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An innovation ecosystem

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About the facilitatorDan Toma

author The Corporate Startup book | 12 years digital product ownership experience | MBA | certified lean startup coach

Dan comes from an entrepreneurial background - he has been involved with technology startups across the world. Puzzled by the questions ‘why are innovative products mainly launched by startups?’, he focuses on enterprise innovation strategy - specifically on the changes blue-chip organizations need to make to allow for new ventures to be built in a corporate setting. In this capacity he worked with companies like Deutsche Telekom, Bosch, Jaguar Land Rover, Bayer, John Deere or Allianz. Dan has also worked with various government bodies, in Asia and Europe, helping developing national innovation ecosystems and implement national innovation strategies.

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We need to innovate, so ...

hackatons

idea

cha

lleng

es

accelerator

incubator

train the trainers

management trainingreactorcorporate venture capital

executive training

M&Adesign thinking training

agile

lean startup

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Measurements have impact on conclusions and actions

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Think of your ecosystem as

funnel

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Question:how many ideas are being generated by the ecosystem or enter the ecosystem? Indicator(s):‘numbers or idea generated or entering the ecosystem’.

Action(s):● Hackatons● idea challenges● ideation training● design thinking training● university collaborations● startup collaborations● M&A

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Question how many ideas are being worked on? Indicator(s):● number of team being formed

around ideas● number of ideas financed

Action(s):● management training● train the trainers program

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Questions: how many ideas make it in the market? Indicator(s):● number of experiments created● percentage from the generated

ideas adopted by business units● percentage from the generated

ideas launched in the market● number of external companies

invested in● number of spinoffs

Action(s):● innovation lab or internal

accelerator program● venture arm● framework

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Question is the ecosystem an evergreen one? Indicator(s):● Number of new projects started

from existing ones● Employee retention

Action(s):● Internal conferences● External conferences● Case studies● Entries in competitions

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Question how much are the generated ideas worth? Indicator(s):● percentage of revenue generated

from ideas launched in the past 3 year

● cost saved from ideas generated● overall cost of innovation

Action(s):● M&A (Internal and external)● Investments in startups● Joint ventures

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Improving an ecosystem requires a holistic view

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Contact

Email: me@danto.ma

Website: www.danto.ma

www.thecorporatestartupbook.com

Twitter: @toma_dan

LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/dantoma/