Fair enough. I was thinking along the lines of Apple, where Steve Jobs knew exactly what he wanted and was very reluctant to bow to market pressure or critics b

Fair enough. I was thinking along the lines of Apple, where Steve Jobs knew exactly what he wanted and was very reluctant to bow to market pressure or critics because his vision was always the right vision. Or Basecamp, refusing to add new features or at least putting new features into spin-off companies to not compromise their initial vision. Either of these companies received a death sentence the day they were created... except they were right, so they succeeded. Your comment shows its not black and white, there are many shades of grey in between.