Making CVC truly strategic through Innovative New Value ChainsAndrew Gaule
Presentation given as part of the panel at GCV Symposium London 23 May 2017
Panel included Bill Taranto Merck Global Health Innovation
Jacqueline Lesage-Krause MunichRE
David Mayhew GE Ventures
Geoff McGrath McLaren Applied Technologies
Andrew Gaule Aimava and GCV Academy
I am an Innovation and Venture Designer
I help firms and teams to be more responsive and innovative, according to an agile and lean-startup mindset. My aim is to deliver real value, while enhancing my clients' capabilities. I work with my clients where they are.
You can contact me on info@andreacocchi.com
Making CVC truly strategic through Innovative New Value ChainsAndrew Gaule
Presentation given as part of the panel at GCV Symposium London 23 May 2017
Panel included Bill Taranto Merck Global Health Innovation
Jacqueline Lesage-Krause MunichRE
David Mayhew GE Ventures
Geoff McGrath McLaren Applied Technologies
Andrew Gaule Aimava and GCV Academy
I am an Innovation and Venture Designer
I help firms and teams to be more responsive and innovative, according to an agile and lean-startup mindset. My aim is to deliver real value, while enhancing my clients' capabilities. I work with my clients where they are.
You can contact me on info@andreacocchi.com
Matt Ward from Digital Catapult (CDEC)wired_sussex
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is the UK Government’s innovation agency. It has funding, resources and expertise to benefit those businesses with innovation on their agenda. Wired Sussex has got together with the TSB to offer organisations and companies working in digital, media and technology a unique opportunity to hear from the decision makers across the TSB
Thomas Berglund - ´Learning by doing´ with Angel Challenge and upcoming annua...First Tuesday Bergen
Thomas Berglund, Styreleder i Angel Challenge fortalte om årets Startup Extreme og Angel Challenge. 20 investorer skal velge 1 vinner av 20 startups. Hver investor skal investere 50.000 kr slik at vinneren får 1 million. Dette er et omfattende og lærerikt program som går over tre måneder. Søknadsfrist for investorer er 1. april og 31. mars for gründere. Se her for mer informasjon: http://angelchallenge.com/ac-bergen-2017/
Reinventing Education through Design ThinkingSmipio
Brings out the problems in higher education and how to creatively address them. Helps get insight on the next generation education to bring out the brilliance in everyone and making everyone highly employable.
Globalization creates many opportunities but also challenges for businesses today.
While some challenges may be particular to a country or sector, there are many challenges that SMEs around the world have in common.
Numerous barriers exist, so in order for SMEs to not only survive and grow, they must be armed with the correct tools and strategies to overcome these challenges and thrive.
While there are some that the individual business cannot control (at least for now) that does not mean they should sit back and do nothing.
A business that decides to understand the challenges and develop a program for finding solutions is a business that puts itself in a position to achieve success.
CHOICE is a 4-month innovation & transformation program for your employees. We believe each company has a resource for innovation. And innovation starts from within a company. During CHOICE program we focus on your most valuable resources — employees — to kick off innovation culture and growth mindset.
The Digital Side Of Startup Ecosystem Development GEC 2018 istanbulGrow VC Group
The digital economy requires economic development and digital development to be understood and be operated closely together for ecosystem orchestration.
In this session, we explore how to unbundle and connect application silos, to build connectivity between applications to make valuable data to flow within and between ecosystems. What practical steps are required and who should be involved?
We explore learning from other industries to help imagine use and concepts of digital in ecosystem development and orchestration context and share our own key learnings of digital from several ecosystems around the world.
Matt Ward from Digital Catapult (CDEC)wired_sussex
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is the UK Government’s innovation agency. It has funding, resources and expertise to benefit those businesses with innovation on their agenda. Wired Sussex has got together with the TSB to offer organisations and companies working in digital, media and technology a unique opportunity to hear from the decision makers across the TSB
Thomas Berglund - ´Learning by doing´ with Angel Challenge and upcoming annua...First Tuesday Bergen
Thomas Berglund, Styreleder i Angel Challenge fortalte om årets Startup Extreme og Angel Challenge. 20 investorer skal velge 1 vinner av 20 startups. Hver investor skal investere 50.000 kr slik at vinneren får 1 million. Dette er et omfattende og lærerikt program som går over tre måneder. Søknadsfrist for investorer er 1. april og 31. mars for gründere. Se her for mer informasjon: http://angelchallenge.com/ac-bergen-2017/
Reinventing Education through Design ThinkingSmipio
Brings out the problems in higher education and how to creatively address them. Helps get insight on the next generation education to bring out the brilliance in everyone and making everyone highly employable.
Globalization creates many opportunities but also challenges for businesses today.
While some challenges may be particular to a country or sector, there are many challenges that SMEs around the world have in common.
Numerous barriers exist, so in order for SMEs to not only survive and grow, they must be armed with the correct tools and strategies to overcome these challenges and thrive.
While there are some that the individual business cannot control (at least for now) that does not mean they should sit back and do nothing.
A business that decides to understand the challenges and develop a program for finding solutions is a business that puts itself in a position to achieve success.
CHOICE is a 4-month innovation & transformation program for your employees. We believe each company has a resource for innovation. And innovation starts from within a company. During CHOICE program we focus on your most valuable resources — employees — to kick off innovation culture and growth mindset.
The Digital Side Of Startup Ecosystem Development GEC 2018 istanbulGrow VC Group
The digital economy requires economic development and digital development to be understood and be operated closely together for ecosystem orchestration.
In this session, we explore how to unbundle and connect application silos, to build connectivity between applications to make valuable data to flow within and between ecosystems. What practical steps are required and who should be involved?
We explore learning from other industries to help imagine use and concepts of digital in ecosystem development and orchestration context and share our own key learnings of digital from several ecosystems around the world.
A practical introduction to - and overview of - the entrepreneurship journey, based on the ecosystem in Copenhagen area. From a lecture, I gave at Aalborg University CPH for engineer candidates (cand.polyt study) in the 'Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Business models'-course as part of the 'Converging Mediatechnology' track.
Solveo - new opportunities in the palm of your hand Solveo
Solveo is a strategic design and innovation consultancy. With out innovative approach we help our clients create innovative and suitable solutions to strenghten their market position and gain competitive advantage.
Solveo is a strategic design and innovation consultancy. With our innovative approach, we help our clients create innovative and suitable solutions to strengthen their market position and gain competitive advantage.
Michigan Marketing Minds - September 9, 2014 - Expressing Thought Leadership:...AnnArborSPARK
The Three Keys to Modern Marketing: Content, Content, Content...
Panelists will tell how their companies’ innovative content marketing strategies have helped them:
-establish thought leadership within their industries,
-get found by the right kinds of customers,
-build strong brands that stand apart from the competition,
-increase preference among customers ready to buy.
2. EXUS Software Ltd. (www.exus.co.uk)
• 27 years old
• 140+ staff with offices in London and Athens
• We work with Software and Analytics serving:
• Finance
• Security
• Healthcare
• Codeless platforms
• Rich experience in co-funded R&I programs
• Currently participating in 18 ongoing projects (10 coordinated)
• Projects focused around core expertise and commercial strategy
• 2 new products in development through subsidized activity
• https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dvassiliadis
3. Obstacles and Challenges - 1
Walk the “Innovation talk”
• Statement: “our ideas/teams/companies are innovative”
• EXUS has been in the market for 27 years
• Are we still innovative?
• Do we add new value?
• Do we unlock hidden sources of value?
• Are we able to rally people/resources around our ideas?
• Are we convincing enough for anyone to risk their money on us?
4. Obstacles and Challenges - 2
Finding our sweet-spot
• In the sea of R&I activities in FP7/H2020 where do we fit in?
• How can we make this work for us?
• How can we work for it?
• Is this sustainable?
• How do you manage risk?
5. Lessons learnt - 1
Create a virtual product roadmap (This is not “just” tech!)
- Or to make it simple, set a 3-year plan for your company.
- Understand how R&I funding can help you achieve this.
- Create a virtual roadmap with hard milestones per 6 months.
- Define a strategic portfolio of R&I activities to support the
roadmap.
- Take the first step on your own:
a. Find a topic
b. Define the idea
c. Coordinate the effort
d. Start early (usually 6 months in advance)
e. Personal advice: choose smaller/focused activities
6. Lessons learnt
Lessons learnt - 2
Build expertise and make people aware of it
- Understand your strengths and use them.
- Find the vertical(s) in which you can make the difference and focus.
- Learn to say no to activities that don’t align with your core strategy.
- Attend events (local, regional, national, international) and showcase.
- Create a dedicated web-space to demonstrate your USPs.
- Use the “network effect” fromTwitter/Linkedin/Slideshare.
- Build Authority with monthly blogposts.
7. Lessons learnt - 3
Create and nurture a handful of strategic partnerships
- As an SME we need partners for:
a. Research
b. Marketing
c. Business development
d. Scale-up support
- Handpick companies/academia with compatible understanding
and complementary aspiration.
- Overall improved performance (consortium/SME)
8. Where you can find me
• EXUS Software Ltd. (www.exus.co.uk)
• EXUS Innovation (www.exusinnovation.co.uk)
• Email: dvas@exus.co.uk
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvassiliadis
• https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dvassiliadis
