Monthly Archives: September 2017

Are ideas plentiful and cheap?

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Eugene Ivanov

  We often hear: ideas are cheap. “Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless,” claims a 2013 article in Forbes. As a prevailing point of view has it, innovative ideas are plentiful; it’s the idea … Continue reading →

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Balancing startup success and failure: how VC investors can tip the scales

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Eugene Ivanov

Recently, I’ve come across an interesting paper, “Tolerance for Failure and Corporate Innovation,” published in 2011 by Xuan Tian of Indiana University and Tracy Yue Wang of University of Minnesota. Tian and Wang studied the relationship between venture capital (VC) … Continue reading →

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