In one of its first data analyses in May 2011, Startup Compass discerned that tech start-ups with two or three founders were most able to strike a balance between sticking to a plan and changing the direction of the business.

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Or Apple could be about to strike out in a radically different direction than the one that has guided the rest of the computer industry towards cheaper, less capable versions of notebook computers.

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