A Lesson The Pioneers Can Teach Us About Innovation

We are 10 days away from a holiday here in Utah called Pioneer day.  It’s basically a celebration of when the first Mormon settlers came and set up shop.  Since I live in Utah and want to talk about innovation, I thought talking about the pioneers that settled the west is a perfect parallel to this discussion.  The lesson that pioneers can teach us about innovation?  It’s pretty damn hard to be the first at anything. For your business, innovation is no different.  There are 2 types of innovators.  There’s the inventor who comes up with ideas that no one else thought possible and works for years to try and