People start the climb to Stage Four in one of two ways. The first is that they have an epiphany that Stage Three won’t get them the success they crave, and then they seek out a stronger community. The second, common in high technology and the sciences, is that they join a technical project that is bigger than one person can take on. The group that forms is much closer to a real team—more than the “star and support cast” of Stage Three.
