Marc de Jong, Nathan Marston, Erik Roth

Some ideas, such as luxury goods and many smartphone apps, are destined for niche markets. Others, like social networks, work at global scale. Explicitly considering the appropriate magnitude and reach of a given idea is important to ensuring that the right resources and risks are involved in pursuing it. The seemingly safer option of scaling up over time can be a death sentence. Resources and … [ Read more ]

The Eight Essentials of Innovation

Strategic and organizational factors are what separate successful big-company innovators from the rest of the field.