During the press conference announcing the sale, a quote attributed to Stephen Elop became a haunting image in the global business world: "We didn't do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost." "We didn't do anything wrong, but somehow, we failed." The painful part of this quote is: It's... True! Change or be eliminated? In the age of technology, there is no such thing as "stability." You only have two choices: either reinvent yourself, or wait for competitors to come and wipe you out. If a startup lacks speed and focus, it will die before it even has a chance to survive.