>>patric+(OP)
Someone I knew said a while back "No tech company has ever come back from decline." I immediately thought of (what I feel is now the canonical counterexample) Apple. So many tech companies, and CEOs who have never been acquainted with failure, and have arrogance that's mostly a result of being in the right place and the right time.
And one who was fired, watched his company driven right to the precipice, and brought it back.
The arc of a hero.
August 6, 1997. Greatness doesn't happen at the top but at the bottom:
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-202143.html