Category Archives: startup

corporate entrepreneurship, speaking, startup

Keynote: Do Startups & Corporations mix @ Zentis

Keynote @ Zentis “Startup-Market”, 30. August 2022

Excited and honored to have been invited to Zentis‘ “Startup-Market” event to keynote on the topic of startups and corporations – do they mix? Spoiler: It depends…

That guy…

As it wasn’t a public event, I can’t share the slides – but if you’re a corporate tasked with cooperating with startups, I can give you these helpful actionable excerpts:

Where is Corporate Startup Engagement positioned compared to R&D and M&A
The types of Corporate Startup Engagement and how they align with Corporate Objectives

Types of Engagement ranked Low to High Involvement

Types of Engagement ranked Low to High Costs
Types of Engagement ranked Low to High Risk

Types of Engagement ranked Short to Long Term Strategy

The typical evolution of the Startup Engagement phases

Are you working in a company looking to engage with startups and could use some help? Let’s talk!

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entrepreneurship, innovation, speaking, startup

Helping French Startups expand into Germany (again)

Honored and excited to have been invited back for the third year in a row to help Business France Düsseldorf with their “Impact Germany” program for French startups expanding into the German market!

The “Impact Germany 2022” organisers, support team & startup cohort
Moderating the panel discussion “How to become successful in a different market?”
Holding a Keynote crash-course introduction to how to succeed in the German market as experienced as a non-German

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Education, Events, startup

Keynote: Why exits matter @ DEEP Startup Ecosystem Conference 2021

Today I spoke a bit about why exits matter in startup communities at the DEEP Startup Ecosystem Conference 2021.

My main points were to refresh the audience on the Boulder Thesis, and press the importance of successfully exited entrepreneurs reinvesting their knowledge and money (and also not successfully exited founders reinvesting their knowledge) in the local ecosystem for it to thrive.

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