Fran would become angry with his stubbornness, worry for the futures of their two young children, and fear for Marvin's very life under such stress. But Marvin would refuse to give up. Microsoft Corp. Their ideas, like Henry Ford's assembly line, might give rise to industries. It has been this way for 100 years, but little compares to the entrepreneurial opportunities presented by the Internet. Travel services have moved online to sell airline tickets.
Pornographers sell anonymous access to dirty pictures.
Corporate giants from General Motors to Disney are engaged in some of this enterprise, but a huge piece of it is being created by Marvin Weinberger and folks like him. The potential of this one medium drives a major new segment of the economy, fueling the stock market and creating overnight millionaires. But no matter how good the ideas, without money they never amount to much. That is where the venture capitalists come in. Few of those companies will ever make headlines.