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Inventors are rarely good business people or salesmen.  But the truth is, that is becoming less and less true.  I think I am an example of that progress as I have shown success in science, business and sales alike.  I feel like a different person in each of those roles, with a different personality, and it takes that level of schizophrenia to pull each off in parallel.  I am finding that talent permeates more and more of the sheik young business-slash-inventors whom I meet these days. 

So this is the new trend, the new frontier for budding businesses:  Tech-geeks with cool… scientist socialites. More of them were born today than there were yesterday, and it’s the web that is breeding them. They’re coming in force, so look out!  You won’t be able to compete if you aren’t of them yourself!

Now, I know for sure that I will become a dinosaur myself, and a lot sooner than my old pardner John did.  As a result, my eyes are open for this half-breed and yours should be too.  If you don’t see ‘em coming, you’ll be counted as a casualty, not a competitor. 

The moral?  Embrace them. Align with them.  Because an analogue to Moore’s law directly applies to this trend: the next generation is always more powerful than the last, with the generation gap now measured in months and getting shorter. 

But there is still hope for those of this and older generations.  You can still capture their imagination and their loyalty before they capture those assets for themselves.  I imagine that will be my battle cry as I age towards obsolete.