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# Invention Is a flower, Innovation Is a Weed
- URL: https://cje.io/2011/10/17/invention-is-a-flower-innovation-is-a-weed/
- Published: 2011-10-17T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-08T00:29:10.000Z
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Building, leadership, Thinking

> “Here’s the difference between a visionary and an entrepreneur. Both have visions, which are a dime a dozen. But an entrepreneur has, in addition to visions, plans. In addition to plans, actions.”

– Bob Metcalfe (Founder of 3Com and inventor of Ethernet) from [this article](http://www.technologyreview.com/web/11994/?ref=cje.io) in Technology Review.