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Corporate Entrepreneurship, Spin-Outs and Venture Funds

by lippitz on December 11, 2009

I received a great question from a reader of Grow From Within about the relationship of corporate entrepreneurship—that is, largely internal new business creation—to forming a subsidiary or spinning out a new business concept.  “Can’t these be pursued within a firm together as a strategy?  What is the impact of corporate entrepreneurship on the internal [...]

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My Day at 3M’s Innovation Center – Initial Observations

by lippitz on November 12, 2009

3M’s innovation center, built about 3 years ago, sits across a pond from a “square mile of research labs” focused on dozens of different industry groups.  The center’s focus is on exposing customers to the broad array of 3M technologies, in order to help create innovative solutions. I was part of a group of seven innovation [...]

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