Like most other companies, my tech- and design-startup has felt the impact of COVID-19.
People taking more time with decisions.
Growth is pretty much paused in some markets.
Teams are working from home and creating new kinds of cultural habits in thetextannotation>organization.
What you want to change in the world.
What you could name being an author and not just an owner.
Oswalds story began when Walt Disney and Ubbe Iwerks Disneys star graphic artist moved to California.
In Tinseltown, the duo gave birth to Oswald, who became the new darling of the silver screen.
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Universal Studios owned Oswald, and its executives used this ownership to extort Disney after Oswald became a success.
The executives threatened to poach Disneys best animators if he did not cut down Oswalds production costs.
They created a new character in response to Oswald.
That new character was Mickey Mouse.
The executives at Universal tried to extort Disney and Iwerks by holding one of their creations hostage.
But this was a naive move.
While legally, Universal owned Oswald, technically they did not own the capacity toauthorcharacters like Oswald.
Understanding the perspectives of authors and owners is critical to understanding how authors and owners shape the economy.
As further proof of that, consider Disney and Iwerks next steps.
After Mickey, they continued to push the boundaries of the film industry.
Their next major project was a transcendental film:Snow White, the first full-length animated movie.
Disney was willing to lose it all again to achieve his vision.
Making a computer-animated movie in the early 1990s was as ludicrous as making a hand-drawn movie in the 1930s.
But once again, authors prevailed by punching back with new creations.
In this case:Monsters Inc.andFinding Nemo.
Disney was authoring the history of animation, just like Lasseter would decades later.
Being the richest guy in the cemetery was not what their work was about.
For society, at least, its authors who create value.
When we grow, we grow, because were reinvented what it means to search for stock photography online.
Find your own drive and make it clear to the world.
I truly believe that this is vital for growth-companies in the future.
After all, those who really shape economies are those who change what economies make.
So youre interested in growth?
Story byJonathan Lw
Jonathan Lw is one of Denmarks most well-known entrepreneurs and business authors.
He is also former Startup-Advisor and Investor at Accelerace the leading investment fund for startups in Denmark.
Additionally Jonathan Lw is the editor ofThe GuruBook published in March 2018 by Taylor & Francis.
He is also the author of the foreword to leadership-guru Simon Sineks latest book Find your why.
