Startups aspire to reinvent every industry. We are in an era where technology, entrepreneurs, ideas, markets, and capital are working with unprecedented speed and ambition. In the US, over $1 trillion has been created in new market cap from startups in the last decade. In Europe, the European Commission has reported that the digital economy is growing at seven times the rate of the rest of the economy. No industry is immune to these disruptive forces.
Opinion
July 16, 2019
Corporates' Achilles heel is innovation — they need to learn from startups
Lak Ananth, the chief executive of Next47, global venture firm backed by Siemens, gives three tips for fostering entrepreneurship in big companies and working with startups.
4 min read
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