You have to make the decision about whether you want to avoid or you want to overcome the resistance.

People who copy what exists copy a point-in-time artifact, and if you are managing the process correctly you are already hard at work on the next thing.

In the face of uncertainty, many companies will default to asking their innovators to study and analyze, which can't actually ever provide a definitive answer.

I think the most important thing to do is to recognize the fundamentally different circumstances of pursuing growth.

You can always figure out how to deliver things in somewhat controlled situations, but when you start to get into the reality of the market you start to figure out what isn't going to work.

The sad truth is as difficult as the first mile can be for entrepreneurs, it is doubly tough inside most large companies as innovators can face some significant headwinds.

What looks like resistance in many cases is rational responses to incentives and ingrained resource-allocation processes.