Corporate venturing is where venture capital firms were 15 years ago in terms of their marketing awareness.
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Three Asian takeaways
The west is discounting Asian growth, low cost of entrepreneurialism and the arrival of a golden age of innovation.
The search for opportunities to fuel growth
As part of a series of interviews with leading venture investors and developers, Andrew Gaule, left, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venture Senior Executive Forum, talks to Paul Morris (pictured), head of Europe for Dow Venture Capital.
NVCA’s vital call to arms
Every company needs to consider how it innovates and its openness to different ways of doing this.
Where bankers fear to tread
“The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation.”
Hydrogen’s role in the energy sector
Henri Winand interview first published in the autumn edition of Lotus Engineering’s proActive e-magazine.
Venturing and innovation units should merge
A hybrid model of corporate venturing and open innovation increases the chances of success considerably.
Industry Q&A: Experts debate approaches
A group of leading global corporate investment managers convened with accountancy firm Ernst & Young to share perspectives on strategy, success factors and the outlook for corporate venturing.
What the experts predict for 2011
Global Corporate Venturing asked practitioners three questions: What will be the big issue for 2011? What do you hope will be repeated this year from 2010? What do you hope will not be repeated this year from 2010?
Focus on real cash returns
The ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ that might put the odds in favour of the new generation of utility corporate venturing units started in the past three years.
Venturing will become more an academic pursuit
Academia to sponsor more venture capital-style funds as model shifts.
Gaule’s Question Time: Justin Adams, BP Alternative Energy
As part of a series of interviews with leading venture investors and developers, Andrew Gaule, left, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venture Senior Executive Forum, talks to Justin Adams, vice-president strategy and ventures, BP Alternative Energy.
Causes the key, not results
Research shows asking your brain a question gains better answers than imaging the answer directly.
Awareness of challenges augurs well for new year
There are challenges ahead but this is now the time to deliver on the promises made.