Ready to team up: Building successful startup-corporate collaborations

Corporates and startups need each other to innovate and accelerate in new business areas, but bridging the gap between their different worlds is often a challenge. This interactive workshop explores the key success factors for effective collaborations, offering practical insights and tools to help both sides thrive together.

Topics covered

• Why startups and corporates need each other: mutual benefits and opportunities.
• Understanding the gap: differences in culture, goals, and expectations.
• Types of collaborations and when to use them.
• Critical success factors for long-term success.
• Tools and metrics for measuring collaboration success.
• Best practices and real-world examples of startup-corporate partnerships.

Managing Director Corina Kuiper

Corina Kuiper brings over 25 years of experience in strategic management, business development, and innovation across both corporate and startup/scale-up environments. Having worked in diverse industries, including healthcare, and in different roles, she understands the unique perspectives and challenges of both startups and established companies. As Managing Director of the Corporate Venturing Network (CVN), she connects corporates and ecosystem players in open innovation. Through her company, Innovation Family, she supports organizations in corporate venturing and new business creation, applying proven innovation models. She is also the co-author of the book Corporate Venturing: Managing the Innovation Family. She frequently shares her expertise as a guest lecturer at universities and business schools and serves as an advisor to multiple companies.

Location
Noviotech Campus, Transistorweg 5, Building M, Meet&Greet, Nijmegen.
 
Good to know
The workshop is facilitated in English and is free of charge.

Participation in the workshop is free for everyone, including drinks and bites. However, for cancellations within 24 hours prior to the event, we will charge a fee of 15 euros (excluding VAT) to cover incurred expenses.