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Ideas Are Easy. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Ideas Are Easy. Now Comes the Hard Part.

The Next Big Idea Daily

July 1, 202513m 46s

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Show Notes

Let’s face it: ideas are a dime a dozen. Just about anyone can come up with a clever app, a market opportunity, or a product pitch over coffee. But building a real company? That’s the hard part. In her new book After the Idea: What It Really Takes to Create and Scale a Startup, Harvard Business School faculty member Julia Austin offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to turn inspiration into a functioning business—and stay sane along the way.

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