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Looking beyond today’s final frontiers

One of the more narrow-minded approaches to looking at innovation and growth is the argument we live on a planet with finite resources so we have to cut back and retreat to a prelapsarian age.

Managing change over continuity

Chris O’Donnell’s rapid promotion at Pfizer Ventures, the US-based pharmaceutical firm’s corporate venturing arm, two years after joining as a principal reflects the rapid opportunities for development at the best-run units.

No time to hide heads

It is an unpleasant term and practice but the so-called brain rape of another company’s technology or ideas is part of the challenge of doing business.

Opening to a world of capital

Three months ago as the impact of the coronavirus’ spread around the world was becoming clearer with an economic lockdown there were few potential points of light.

Technology will provide what we want

Does technology change society, or does society disrupt technology?

Working together to improve the ecosystem

There is an old rule of thumb that service providers in a market improve its efficiency by about five-fold.

‘Echoes of 1929 are in the air’

Much of the modern world is shaped by a handful of outsized events, primarily the Second World War.

Targeting the next generation

The greater strategic battle could come in areas where less attention is being paid.

Slowly then suddenly

Last year’s Global Corporate Venturing Symposium included a panel on blockchain technology and its ability to enhance the management of venture capital funds and investments.

Extreme challenges requires tech

Tomorrow’s Extreme Tech Challenge global finals represents a chance for the world to see how so-called tech-for-good startups address global challenges as defined by the United Nation’s 17 sustainable development goals.

Navigating big government

The traditional way to think of supporting entrepreneurs has been to look at their five primary needs: access to capital, finding customers, product and service development, hiring people and, eventually, an exit.