how to disrupt your own organization through startup innovation
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Disrupting Your Own Organization Through Startup Innovation
Ben Yoskovitz | [email protected] | @byosko
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The world is in love with startups.
The answer to every problem or opportunity isn’t: a startup.
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Startups aren’t a panacea for every challenge facing big
companies or their customers.
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But sometimes, a startup is exactly what we need.
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How do you know when a startup is the answer?
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And that’s the problem:
How can big companies and startups work together effectively?
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First, let’s talk about why corporates and startups should work together.
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“ If you’re relying on innovation solely from within your company, you’re dead.”
— Peter Diamandis, Founder X Prize Foundation & Co-Founder Singularity University
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BIG COMPANIES
✓ Under-utilized assets ✓ Customers ✓ Distribution ✓ Experience ✓ Capital
STARTUPS
✓ Agility / Speed ✓ Risk-taking ✓ Fresh perspective ✓ New tech ✓ No baggage
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Do more, in parallel. With minimal risk.
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“There are no answers inside the building.”
- Steve Blank, author of Four Steps to the Epiphany
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Better to instigate your own disruption than have it come from somewhere else.
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So how can corporates and startups work together?
1. Corporate VC is on the rise
https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/corporate-venture-capital-active-2014/
1. Corporate VC is on the rise
https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/corporate-venture-capital-active-2014/
The challenge is linking an investment strategy with a company’s overall
innovation strategy.
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2. Let’s get physical…
The challenge is translating the collisions that happen through proximity to tangible
actions and value creation.
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3. External accelerators
The challenge is making sure there’s a meaningful way to connect startups into the
core business.
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“Corporations said that 67% now prefer working with startups at earlier stages, mainly ‘to explore new technologies and business models’.”
https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/1955252/SCC_2016/Startup_Corporate_Collab_2016_Report.pdf
“At an overwhelming 82%, corporations now view interactions with startups as ‘somewhat important’ to ‘very important’, and 23% indicated that these interactions were ‘mission critical’.”
4. Partnerships
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“Corporations said that 67% now prefer working with startups at earlier stages, mainly ‘to explore new technologies and business models’.”
https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/1955252/SCC_2016/Startup_Corporate_Collab_2016_Report.pdf
“At an overwhelming 82%, corporations now view interactions with startups as ‘somewhat important’ to ‘very important’, and 23% indicated that these interactions were ‘mission critical’.”
The challenge is finding the right startups to partner with in a structured, scalable way.
4. Partnerships
All of these options can be valuable, but they can also be scattershot and disorganized.
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CORP VC? PHYSICAL SPACES?
ACCELERATORS?PARTNERSHIPS?
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5. Startup Co-Creation
DISCOVERY VALIDATION VENTURE ACCELERATION
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5. Startup Co-Creation
DISCOVERY VALIDATION VENTURE ACCELERATION
• Leverages and aligns various innovation efforts (internal and external)
• Deeply connected into the corporate • A structured, disciplined, Lean approach • Portfolio-driven • Win-win for corporates and startups
Thank you!
Ben YoskovitzFounding Partner, Highline BETA http://highlinebeta.com [email protected] @byosko