Entrepreneurial lessons from Socrates, Newton And More


Sir Isaac Newton

Life: 1642 to 1727

Famous for: Gravitational Law

Quote: "Plato is my friend — Aristotle is my friend — truth is a greater friend."

Sir Isaac Newton is known to be one of the best scholars of all time. He has made various inventions and also discovered many things making one of the best intellectual persons of all time. It is said that he never married but he was engaged, his family life was disastrous as his father died and his mother was widowed twice. He was sent to do farming but he hated it the most.

He never did well in school except for once when he took it as a competition. He started farming but failed miserably and his uncle sent him to a school in Cambridge. This was the time when he actually transformed into an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. He believed his values and started exploring all field to know the possibilities and the structure of each subject.

An entrepreneur must not stick around to one or he should not limit his knowledge. He must try and explore all the opportunities, even if he is not able to make a mark it helps him to learn a lot and develop himself. Gradually it can be a knowledge that can fetch mighty revenues for the business.