Blake Ross is an exemplary example of a young entrepreneur who successfully created a web-browser that is a competitor of Google. He also has a very interesting condition called aphantasia, which means that he cannot visualize anything, he cannot even visualize his own father’s face. What drives blake is his desire to succeed and innovate. What made his business model interesting is that he created his product to be a competitor of Google and Microsoft which is a very lofty goal and he succeeded. Blake shows the following entrepreneurial traits, innovative thinking, out of the box thinking, and initiative.

Blake is innovative because he figured out a better way to do something that very big companies have already done and succeeded at. Blake inspires me because he was able to create a competitor of google while simultaneously studying and being a full-time student. This makes me think that if he can do it anyone can which helps inspire me to follow my entrepreneurial dreams. I have learned the principle of hard work and perseverance, he was able to succeed while being at a hard university he did this by just pushing through and following his gut about his idea.