Comments on: Culture Clash: Scientists vs. Entrepreneurs

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By: tacobravo

tacobravo — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:41:55 +0000

I think the answer lies in having a short term operating plan that gets revised every month or two. Having clear, focused goals is the solution the problem. If you can’t get the scientists to agree to the goals, that’s another matter. But I learned the hard way of the necessity of having an operational dashboard that everyone is focused on. Even in the early going when it may not be clear what is predictable (like revenue) you can still have development goals.

By: mngardon

mngardon — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:53:50 +0000

Great post. Setting expectations for scientists is key. I struggled with this in my current start up. Any insights as to how to delicately have the conversation that “ideas are just ideas without the execution?” This conversation inevitably devalues the scientific idea initially, but is so necessary to have in order to build contingencies, and build support for talking to customers before the innovation is complete.