Sometimes, knowledge is a bad thing, and it can be especially harmful when you’re trying to grow in a new region or open a new market. A case in point happened when my colleague Chris and I were part of a small team working to design and launch a venture in the medical tourism space. […]… Read More


The meeting was going swimmingly.  The team had spent the past two months formulating what it thought was a high-potential disruptive idea. Now it was asking the business unit’s top brass to invest a relatively modest sum to begin to commercialize the concept. Team members had researched the market thoroughly. They had made a compelling… Read More


In this video, Scott Anthony talks with Harvard Business Review’s Julia Kirby about navigating innovation’s first mile and bringing ideas to life, drawn from his latest book “The First Mile: A Launch Manual For Getting Great Ideas Into the Market.”… Read More