizing the critical moments in a company’s trajectory when the clean-sheet approach is a net positive.”
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