The Idea That Maybe You Don't Have

The Pace Of Change And The Threat Of Disruption Creates Tremendous Opportunities.

Disruption Is About Risk-taking. But Then You Become A Fortune 500 Company, Which Is About Risk Mitigation

I Had An Older Brother Who Passed Away Recently, An Older Sister And A Younger Brother.

Steve Jobs Always Believed That You Didn't Want To Do Focus Groups Or Research And Ask People What They Wanted. You Wanted To Create Products That They Didn't Know They Wanted Yet And They Would Fall In Love With. And I Think That Was Part Of The Magic Of His Design Philosophy.

Today, National Geographic Has A Membership Side With A Magazine And Some Television Side, And They Generate About A Billion Dollars In Revenue, And They're Profitable. And So At The End Of The Year They Have Some Bottom Line Profit Which They Can Then Reinvest, Because They're Running It As A Not-for-profit In Charitable Endeavors.