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Q&A Working with Startups after Acquisition?
August 30, 2019
“I’m looking for insights into how to work with a startup when they are bought out,” one member asks. “We…wonder if someone has insights they would be willing to share.”
Article A Magna Carta for Corporate-Startup Collaborations
August 19, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
In this book excerpt, Trond Undheim, entrepreneur and former head of the MIT Startup Exchange, shares four elements of effective corporate-startup interactions, and some of the factors that can lead to failure or frustration.
Article Inside Intel’s New VC Strategy: Fewer, Bigger Bets
August 12, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
Intel Capital has put over $12 billion into 1,500 startups since it was founded in 1991. Mark Rostick offers explains how it has endured.
Article Innovation at The Nature Conservancy
July 30, 2019 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Jennifer Chin of The Nature Conservancy discusses the organization’s Sustainability Accelerator, and what corporates can learn from nonprofits…
Article ‘Culture Matching’ with the Right Startups
July 3, 2019
“Corporate innovation…teams spend little time assessing culture’s role in…[working] with startups,” writes W.L. Gore’s Paul Campbell. Get advice on how to avoid that fate…
Article Inside AXA Next’s Innovation Avenues
June 20, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
AXA Next unites the French insurance company’s innovation initiatives. Learn more about AXA’s different innovation funds and how the company explores the insurtech.
Article Five Elements of Successful Startup Engagement from the US Air Force
June 18, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Steve Lauver, a Captain in the US Air Force, shares five elements of successful startup partnerships. He also discusses AFWERX, a program innovating within the Air Force.
On Demand Live Call Partnerships at Bayer’s Innovation Center
June 14, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Dr. Chris Haskell discusses how Bayer partners with startups, academic institutions, and other corporates at the company’s Innovation center.
Article Revera Senior Living on Tackling the Challenges of Aging Collaboratively
May 6, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
From involving residents to running internal idea challenges to partnering with young tech companies, Revera Senior Living seeks to innovate aging collaboratively.
Article How Comcast NBCUniversal’s LIFT Lab Created a Startup Program
May 3, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Over a four years, Comcast NBCUniversal’s Danielle Cohn built LIFT Labs, a startup engagement program. She shares advice on how to design a startup strategy.
Article How the Shubert Organization Puts Startups on the Broadway Stage
April 10, 2019 | By Kelsey Alpaio
We sat down with Kyle Wright, the Digital Projects Director at Shubert Ticketing, to learn more about the company’s innovation focuses and their new Broadway Tech Accelerator.
Podcast Playing In the Startup Sandbox
April 2, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Should big companies even try to plug in to the startup ecosystem? We talk with Arvind Purushotham, the Head of Venture Investing at Citi Ventures, and others to find out.
Article How Truck Manufacturer PACCAR is Innovating for the Long Haul
March 26, 2019 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Tesla isn’t alone in the ring of companies experimenting with electric, autonomous, and smarter commercial vehicles.
On Demand Webcast The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Engage with Accelerators
December 18, 2018
Pano Anthos, managing partner of New York-based retail accelerator XRC Labs, shares best practices for working with accelerators.
Podcast Startup Culture in Big Companies
November 27, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Can big companies behave like startups and capture their culture? To find out, we interviewed Steve Blank, a key player in the lean startup movement. This episode also features insights from Lyft COO Jon McNeill.
Article Spanx and Rent the Runway Founders on Building Brands
November 5, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman and Spanx Founder Sara Blakely discuss brand building, using humor, and empowering women at Forbes 30 Under 30.
Article P&G’s Top R&D Exec on Startup Disruption and Lean Innovation
October 29, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
Kathy Fish, P&G’s Chief Research, Development, and Innovation Officer, discusses lean innovation, data science, and measuring productivity. Our exclusive interview is inside…
On Demand Webcast Partnering with Startups to Drive Innovation
October 12, 2018
Brian Christian from The Inovo Group offers advice on how to forge meaningful relationships with startups, and explores the reasons companies work with startups.
Article How JetBlue Navigates the World of Corporate Venture Capital
October 12, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
JetBlue Technology Ventures has put money into 20 startups, which build everything from weather prediction tech to AI assistants that manage travel plans.
Article Why KeyBank is Investing in Digital Innovation and Acquisitions
August 3, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
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.