What are the key aspects to consider when leading a corporate venture team? How can you actually tug a corporate into adjacent markets and services?

1. CORPORATEVENTURING
SDA Bocconi MBA Class of 2015
19th October 2015
Alessandro Vigilante @alebyday

2. WHAT I DO

3. CULTURE
SELECTION
ONBOARDING

4. SELECTION
“Travel makes one modest.You see what a tiny place
you occupy in the world.”
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

5. AMBITION
Source: HBR, May 2012, “Managing Your Innovation Portfolio”

6. SOURCES
Internal External

7. CRITERIA
Business Technology Procurement

8. ONBOARDING
“Life is like coffee.You can put all the sugar you want
in it, but if you want to make it sweet, you've got to
stir. Nothing happens by staying still.”
ALEX ZANARDI

9. CUSTOMER NEED
Buy Invest MergeSell
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10. CULTURE
“Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be.”
JOHN WOODEN

11. KPI’s
“Doing the right thing for long-term prosperity
is the wrong thing for investors, according to
the tools that guide investments.”
Clay Christensen,The Capitalist’s Dilemma
Source: HBR,June 2014, “The Capitalist’s Dilemma”

12. METHODS
Risk Prevention Risk Management
WATERFALL / PRINCE2
ITIL
AGILE / LEAN
DEVOPS

13. PEOPLE

14. THANKYOU
Alessandro Vigilante
ale@colt.net | @alebyday