The Value Of Your Network

The Single Biggest Reason Companies Fail Is They Overinvest In What Is, As Opposed To What Might Be.

I Live A Half Mile From The San Andreas Fault - A Fact That Bubbles Up Into My Consciousness Every Time Some Other Part Of The World Experiences An Earthquake. I Sometimes Wonder Whether This Subterranean Sense Of Impending Disaster Is At Least Partly Responsible For Silicon Valley's Feverish, Get-it-done-yesterday Work Norms.

During The Ten Years I Lived In The U.k., I Frequently Attended An Anglican Church Just Outside Of London. I Enjoyed The Energetic Singing And The Thoughtful Homilies. And Yet, I Found It Easy To Be A Pew Warmer, A Consumer, A Back Row Critic.

Fact Is, Inventing An Innovative Business Model Is Often Mostly A Matter Of Serendipity.

We Owe Our Existence To Innovation. Our Species Exists Thanks To Four Billion Years Of Genetic Innovation.