Founder, backed/incubated by a top university - 3 ideas to be executed same time through 3 diff corp. What's wrong with this scenario?

I must echo Tom's contribution. It is very difficult to create a successful business based on one idea.

If you try and do it with 3 separate ideas you are only setting yourself up for failure.

You should determine which is most likely to be successful and most profitable. Then run with that idea.

1. What's the underlying T&Cs with the incubation partner i.e. University?
2. What's the underlying engagement model and exit understanding with three different web firms?
3. What do you mean by higher execution success probability?
4. What are the qualitative/quantitative parameters to measure the above hypothesis?
5. What are the qualitative and quantitative goals set by the founder? Is it only hasty execution or more?
6. What's the current status of the idea?

There's never anything wrong with any scenario. Just, our understanding of the larger picture and clarity of vision. Your answer may help me to help you further.

There is a big argument for FOCUS on one rather than many but if you look at one of the largest software companies in the world, Autodesk, they actually started with many cofounders (20?) with many ideas/products. They agreed to throw like 20 ideas at the market and see which one got traction. The CAD software got traction first so they put more resources (cofounders time) into that and it took off.

Really interesting case study and works a bit on the theory that only 5% of ideas will get traction so why not throw 20 ideas up and see what sticks.

Intel has a similar story too I believe.

Goodluck.