By Shreesha
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Patagonia was one of the most admired outdoor brands in the world. Its fleece pullovers and Capilene base layers had become staples for hikers, climbers, and skiers. The company had built a strong…
This is Part II of a two-part series on The Anatomy of Innovation. Part I explored how ideas are formed: — they begin as questions, grow through knowledge, mature through reflection, and emerge as possibilities. But an idea born in…
This is Part I of a two-part series on The Anatomy of Innovation. Ideas rarely emerge from a sudden flash of genius. More often, they are the culmination of attention, knowledge, unconscious association, and deliberate creation. We tend to think…
The greatest danger for a startup isn’t failure. Failure is usually quick, informative, and relatively inexpensive. The real danger is building a business that works just well enough to trap its founders for years while preventing them from discovering something…
“Trust your gut, learn to be scrappy, tune out the noise, and play the long game.”— Ryan Smith, Co-founder, Qualtrics