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Corporations need to renew themselves, and one of the best ways to do that is by working with startups. This white paper explores the benefits on branding, innovation and learning. It also reviews alternatives and best practices on collaboration.
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Posted by Tiina Haapanen & filed under Entrepreneurship, Startups, Team.
To create something new and innovative you need to also be ready to fail and fail the right way. Failing has become such an essential part of the startup world that there is even a day for it. Read more ...
Posted by Mika Eriksson & filed under Accelerator, Banking, innovating, Product development.
Collaboration. That's a buzzword that you can not avoid hearing nowadays. But it's a buzzword that talks about a real need: collaboration between startups and banks. That's what is needed in banking, both for the banks' and startups' sake, but especially for the sake of the customers. But to be successful, collaboration has to be done right. Read more ...
Posted by Tiina Haapanen & filed under Entrepreneurship, Startups, Team.
Having the right kind of team is one of the key features of a successful startup. Even more important than your idea (read this if that comes as a surprise). There were search engines before Google, social networks before Facebook and so on and so forth. We all know that. What made Facebook and Google be the successful ones was that they executed the idea better. Read more ...
Posted by Tiina Haapanen & filed under Accelerator, Entrepreneurship, Startups.
Sooner or later on your entrepreneurial journey, you will face the question whether you should go for an accelerator. And if, for which one. Read more ...
Posted by Tiina Haapanen & filed under Customers, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Social Media, Startups.
They say social media is amazing for companies, especially startups. A must even. But in your experience, it's just a waste of time. Usually, the reason is that you post the wrong kinds of posts, but also that you are on the completely wrong channels. Read more ...
Posted by Tiina Haapanen & filed under Customer development, Entrepreneurship, innovating, Product development, Startups.
How to be a successful entrepreneur? How to create the next Airbnb/Uber/Dropbox/startup unicorn? Hands up, who hasn't googled something like that even once? Or at least clicked once on those millions and millions of articles about creating the 'next big thing'. Read more ...
Posted by Tiina Haapanen & filed under Banking, Customer development, Customers, Fintech, innovating, Startups.
The digital revolution has happened. And now it's banking's turn. Fintech are here and banks can lose up to 60% of their retail profits in the next decade. But will they? And why would they? What is going to happen in banking and fintech? Read more ...
Posted by Daniel Collado Ruiz & filed under Corporations, innovating, Startups.
Many startups say they are disrupting something. And they might, we live in one of the most uncertain times in history. But how can corporations know what to expect? How can they know what the big changes in the industry will be? Read more ...
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