A Reaction From The Founders Of “Buy & Sell” Newspapers MICHAEL & MEGAN ABBOTT
“THE ABBOTTS WORKED FOR THREE DECADES AFTER COMING UP WITH AN IDEA OF A FREE CLASSIFIED NEWSPAPER THAT WAS SOLD ( THE ADS WERE FREE ) ON NEW STANDS. THEN TRANSLATED THIS IDEA IN 1995 INTO ONE OF THE FIRST CLASSIFIED INTERNET WEBSITES IN THE WORLD THAT WAS INSTANTLY SUCCESSFUUL IN TERMS OF CONTENT AND REVENUE.” THIS WAS IN THE CREATIVE AGE THAT GAVE THE WORLD WHAT WE KNOW TODAY AS ENTREPRENEURS.
WHEN APPROACHED BY DR. TOMORROW™ TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS LATEST RADICAL AND UNORTHODOX PRINCIPL OF DIRECTING LARGE VOLUMES OF CREATIVE INFORMATION AT ONE PERSON ALONE, HE WAS INTRIGUED. AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE AUDIENCE OF ONE, MICHAEL ABBOTT SAID:
"IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, CHANGES ONLY CAME IN RATHER MINUTE OFFERINGS, A 5 % INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY, OR STRETCHING A MATERIAL FROM THREE TO FOUR INCHES OR MAKING A MACHINE THAT RAN WITHOUT TROUBLE FOR SIX WEEKS. TODAY, THE VALUE OF WHOLE FACTORIES IS MADE OBSOLETE BY THE NEXT CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE ENTIRE WORLD OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE IS VULNERABLE TO MASSIVE AND INSTANT CHANGE. EDUCATION SYSTEMS CAN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH. SCHOOLS ARE NOW TEACHING STUDENTS FOR JOBS THAT WILL BE OBSOLETE BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE.”
“OGDEN, SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME! BUT I GOT IT AND I CAN SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO GRASP AND UNDERSTAND THIS MASSIVE CHANGE, THIS MASSIVE REVOLUTION.”
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