CURT NICKISCH: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Curt Nickisch.
In 1978, Steve Blank was a young engineer sent to San Jose, California on a work assignment. He opened the local newspaper to find page after page of job listings. Right then and there, he decided to quit his job and move there. His colleague on the trip was shocked and flew home without him. For Blank, the decision was simple. What was the worst that could happen? For his coworker, it was just too risky to give up your job without a new one in hand.
Well, it paid off for…
