Most entrepreneurs and venture investors describe themselves as small fish in large ponds with lots of competition, while those with actual competitive dominance describe themselves as dominating a niche—the opposite of how you would expect them to describe their position

There have to be reward structures for work like general relativity that can't be monopolized into dollars, which requires either basic research funding or tax and redistribution systems, creating tension with libertarian principles

Jobs used physical isolation (badges that only work in the product area) to protect the Macintosh team, and Google did similar with Android under Andy Rubin, protecting from organizational interference

Internal company politics and blocked resources are always challenges for small innovation teams within large companies trying to pursue small market opportunities