InnerVentures

  • Startup lessons for the workplace

    I discovered this really awesome resource on the BBC – articles and exposes on work life. In it I came across this intriguing concept of Adaptability Quotient in an article: Is ‘AQ’ more important than intelligence?

    Stephen Danelutti

  • What business are you in?

    The question in the title derives from the classic marketing thought piece by Theodore Levitt entitled Marketing Myopia. At the time it rocked not just the marketing world but the business world in general and has shaped business thinking ever since. Published in the Harvard Business Review in July/August 1960, it is no less relevant…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Agile in nature not just by name

    Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft where I work) recently shared his thoughts on how organisations need to embrace “tech intensity” to innovate and grow in today’s high-intensity digital economy. He didn’t specifically call out speed but its implicit in everything he said. I’m surrounded in the work I do at Microsoft, by IT teams that…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Kraft Heinz makes £112bn approach to Unilever

    See excerpt – interesting point: Full article on FT here: Kraft Heinz makes £112bn approach to Unilever

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Round up of latest #innerventures trends

    I’m tracking these updates with the #innerventuresupdate tag – you can find all of them by following the link. They all tie in with and add to the findings from my trend report which covers startup driven innovation in large corporates, corporate venturing efforts and the role of the intrapreneur. You can buy the report…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Lean startup methodology applied to successful enterprise technology adoption

    The Lean Startup isn’t just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business. It’s about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world’s great problems. It’s ultimately an answer to the question ‘How…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • When corporate/startup innovation programs fail

    A great article describing the closure of Coca-Cola’s Founders startup incubator over on TechCrunch. It details some of the challenges with this approach that I thought were worth sharing here. I especially love the quoted thought below: You need a translator to help them understand what’s going on. That’s why a lot of platforms inside…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • The state of startup / corporate collaboration 2016

    Cracking report from Imaginatik and MassChallenge. Its available to download from either site if you can find the page (registration required) but I’ve added the the-state-of-startupcorporate-collaboration-2016 (pdf). Key findings below: 1. INTERACTIONS MOVING EARLY STAGE While most startup/corporate interactions used to begin at the negotiation table, corporations and startups increasingly recognize the benefits of earlier…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Launch like a boss – bringing consumer startup practice to your enterprise technology platform

    The users of a technology platform inside an organisation are a peculiar, collective beast. They are very different to the masses of end users that are customers of a consumer product or service. They are also subject to very different forces than the free, open market subject’s consumers to. However, we can draw parallels and bring in comparisons and best practices from…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Round up of latest innerventures trends

    Lots going on recently so this is a big update with an excellent selection of articles and activities. You can see other updates like this by checking out posts with the research tag and the trend report that is a result of the curation of many of these posts: Startup Innovation

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Round up of latest #innerventures trends

    Lots going on recently so this is a big update with an excellent selection of articles and activities. The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups Corporate accelerators A growing number of innovation-hungry companies are taking inspiration from Silicon Valley: They are setting up accelerators that nurture start-ups. From Deloitte…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Round up of latest #innerventures trends

    It’s been a while since I updated on trends in this space so quite a few to add. Is Apple about to start pumping money into startups? A $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing, the top ride-hailing service in China could be a sign it is. Liberty Mutual Launches Venture Capital Group. Liberty Mutual Group has launched…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • The slide in Mary Meeker’s 2016 internet trends report that shows incumbents’ interest in startup innovation

    Here it is below. Admittedly it is somewhat narrowly focused on acquisitions of tech companies as a means to extend their digital capabilities. Still, a strong indicator from a very powerful voice. The commentary below the slide came from the article where I first read about her latest report and I cannot be sure of…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Why leaders of digital initiatives inside organisations need to think like start-ups

    Or to put it another way, why they need to be more intrapreneurial. I have written about this before on LinkedIn and its also covered in my trend report although those are broader pieces covering more than just digital initiatives. What I am talking about here relates to initiatives that I am often involved in…

    Stephen Danelutti