> You know what kills companies? Cashflow. That, in turn, gets (eventually) impacted by innovation debt. > And do you believe this is seriously something that

> You know what kills companies? Cashflow. That, in turn, gets (eventually) impacted by innovation debt. > And do you believe this is seriously something that is killing companies left and right? No, not at all; and I don't believe the author of the post does either. There is a whole bunch of things that can kill a company (especially a startup), and a lot of them are going to be bigger and more urgent then innovation dept. You should definitely focus on dealing with those. However, innovation dept should not be dismissed entirely, especially since it doesn't take much to offset it.