Really insightful & surprising take on the "dry powder" hypothesis from Jackie DiMonte with some important implications to #VC and #startups jaydimonte.substack.com/p/the-dry-powd…

Game changer! Sometimes the best innovations are things that people need, but never know to ask for...

Congrats T.A. McCann & the whole Pioneer Square Labs team on your 3rd fund! Grateful to have you as partners in pioneering the #venturestudio model

.fishersparks FishersIN disgusted that you’ve chosen to charge non-residents a $50 parking fee — strong signal against inclusion: you’re legislating attendance by income bracket. Far better beaches & communities to be part of. I’ll stay Downtown #Indy wrtv.com/news/local-new…

Excited to share our perspective on how #corporateinnovation teams can maximize mutual value creation from #startup #partnerships. Thanks to my Alloy Partners (formerly High Alpha Innovation) colleague Kaitlin Gawkins for co-authoring this post with me! highalphainno.com/articles/unloc…

Delighted to announce Alloy Partners (formerly High Alpha Innovation)'s PortCo PLOT Jobsite Coordination closed a $2M funding round led by GroundBreak Ventures ! PLOT is building #constructiontech for better jobsite communication and coordination. #saas #vc

Friday baseball fun #atthevic

Don't mistake learning for failure #startups h/t Porter Haney

Many VCs/LPs/Founders are asking me how the recent ups and downs of venture capital are impacting ventures studios. So I wrote an article on it: Why Now Is (Counterintuitively) a Great Time to Launch A Venture Studio linkedin.com/pulse/why-now-…

Huge day for the Devnaut team (& Alloy Partners (formerly High Alpha Innovation)) with their public launch. Incredibly excited by the opportunity to be a “code cartographer” for developers

A corporate innovation leader told me his company was good at “failing slowly & at scale.” Nature does the opposite: it pushes innovation to the boundary, to individual cells or organisms. If mutations fail the ecosystem is fine. If they succeed the ecosystem learns & adapts.

It was a pleasure presenting to #CIOs at the #Indy #IT Symposium today on behalf of Alloy Partners (formerly High Alpha Innovation). #Innovation in large organizations is getting harder & working with #startups is one of a portfolio of options for driving growth!

"The worst outcome is a mediocre success" - great article highlighting how to accelerate #businessdesign & #customerdiscovery when hypothesis testing by Abraham Thomas pivotal.substack.com/p/the-worst-ou…

insight I really like from Jensen at NVIDIA for the latest Acquired Podcast companies don’t have to predict the future, they just have to be close enough to the opportunities that a diving catch can get you there Or “It’s better to be approximately right than exactly wrong”

Tomorrow is release day for The Illusion of Innovation, a collection of lessons learned collaborating with entrepreneurs and changemakers for many years. I can't wait to hear what you think of it! (And it's not too late to pre-order: amazon.com/Illusion-Innov…) #IllusionOfInnovation

Is your corporation guilty of engaging in #innovation theater? High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker will join InnoLead on May 7th to explain how large-scale companies like yours can avoid the #IllusionOfInnovation and address the "efficiency trap." innovationleader.com/upcoming-webca…

Fieldbook, a new $10M #VentureStudio operated by Alloy Partners (formerly High Alpha Innovation) and funded by VentureWell (inactive account), plans to cultivate a vibrant tech and entrepreneurial community in Arkansas and beyond. Learn all about Fieldbook in our press release: prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Collective AgriFood system innovation will lead to further advancements for ag companies and farmers, Ryan Larcom noted at DIAL Ventures' recent Future of Agrifood summit. See how Compeer, Kubota, and Nutrien Ag Solutions approach innovation today: highalphainno.com/articles/agrif…

"Startups are the engines for learning and innovation, and they do so at a far more rapid pace than corporations ever have." HAI Director Ryan Larcom joined The Innovation Series to discuss how startups drive innovation in the healthcare industry. Listen: theinnovationseries.com/project/ryan-l…

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