A Successful Self-publisher Must Fill Three Roles:

Steve Jobs Has A Saying That A Players Hire A Players; B Players Hire C Players; And C Players Hire D Players. It Doesn't Take Long To Get To Z Players. This Trickle-down Effect Causes Bozo Explosions In Companies.

It's Easy To Say That Entrepreneurs Will Create Jobs And Big Companies Will Create Unemployment, But This Is Simplistic. The Real Question Is Who Will Innovate.

Look Back To The Old Days: People Bought An Ms Dos Machine And Struggled With It For Weeks To Bring It Up To Speed. Then Apple Created Macintosh, Struggled A Bit With It, But Eventually Succeeded. Then It Went Into Other Businesses. If Your Company Truly Wants To Change The World, It Would Make These Problems Go Away For Customers.

I'm A Lousy Predictor Of The Future.

I Want To Know Which Idea You're Going To Kill Yourself Trying To Make Successful, Not Which Ideas Have Crossed Your Idle Mind.