Startup Program Design A Practical Guide For Creating Corporate Accelerators And Incubators Paolo Lombardi by Paolo Lombardi, Adam Berk 9781260463255, 9781260463262, 1260463257, 1260463265 instant download after payment.

A practical manual for designing startup collaboration and acceleration programs that deliver results for any organization Startup accelerators. Business incubators. Hackathons. These are the hallmarks of the innovation ecosystem development practices used to discover, launch, and scale the most forward-looking startups of the last decade. If you want to adopt these approaches to your own business but aren’t sure how to implement them, now is the time to master the practices of today’s most successful early-stage investors. In Startup Program Design, two seasoned veterans deeply versed in startup engagement programs provide you with the tools to introduce open innovation practices to your organization. While other books on innovation management tend to be conceptual at the expense of hands-on experience, Startup Program Design is a practical manual vertically focused on preparing the organization, identifying the right strategy, and designing an attractive and effective offer. Filled with real-world examples, interviews with program managers, lessons learned, and diagrams and canvases that outline a step-by-step logical sequence, it points you toward results that are scalable and repeatable. Whether you’re an innovation manager, executive, consultant, service designer, business owner, or startup community activist, this first-of-its-kind guide offers a radical new framework for true innovation.