If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspective. You've got to have some north star you're aiming for, and you just believe somehow you'll get there, which kind of gets to the passion point.
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But the idea that some day people would want to be able to interact and get stock quotes and talk with other people or all these different things, I just believed that was going to happen
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What this quote means
Steve Case anticipated the future demand for digital interaction and stock information.
In this quote, Steve Case expresses his early belief in the transformative potential of technology, specifically the internet, to facilitate communication and provide access to information like stock quotes. His foresight highlights how technology would revolutionize the way individuals connect and engage with both information and each other, paving the way for the interconnected world we experience today.
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TechnologyFutureInteractionCommunicationInnovation
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In a tech conference speech to inspire entrepreneurs.
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