Corporate Innovation
topic on 3 shows · 6 statements across 5 episodes
Innovators & Investors 
Top Founders 
the a16z Podcast
6 statements about Corporate Innovation, every show
Van Kroonenburg: Corporate innovation projects succeed by helping internal leads win promotions
“In corporate innovation, we're not always there to just find the best business case. One, we're there to help the people in innovation shine for their board and sometimes also get promotions that that's a hidden benefit.”
Van Kroonenburg: Corporate innovation functions as an account management touchpoint
“What I start to see is that innovation is basically
An extra account management contact point, if done properly.
and it could help you, but it, you know, there's a very thin line here, but it could help you create more interactions with your current client …”
Vance: Cheap labor is a crutch that inhibits business innovation
“I think the second is that cheap labor is fundamentally a crutch, and it's a crutch that inhibits innovation. I might even say that it's a drug that too many American firms got addicted to. Now, if you can make a product more cheaply, it's far too easy to do t…”
Naluichi: Selling corporate innovation in US and UK is too aggressive
“Teaching how to do innovation in US and UK is too aggressive, and so I decided to stay in niche market but anyway, very rewarding in terms of potential market share.”
Bahcall: Corporate innovation fails in transferring ideas, not generating them
“Because where innovation fails is not in the supply of new idea. It's in the transfer of those new ideas to the field.”