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“When innovation is treated as art or magic, there’s usually a lot of fun, a little bit of chaos and no ROI” Robyn Bolton on taking a more holistic approach to corporate innovation buff.ly/3dehOTA

“Not only can these firms share in the upside of the industry’s future through an investment in startup companies, but they can also keep a keen eye on what trends are emerging.” buff.ly/3cs7f06

“Make sure that as you’re hiring people, you don’t give up on any of your core values.” Theresia Gouw buff.ly/2PmEQzi

Traceability in the supply chain, insights on product maintenance, improvements in aging in place Daniel Herscovici on key IoT trends buff.ly/3fpiBDV

Building an ecosystem of startup partners can help companies grow their product of service platforms. My Touchdown Ventures colleague Daniel Deeney explains the value of these ecosystems and how to create them buff.ly/2Mtxb16

As Mark Suster points out there are some great examples of good CVCs (like Comcast). Entrepreneurs need to evaluate potential CVCs individually, rather than make a category decision.

Great article on AgTech VC trends by my colleague Selina Troesch Munster

“You cannot self-develop all the time. You have to go and get the solution outside” One reason Israeli Bank Hapoalim invests in startups. buff.ly/35ZUVjB

"By the time a trend is established, any opportunities it presents have most likely been captured by competitors." Martin Reeves, Kevin Whitaker, & Bob Goodson discuss the power of anomalies & how to identify them. buff.ly/3x5Aj5F

“Startups and VCs also need to realize that Africa’s leading corporates can unlock much more than capital for them.” buff.ly/3qxTUZL

“Execution is focused on immediate short term earnings today, whereas innovation looks further and pays dividends in the future.” buff.ly/3czaF0O

How to avoid having to say “if only we had known we were about to get disrupted, we would have innovated” buff.ly/2SVRx63

“Firms can begin their journey of innovation with trend analysis to understand influential trends of the future and the innovation landscape in their industry” buff.ly/3jt1seB

“Innovating without data, he says, is ‘flying blind.’” ~ stevedenning Tony Ulwick buff.ly/3dwJXpU

“Corporates no longer see investments in innovative start-ups as discretionary.” PwC on the resiliency and maturity of #CVC. Serge Reh buff.ly/2UUwZMo

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We are very proud of our colleague Jack Taylor for being named a corporate venture capital Global Corporate Venturing Rising Star. Congratulations, Jack! Well deserved! Touchdown Ventures buff.ly/34NnCmL

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