You Really Need To Believe That You

When I Was Trying To Popularize The Concept Of The Internet - Ten Or 15 Years Ago - I Came Up With This Concept Of "the 5 Cs." Services Needed To Have Content, Context, Community, Commerce, And Connectivity. After That, When I Was Trying To Think Of What The Key Management Principles Were To Build Into The Culture, I Started Talking About The Ps. The P's Were Things Like Passion, Perseverance, Perspective And People. I Think The People Aspect Is Really The Most Important One.

Think About This: It Was Illegal For Most People To Connect To The Internet Before 1992.

So You Have To Force Yourself Out Of A Comfort Zone And Really Try To Figure Out What Are The Key Ingredients, The Key Skill Sets, The Key Perspectives That Are Necessary, And Then Figure Out A Way To Attract The Very Best People To Fill Those Particular Roles.

Nowadays People Seem To Switch Schools, Either Because They Have To, And Certain Schools Only Serve Certain Grades, Or Because They Move To A Different Place Or Have Some Particular Interest, But I Was In The Same School For 13 Years

Five Or Ten Years Ago, When It Was Clear The Internet Was Becoming A Mainstream Phenomenon, It Was Equally Clear That A Lot Of People Were Being Left Out And Could Be Left Behind