It shouldn't come as a surprise that overall funding for transportation-focused startups doubled in just one year—from $7 billion in 2014 to $14 billion in 2015—according to Volvo Group's venture capital arm.
Who's getting the money, and what's...
Why Small Wins Are the New Rules of Success for Corporate Innovation
As executive teams pursue corporate innovation efforts, they often realize that it takes time before it fully materializes into new lines of business and other long-term wins.
Here's How Corporate Innovators Can Improve Successes with Startup Partners
In times of economic turbulence, companies often react by circling the wagons and becoming more conservative with how they invest and spend. While it's too soon to tell how the market will react in the long run to the global economic uncertainty...
Automakers Scramble to Respond to the Threat of Self-Driving Cars
At times, this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) looked more like the Detroit Auto Show than an annual consumer electronics outing in Las Vegas. Fiat Chrysler unveiled a prototype electric vehicle that looked more like it had been designed by a...
Transform Your Business Experiment into a Culture of Innovation: a Discussion with Corporate Intrapreneur David Beath
By definition, corporate innovation teams need to move faster than the organizations that support them.
Large, complex enterprises need a vehicle to keep up with the open market. That’s why companies, even ones with decade-plus-strong R&D...
Three Emerging Corporate Innovation Models
In 2017, the big theme among corporate innovation teams will be cautious optimism. While there is uncertainty about how the new geopolitical terrain will impact their business, corporates are still moving forward with innovation plans. They will...
4 Surprising Ways that Corporate Innovators Can Outsmart and Outrun Failure
“In the new world, it is not the big fish which eats the small fish, it's the fast fish which eats the slow fish," says Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chair of the World Economic Forum.
In other words, corporations aren't competing with each...
What the Future Holds for IoT and the Wearables Industry
At this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, one thing was abundantly clear: Despite security concerns, the Internet of Things (IoT) is taking off. From large brands, such as Samsung and LG, to new players like French startup, Wair,...
How To Derive The Most Value Out Of Accelerator Programs
RocketSpace formally launched its first corporate accelerator program a little over a year ago. We aimed to create a new model that brings corporations and startups together to fuel industry-focused transformation while achieving real, measurable...
Dating Advice for Corporates and Startups — Part IV: Build a Successful Working Relationship
For many corporates, a partnership with a startup can be a crucial strategic decision. For one, your company will reduce its time to market and can validate a product idea at a fraction of the speed of building an in-house solution. In addition,...