@Trinton

You may be missing the point. In my experience hacking never happens the same way twice. Its the dynamic chemistry of personalities, environment, mission & .... There's no formula, the human element is too much of an influence to be well modeled. Anon Y. Mous has it covered in the link she offered along with the reference to the Innovators Dilemma. It starts with hackers, if it grows, catches on - then the suits move in.

Try craigslist as a counter example to the typical shift through the phases of a growing disruptive company.

True, Google and many others, institutionalized hacking but it would have happened anyway.