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Pro Take: Corporate Venture Capital Provides Path for Long-Term Tech Strategy The Wall Street Journal interviewed TDK Ventures President Nicolas Sauvage and Mach49 Managing Partner Chris Cusack to determine that it takes patience, strategy, and a long-term outlook to succeed in CVC. Read on to learn how TDK Ventures places smaller, riskier bets that could lead to big payoffs.Pro Take: Corporate Venture Capital Provides Path for Long-Term Tech Strategy
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We Can Fix The Funding Gap: Here’s How Janet Kang, Managing Partner, Metaverse Venture Portfolio at Mach49, was interviewed by Shelley Zalis. Read the discussion on why the pitch process is broken and what we can do about it.We Can Fix The Funding Gap: Here’s How
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The Next Billion Dollar Business: How Schneider Electric’s Growth Engine Is Launching Market-Leading Ventures Like Grain Ecosystem Grain Ecosystem’s successful launch and growth draw from the support, resources, and expertise provided by Schneider Electric, which gives Grain a significant head start in the fast-paced, increasingly competitive global market.The Next Billion Dollar Business: How Schneider Electric’s Growth Engine Is Launching Market-Leading Ventures Like Grain Ecosystem
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Building Your Corporate Ventures Growth Machine Listen in as Linda Yates joins the Outthinkers podcast to discuss how to build your company's corporate ventures growth machine and share her perspective on incumbent organizations' role in creating global impact.Building Your Corporate Ventures Growth Machine
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Big Companies Aren't Known For Being Innovative, But Here's How To Fix That "Large companies have the ideas, talent, assets, competencies, capital, and customers to create ventures and drive growth. Seizing that Mothership advantage for your ventures can help you beat the startups at their own game."Big Companies Aren't Known For Being Innovative, But Here's How To Fix That
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Now is the time for the big companies to move: "Stop whining" Linda Yates, author, writes in the book "The Unicorn Within" that large companies have a good chance of beating small tech entrepreneurs if their managers learn to use the same tools as the entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.Now is the time for the big companies to move: "Stop whining"
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Here's Where To Uncover Your Company's Next Great Innovation In her new book, author Linda Yates has a strong message for any would-be innovators: You must understand customer pain.Here's Where To Uncover Your Company's Next Great Innovation
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Revenge of the Incumbents What the economics like right now are established companies with strong franchises. As some would-be disrupters struggle, we are seeing the best environment in decades for incumbent companies to push back with innovative products and services of their own.Revenge of the Incumbents
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7 Startup Books That Every Entrepreneur Should Read Imagine if the multinational hotel groups had founded Airbnb, or the big auto companies had launched Uber, or Blockbuster had created Netflix. Large companies can start new ventures. You have ideas, talent, brand, and capital, and you can strike back. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Linda Yates, in the Next Big Idea App.7 Startup Books That Every Entrepreneur Should Read
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10 Best Business Books Of 2022 The Unicorn Within" was named one of the 10 best business books of 2022 by Forbes. This annual list features the best business and strategy books that help companies face today's biggest challenges.10 Best Business Books Of 2022
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Follow The Blueprint Of Successful Unicorns Entrepreneurs all dream their companies will turn into a so-called unicorn. But you don't have to start a business from scratch to think this big.Follow The Blueprint Of Successful Unicorns
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Helping Big Businesses Beat Startups Mach49 Founder and CEO Linda Yates, discusses her book The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed.Helping Big Businesses Beat Startups
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TDK Ventures: Innovating from the Inside Out How do you create a successful corporate venture capital firm (CVC)? TDK Ventures shows that invention can come from within.TDK Ventures: Innovating from the Inside Out
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How to Spawn Innovative New Ventures From Existing Businesses Big companies that spawn their own new ventures usually fail, compared to independent tiny startups.How to Spawn Innovative New Ventures From Existing Businesses
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How large businesses can beat startups at their own game The world’s largest businesses can beat startups at their own game. In fact, they’ve got a mighty head start, says CEO and author Linda Yates, whose new book argues that it’s time they unleash the unicorn within.How large businesses can beat startups at their own game
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Linda Yates "Masters of Scale" Podcast Interview with Host Reid Hoffman In Linda Yates "Think like an intrapreneur" interview on Masters of Scale, she shares the imperative to inject intrapreneurial thinking into corporations and get them to disrupt, innovate, and experiment because these large-scale organizations are the ones who can solve the world’s biggest problems.Linda Yates "Masters of Scale" Podcast Interview with Host Reid Hoffman
M49 Press Releases
M49 Press Releases
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Mach49 Expands into Sports & Entertainment Sectors with MLB Veteran Kenny Williams The former EVP of the Chicago White Sox turned entrepreneur joins Mach49 as an Executive in ResidenceMach49 Expands into Sports & Entertainment Sectors with MLB Veteran Kenny Williams
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Mach49 Focuses on Climate and Sustainability Initiatives with New Chief Revenue Officer Mark Simoncelli Building on Mach49’s success creating corporate growth engines, Simoncelli helps companies seize once-in-a-generation opportunities to drive growth through climate and sustainability endeavorsMach49 Focuses on Climate and Sustainability Initiatives with New Chief Revenue Officer Mark Simoncelli
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Mach49 Advances Venture Investing Practice with Managing Partners Kevin Ye and Chris Cusack Mach49 responds to unprecedented demand from Global 1000 companies to accelerate corporate venture investmentMach49 Advances Venture Investing Practice with Managing Partners Kevin Ye and Chris Cusack
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Mach49 Launches Venture Strategy, Promotes Chris Tacy to Chief Strategy Officer Mach49 expands to offer strategic guidance for corporate growth in fast-changing marketsMach49 Launches Venture Strategy, Promotes Chris Tacy to Chief Strategy Officer
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Corporate Venture Capitalists Poised to Invest Where Others Stall in 2023 Mach49 addresses global venture investing leaders on opportunities for CVCs to drive growth and accelerate impact.Corporate Venture Capitalists Poised to Invest Where Others Stall in 2023
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David Charpie Named Co-CEO and Chief People Officer of Mach49 Industry veteran, successful serial entrepreneur, and CEO builds upon Mach49's success helping the Global 1000 drive meaningful growthDavid Charpie Named Co-CEO and Chief People Officer of Mach49
