Recently I had the chance to moderate a panel of entrepreneurs in the Sports Industry Conference we organize every year in IESE in the framework of the Tennis Barcelona Open. I know the 2 founders (Luca Carlucci founded www.bidaway.com ; Francis Casado founded www.3ddigitalvenue.com) for years now and I really feel they are on the…

Most medium size firms find difficulties when they try to grow up through new business opportunities worldwide. From finding a partner to investing in Asia, to finding a company to collaborate in the development of a new product in France, these firms often must deal with a lack of access to foreign markets either because…

A corporation can use one tool or another or all of them, depending on the results that it wishes to obtain, which can go well beyond the financial returns that Corporate Venturing Capital has traditionally represented. New models of cooperation include taking action to acquire or source innovation with a strategical, long-term mindset. It is…