>Kickstarters work when they are the "D" side of R&D and fail when they start with the "R" side and try to get to "D". I feel like we can extend this from Kick

>Kickstarters work when they are the "D" side of R&D and fail when they start with the "R" side and try to get to "D". I feel like we can extend this from Kickstarters to certain types of larger companies, where their expertise is in the D phase and their R efforts are largely fruitless (though granted, this is a bit of an exaggeration on my part). In a way, it takes discipline to stick to the D phase and let others do the seemingly sexy R work.