I find the premise a bit questionable. Was Google recognizable as a company that was going to change the world when it was a startup? Altavista, Yahoo existed. Wasn't it just trying to make existing things better?
Right. And when you pitch the vision, "We're going to collect all the data in the world and organize it in a useful way" people will dismiss you as crazy or say, "Ok, come back when you've done it."
