Start-ups, Skunkworks, and Your Next Big Product

It’s no secret that many successful companies struggle to grow beyond their core offering. This isn’t because organizations can’t identify new opportunities or develop new and novel concepts; many can and do. Companies often have problems launching these concepts. Internal politics, risk avoidance, and the fear of failure weigh heavily on these growth initiatives. In the end, the company often fails the ideas long before the ideas can fail the company.