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What If Steve Jobs Had Played It Safe? What separates a visionary founder from a competent one? Steve Jobs once said: “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” But how often do we in India’s startup ecosystem truly act on that level of belief? Too many promising ideas get diluted trying to “play it safe” for PMF or investor alignment. But Jobs reminds us—breakthroughs don’t come from consensus. They come from conviction. If Jobs had waited for customer validation before building the iPhone, we might still be stuck with BlackBerry keypads. In a market bursting with AI tools, fintech models, and SaaS clones, the ones who’ll lead the next wave are those brave enough to reimagine what’s possible, not just what’s fundable. Are we building what the world needs next—or just what it already understands?