
30 Scalable Innovation
solve such system-level mismatches.) Eventually, Steve Wozniak decided
to sell his remote control business and spend more time with his kids. The
problem of the intelligent remote control for the home remained unsolved.
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DISCOVERING NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND
ADDRESSING NEW THREATS
In the late 1990s, Eugene was working as a principal scientist at Philips
Research Silicon Valley. One of his areas of interest was building networks of
devices. At the time, a great number of homes and businesses were connect-
ing to the Internet; prices for digital processors, computer memory, and soft-
ware were also falling. As a consequence, and ...