The top “Aha!” moments of famous entrepreneurs

Visionaries’ “aha” moments

Looking to kickstart your brand or become the next great inventor? Begin by looking at the problems surrounding you, and solve a problem, just as so many others have, turning simple solutions into billion dollar ideas.

Take for example, Ingvar Kampard who at age 22 became frustrated that he couldn’t fit a table he had just purchased into his car. He took the legs off, and IKEA was born. A whopping 66 years later, his net worth is $4.1 billion. BILLION. Because he got pissed off at a table.

Kampard isn’t the only story worth being inspired by, according to Funders and Founders who have put together a nifty graphic briefly showing several entrepreneurs’ “aha” moments

Take a look at the infographic below generated by San Francisco-based startup organization Funders and Founders for more stories of how many of the most successful entrepreneurs got started by looking at their own problems and finding a solution.

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“What brings the Aha moment?” Funders and Founders asks. “Inconvenience. GoPro founder who struggled to take a picture of himself while surfing. Limited resources. Ikea founder could not fit a table in his small car, so he thought to take off the legs. Pain and tragedy. Samuel Morse received a letter about his wife’s illness after she was already buried. Letters took a long time back then. He raced to see her, but it was too late. Grief-stricken, he decided to forever change how people talk to each other and invented the telegraph.”

Everyone’s “aha” moment strikes at a different time – some in their 20s, others in their 60s, and it is never too late to innovate. What are you pondering that could change lives for the better? Go solve a problem, already!