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Definitely not Jobs and Bezos. Jobs said what you say from a different angle—if this thing is revolutionary, why does it look so banal? Bezos pointed out the basic flaw that bedevils personal transportation to this day—will you be allowed to ride it? Guess that's what they mean by 'revolutionary'—you'd have to throw a bunch of established systems out the window to take over.

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/steve-jobs-and-jeff-bezos-meet...




That was a neat article. I had no idea those guys weighed in on the Segway (and gave it a hard pass).




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