This is why Vern Raburn's crazy idea to build a jet for the masses is so thrilling to watch.
Danny Lewin first happened upon the crazy idea of building a smarter Internet in 1996, just after he arrived at MIT.
"I got this crazy idea to use one of my cranes to respond immediately to a disaster and just open up roads, " Agoglia recalls.
Shortly after the sale my father approached the newly owned company with the then crazy idea of selling books on the newfangled thing called the Internet.
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About a year and a half ago I went in and I pitched them a bunch of stuff, and one of them was this crazy idea.
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It may sound like a crazy idea, but Singapore, a tiny island country whose population would have no place to go in the event of a wide-scale evacuation, is giving buried nukes a closer look.
Not only did businesses revolt, politicians from within the Conservative Party including the mayor began to turn on him and his "crazy" idea.
We knew what was coming, but had no idea how crazy it would be.
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The MTV show Jackass, which aired from 2000 to 2002, popularized the idea of doing crazy, self-injuring stunts and pranks and taping them for entertainment.
Of course, accidentally publishing an entire website dedicated to the idea seems a bit crazy for something that wasn't even being pitched -- what kind of designer has that much free time?
Go big or go home: There are opportunities to make money by building businesses that marginally improve on existing products or services, but the real thrill sets in when the decision is made to go after an enormous idea that seems slightly crazy.
Meanwhile, Bernie Ecclestone, who masterminded Formula One's global expansion, has labelled the idea to take the Premier League abroad as "crazy".
He dropped the idea and his original partners--they "thought I was crazy" anyway, he says.
Other quick notes: the screen has pretty dismal viewing angles and it's crazy glossy, the trackpad is textured (which we love), and we have no idea why Sony can't bother to at least properly align all the stickers on this thing -- it looks a bit of a mess.
But ubiquitous silicon and broadband have suddenly made such second-by-second tinkering with demand possible, and the idea of upgrading the century-old electric grid to make it more efficient isn't so crazy anymore.
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