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The world's most valuable companies all started as ridiculous bets:

IBM's CEO declared in 1980 that personal computers would never catch on.

→ Apple and Microsoft led the way on the 1.3 billion PCs that exist today.

Bitcoin seemed like internet Monopoly money when we invested.

→ Now it powers a $2.4 trillion economy.

Tesla was "just another electric car company.”

→ Until it hit a trillion-dollar market cap.

The next decacorn companies look absurd in 2025:

→ Colossal Biosciences brings extinct species back to life
→ Phantom Neuro connects minds directly to machines
→ Venus Aerospace flies NYC to Tokyo in under 2 hours

But give it 10 years.

Discomfort signals opportunity.

Consensus signals mediocrity.

History rewards the weird.