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Yes it's an interesting story. And sometimes lucky things happen to innovative and morally compelling enterprises. But competence, attunement to developing markets, and a cautious nature that happens to cause you to divest from a dotcoms just before the bubble bursts... Well, it's only partly about "luck." ...or being morally compelling. ...and sometimes benefits scoundrels, too.

So there are no new morals in this story.

As for "the next significant business innovation(s) of our lifetimes." There are those that we are harnessing our vision and persistence to make happen right now.




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