Getting ready for strategic corporate investments Early stage – perspective Antti Kosunen Nestholma Renewal Accelerator

Best innovations come from cooperation between startups and corporations

Most people think it’s all about the idea. It’s not. EVERYONE has ideas. The hard part is to execute on the idea. - Mark Cuban, serial entrepreneur

Paradox Business process = must Business process = impossible

You have to learn the rules of the game You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else - Albert Einstein

Do you know the rules of the game?

Do you know the rules of the game? Do you know what is the game?

Don’t A S S U M E

Don’t A S S U M E

Don’t A S S U M E

Don’t A S S U M E - Benny Hill

Corporate culture kills cooperation

Everybody has a different reason why not

Go where the puck is Wayne Gretzky

Go where the puck is going Wayne Gretzky

Startup defenition?

A tool for organization renewal

A tool for cultural change

A tool for getting innovations

Ad-hoc is the most common approach

Corporate culture kills cooperation

The only way to learn how to work with startups is to work with startups. Not when you’re launching the first time, maybe not ever Don’t start to optimize before you know what is core and what is just nice to have

Systematic Work - not play

Get ready for strategic corporate investments Antti Kosunen Nestholma Renewal Accelerator