In a county memorable for its lack of history, the long shadow of Shakespeare was a spur to think bigger.
"Bradford did so well against them and it's given us even more of a spur to think we can do well against them.
Osama bin Laden's violent death in his mystery home in Abbottabad, Pakistan, spurred me to think about the many other houses he had lived in, openly and not-so-openly, during his long terrorist career.
I'm not a typical commercial beast; I had this crazy experience and I guess that is what spurred me to think that the big and the bold ambition is the right way to go.
By Jon Lee Anderson May 11 , 2011Osama bin Laden's violent death in his mystery home in Abbottabad, Pakistan, spurred me to think about the many other houses he had lived in, openly and not-so-openly, during his long terrorist career.
"The tortoises, the finches and the mockingbirds were the animals and birds that spurred Charles Darwin to think in terms of evolution," says Michael Ruse, a professor of the philosophy of the biology at Florida State University and author of Evolution: The First Four Billion Years.
The founder also said that startups like Disrupt NYC finalist Sonar have spurred him to think about the value of proximity and geolocation at venues, as this could be a powerful tool to leverage in bringing people together to share tickets.
In South Africa, a national youth survey on sexual violence and HIV/AIDS went back to the public through an eight-episode audio-drama that presented the results of the survey and generated discussion that spurred people to think about healthy sexual choices.
These are things that have actually happened … I think we now have plenty of evidence that should push us into thinking that this is disturbing data and should spur us to think ever more seriously about clean energy and how can we move our focus more towards clean energy".
If Start-Up Chile spurs locals to think big, that would be no small achievement.
