Making a tech company successful isn't easy. Keeping it successful is even more difficult.

A company that launches a successful product in huge demand can easily become complacent, giving competitors an opportunity to enter its space. Don't believe me? Just think of Nokia and BlackBerry's reactions to the launch of the iPhone.

Great companies don't allow the competition to out-innovate; so far, that's been true of Nvidia. Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, has shown an uncanny knack for knowing when it's time to pivot or innovate, such as recognizing that the key to its success wasn't simply fast semiconductor chips, but software too.

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For instance, early on in the video gaming era of the company, it was all about graphics car

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