On succeeding at lofty aims

"...The first step in dealing with the workload is putting in place the support structure that allows you to focus your energies on key priorities and issues where you can add the greatest value to the business..."

The Myth of Work-Life Balance - John Beeson - Harvard Business Review
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/the_myth_of_work-life_balance.html?cm_sp=most_widget-_-default-_-The%20Myth%20of%20Work-Life%20Balance

Highlighting the legendary Jobs

Money Quotes, Steve Jobs-Style | Epicenter | Wired.com
http://m.wired.com/epicenter/2011/08/money-quotes-steve-jobs-style/

“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.” —Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998

Start-ups: creating an ownership structure

A well thoughtout StackExchange post by its very founder, a guy named Joel, which answers another user's question about the proper ways to approach the division of individual stakes in a newly formed venture.

Surely there are countless other approaches, yet this looks like a reasonable set of logic to guide any team through their first attempt at self-employment.

"Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? - OnStartups - Stack Exchange"
http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/6949/forming-a-new-software-startup-how-do-i-allocate-ownership-fairly/23326#23326