Why this investor likes new ideas that make you scratch your head

When Sean O'Sullivan first imagined “cloud computing” as a way to run software not loaded onto a computer, the feedback he received was, “Why would you want to do that?" Now as an investor,...

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SEAN O'SULLIVAN, FOUNDING AND MANAGING PARTNER, SOSV: I invest about $50 million a year intoa 150 new startups every year.INTERVIEWER: You've said that when an idea appears to be absolutely preposterous, that'swhen you like to get involved.O'SULLIVAN: I think that's an intriguing start for an investment.I actually love the expression, Buckminster Fuller.If you really want to change something, don't fight the existing reality.Create a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.I was one of two people that came up with the term cloud computing.The idea was really to have software that was not running on your computer.The initial reaction for people was, why would I want to do that?I think that's the initi...