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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Make you more innovative. It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation. Get in touch with a venture capitalist.

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President Obama Can Make Start-Up America Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Bravo venture capitalists. Opportunities and markets are global. Entrepreneurs don't need to help America beat China or Brazil in addressing the needs of customers and markets. Ventures should compete and cooperate with ventures, regardless of their nationalities. Bravo President. Bravo White House.