Working With Startups

Innovation at The Nature Conservancy

‘Culture Matching’ with the Right Startups

Inside AXA Next’s Innovation Avenues

Five Elements of Successful Startup Engagement from the US Air Force

Revera Senior Living on Tackling the Challenges of Aging Collaboratively

Innovation at The Nature Conservancy
‘Culture Matching’ with the Right Startups
Inside AXA Next’s Innovation Avenues
Five Elements of Successful Startup Engagement from the US Air Force
Revera Senior Living on Tackling the Challenges of Aging Collaboratively

The best large companies are developing new skillsets related to working with startups. These range from participating in accelerator programs to holding hackathons to creating new investment funds to simply assigning an executive to be a visible point of contact — an ambassador to the startup ecosystem.

Not all of those approaches will work for every company, and doing all of them at once is a recipe for disaster.

A good starting place in this topic area is our 25-page research report, "Startup Engagement: Best Practices for Large Organizations."

Spanx and Rent the Runway Founders on Building Brands

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P&G’s Top R&D Exec on Startup Disruption and Lean Innovation

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How JetBlue Navigates the World of Corporate Venture Capital

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Why KeyBank is Investing in Digital Innovation and Acquisitions

KeyBank is one of the biggest in the US, with over 1,100 branches. While investing in its digital relationship with customers, it remains committed to face-to-face interactions.

Lessons from the Land O’Lakes Dairy Accelerator

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Assessment: How Sophisticated is Your Startup Engagement Strategy?

Are you ready to engage with the startup ecosystem? How comprehensive is your startup strategy? Answer these 15 questions to find out.

Research Report

Startup Engagement: Best Practices for Large Organizations

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Startups represent a tsunami of disruption that is about to crash into your industry. They also represent a source of high-potential new products and services, investment and acquisition opportunities, and partnerships that could help you stave off disruption. Learn how some of the top-performing organizations in the world design strategies to engage with startups, including data from 115 large organizations.