Having a very well-thought plan that became a very distinct result is a very unexpected scenario that is very uncommon in starting up. Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton founded TiVo in year 1997, which they planned to create a network server for homes, but eventually became the digital video recorder. It was released in 1999 and lots of people would change the television experience by controlling most normal television sets features have offered: skipping commercial breaks, pausing live telecasts, and automatic recording.

Because the founders worried that it will have a huge impact on the users, they want to hold it in a little while. Ramsay soon inquired to vendor companies to show his work and hope for some VCs to acquire it from him. Fortunately, he was helped by most investors and VCs that brought him up to the high level of business organization. TiVo was founded and it wasn’t that expensive.

He added more features that helped his product become one-of-a-kind and never-before-seen. Being that innovative is a key to success because without it, the process will not be iterative. Abstraction is always a part of a systems life cycle because the system always needs to be improved.