1. Why work with start-ups?
A better understanding of the benefits of setting up a corporate incubator means, first and foremost, a better understanding of recent developments in innovation methods, both through the evolution of start-ups and within large corporations themselves.
1.1 Integrating start-ups into a changing corporate innovation environment
First and foremost, let's remember that a start-up is a temporary organization set up in search of a scalable business model around an idea and a strong belief. Over the last ten years or so, a new form of start-up has developed, characterized by the "lean start-up" approach, based on the iterative search for a business model.
While many start-ups fail – it's part of the game –, some very quickly become multi-million...
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Bibliography
Winning Together - A guide to corporate-startup collaboration – Valerie Mocker, Simona Bielli, Christopher Haley, NESTA, June 2015
Towards a new-generation design-led incubator - Nicolas Bellégo, ENSCI, May 2015
Are Corporate Accelerators The New Growth Hacking For Enterprise Companies? – Zack Weisfeld, Microsoft Venture Accelerators, Forbes, September 2015
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