Corporate-Startup Partnering for Success

Date

Start date 14 March

Location

FER, Geneva

Register

EPFL Innovation Park created a four half-day workshops with dozens of company executives as speakers, to talk about their best practices and lessons learned from their own experiences.

There will be case studies as well as group discussions. Start-up CEO /CTOs and Corporate innovation managers will have the possibility to work side by side to help each other, to achieve better understanding and to build a powerful business and personal network.

The program consists of 4 afternoons from 13h30 to 17h30 at FER in Geneva on March 14th, 21st, 28th and April 4th, to easily fit into your schedule. Participants who can not attend the 4 consequent workshops can invite a colleague from his team to attend, in order to ensure the continuity and the quality of exchange with other participating companies.

Day 1 – Thursday March 14th, 2019: Why — Key benefits & challenges

State of the art: overview of various forms of partnering between startups and corporates
Key benefits & challenges: real examples of success and failures
Understanding each other: comparison of organisations, operating modes and decision processes between startups and corporates

Day 2 – Thursday March 21st, 2019: How — Business partnership & R&D co-development

Building relationship supplier <=> customer: how to approach each other
Business partnership: leveraging each other’s commercial network
R&D co-development: case studies, key issues, tips and limit

Day 3 – Thursday March 28th, 2019: How — Corporate venture funds, startup acquisition & other forms

Corporate venture fund: why and how
Startup acquisition by corporates: key issues and tips
Other forms of partnerships: startup incubator, acceleration programs
and
startup competitions
Testimonials from leaders of corporates and startups

Day 4 – Thursday April 4th, 2019: Necessary conditions — Rules of the game & action plan

Necessary conditions for a successful partnership startup <=> corporate: building an entrepreneurial mindset
Rules of the game for startups and for corporates
Group work: peer-to-peer discussion to improve
respective
plan of partnering
Presentation of your roadmap, get direct feedback from trainers and peers

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