Also, we have no conception of how the Internet is going to change every aspect of our business and social lives. It isn't just about how we buy and sell, it's how we learn and live our lives. The Internet is right up there with the plow and the Wonderbra. You'll find in big companies that the Information Technology guys are probably as important in the marketing of a product or service as is the traditional advertising agency. They're the guys who have the list of customers who have the credit cards.
Enlightened capitalism is the everyday quest to do more, in a better way, with less.
Completely unexplainable success is far preferable to sophisticated reasons for failure. An alliance can't have a winner and a loser. If it does, it must be called something else. Some businesses are like your children. If you love them, you must let them go.