Comments on: The new incubators seem to be working http://toni.org/2007/03/29/the-new-incubators-seem-to-be-working/ A Swiss guy in San Francisco Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:45:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Niall Kennedy http://toni.org/2007/03/29/the-new-incubators-seem-to-be-working/#comment-7692 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:29:41 +0000 http://toni.schneidersf.com/2007/03/29/the-new-incubators-seem-to-be-working/#comment-7692 Very different from the Idealab concept of incubator. You still have shared resources, but the new breed seems to be more open to ideas developing from within instead of just at the top.

A project or feature becomes its own product and possibly its own company through the openness and support of the centralized management and money structure. In the case of Obvious and Brickhouse there’s a realization that there might be something in an idea or hack worth exploring, worth an iteration or two. Brickhouse and Obvious also see supporting such initiatives as talent retention and encouraging experimentation among its employees.

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