I could tell you it’s damn near impossible to start something like Current in an environment driven by the next quarterly report. The possibility of some innovative new business model making money is just that—a mere possibility whose chances for success are imperiled by a system that demands the certainty of short-term gains. Let me tell you, it’s hard to explain to investors that if failure is not an option, then neither is success. These are the same people who scoffed at Ecomagination a dozen years ago and now demand to know why we’re not even bigger in renewable energy, now that solar is
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