Looking to Innovate? Ditch the Startup Mentality and Adopt a Venture Capitalist Mindset

Once a company is up and running, many say that staying innovative and “acting like a start-up” is the only way to maintain this success. However, Joe Dwyer and Sean Johnson, adjunct professors of innovation at the Kellogg School and partners of Founder Equity are suggesting to these companies in this stage of maturity to act like a Venture Capitalist instead. This approach encourages companies to think big, take risks, and to look into a different cluster of opportunities at hand. Companies like Amazon have dove into some of these opportunities, which are very risky but have led to many great breakthroughs. Although, Amazon is an extremely successful company it is also possible for smaller companies to take on this approach.  Read More>>

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