The Cost of Playing It Safe

The Cost of Playing It Safe

This visual illustrates how HP, Nokia, and IBM missed billion-dollar opportunities by failing to capitalize on their own innovations. It highlights key reasons why large companies often miss future trends, such as protecting existing revenue, moving too slowly, and avoiding uncertainty.

The Cost of Playing It Safe is a diagram in the strategy section of the StartupFundraising visual library, covering innovation, corporate strategy, missed opportunities, market trends, disruption, risk aversion. Founders use it inside pitch decks, board updates and investor follow-ups; it is free to download and adapt to your own numbers.

At a glance

• Category: Strategy
• Format: image
• Topics: innovation, corporate strategy, missed opportunities, market trends, disruption, risk aversion

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