Interview

January 14, 2020

Half of all corporate innovation providers will fail in five years

Philippe De Ridder, founder of Board of Innovation, says companies are still indulging in too much innovation theatre. A big cull is coming.


Kimberly Eynon

7 min read

Philippe De Ridder is a serial entrepreneur who founded Board of Innovation ten years ago, before every corporation was running an accelerator programme and funding a corporate venturing arm. Since then, the Belgian innovation agency (with offices in NYC, Amsterdam, Antwerp & Singapore) has worked with some of the biggest global companies, from General Electric to Adidas.

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