
Innovation never occurs in a void
It is rather more likely a synthesis across domains or even combining opposites. There are several types of innovation. You need them all.Apart from innovating

It is rather more likely a synthesis across domains or even combining opposites. There are several types of innovation. You need them all.Apart from innovating

The other week at the Lean Startup Summit I introduced our ROI calculator in a couple of innovation accounting roundtable sessions. The sessions were overbooked

-”Ok, we agree, let’s try innovation. We’ll start slow, with 2 or 4 startups and see what happens”. I have heard this often enough. It seems a logical thing to do, try something first. The problem lies in the fact that people often forget that investing in ideas is, and always will be, a betting game. So the chances of these two or four startups becoming a success are slim considering the odds of 2 out of 10 will make it big.

Technologische ontwikkelingen zorgen voor steeds snellere veranderingen en vernieuwingen en gevestigde organisaties lijken die exponentiële groei en versnelde digitale veranderingen niet altijd bij te kunnen houden. Het succes van startups, die met kleine teams in een heel ander ontwikkeltempo wel op deze veranderingen in kunnen spelen, blijft niet onopgemerkt.

“-Can you tell me what you would look for in a startup so I can properly build my MVP?” I am at a Meetup where

Once you have filled in your NEXT Canvas, you are stuck with a pile of stickies filled with assumptions. Do they all need to be

Als je eenmaal je canvas hebt ingevuld, zit je vast met een stapel post-its vol veronderstellingen. Moeten ze allemaal worden getest? Is elk van hen

Once you have filled in your NEXT Canvas, you are stuck with a pile of stickies filled with assumptions. Do they all need to be

Photo credits; Marcos Ojeda As we have mentioned before, one of the beliefs in our investment thesis is: “The time of the unicorn is over. We