"Then, Hindman and his friends decided they should work on a project together — if only because they liked each other. But they soon realized their two areas of

"Then, Hindman and his friends decided they should work on a project together — if only because they liked each other. But they soon realized their two areas of research — which seemed so different — were completely complementary." I see this as a great example of how innovation happens. You have things that you wouldn't expect to go together working together almost out of sheer chance, and out of that comes something brilliant. I also love that Hindman joined Twitter as an "Intern" after he was a consultant.