{"id":15947,"date":"2021-09-30T11:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T09:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/2023-en\/bmt-venture-insights-3-21-going-corporate\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T11:51:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T10:51:53","slug":"bmt-venture-insights-3-21-going-corporate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2021\/bmt-venture-insights-3-21-going-corporate\/","title":{"rendered":"bm|t Venture Insights 3\/21: Going Corporate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most newly founded com\u00adpa\u00adnies ini\u00adtially want to go it alone and aim to blaze their own trail to ulti\u00admate suc\u00adcess. Gen\u00ader\u00adally, some\u00adwhere along this adven\u00adtur\u00adous and fre\u00adquently ardu\u00adous jour\u00adney, it often becomes clear that the path to mak\u00ading a major dent in the world would be sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly short\u00adened by&nbsp;<b>part\u00adner\u00ading with oth\u00aders that have spe\u00adcial assets<\/b> which can bring the ulti\u00admate goal closer, such as prod\u00aduct devel\u00adop\u00adment exper\u00adtise, com\u00adple\u00admen\u00adtary offer\u00adings, mar\u00adket access, deep pock\u00adets,&nbsp;etc.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, for young com\u00adpa\u00adnies, find\u00ading well-suited part\u00adner\u00adships is not as easy as snap\u00adping one\u00b4s fin\u00adgers. In addi\u00adtion to pos\u00adsess\u00ading an attrac\u00adtive inno\u00adva\u00adtion, young com\u00adpa\u00adnies need to build a solid foun\u00adda\u00adtion that engen\u00adders trust from larger cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtions, which will always be weigh\u00ading the poten\u00adtial ben\u00ade\u00adfits of coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion against the risks to their busi\u00adness that a part\u00adner\u00adship can intro\u00adduce. Prob\u00ada\u00adbly the most del\u00adi\u00adcate bal\u00adance start-ups must mas\u00adter is advanc\u00ading their devel\u00adop\u00adment at light\u00adspeed while also&nbsp;<b>estab\u00adlish\u00ading the struc\u00adture, reli\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adity, dis\u00adci\u00adpline, and secu\u00adrity that are essen\u00adtial pre\u00adreq\u00adui\u00adsites<\/b>&nbsp;for engag\u00ading in sin\u00adcere dis\u00adcus\u00adsions with larger cor\u00adpo\u00adrate part\u00adners. Inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies that do this well are able to estab\u00adlish proof-of-tech\u00adnol\u00adogy, proof-of-mar\u00adket, and proof-of-com\u00adpat\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adity with strate\u00adgic part\u00adners seam\u00adlessly along their journey.<\/p>\n<p>For young com\u00adpa\u00adnies that man\u00adage this bal\u00adance and become attrac\u00adtive for cor\u00adpo\u00adrates, deter\u00admin\u00ading the right time to sac\u00adri\u00adfice par\u00adtial (or com\u00adplete) auton\u00adomy for enhanced chances of suc\u00adcess by gain\u00ading access to these spe\u00adcial cor\u00adpo\u00adrate assets is rarely crys\u00adtal clear. How\u00adever, a gen\u00aderal rule is that a&nbsp;<b>part\u00adner\u00adship only makes sense when the com\u00adbined forces dra\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcally increase the impact that a prod\u00aduct or solu\u00adtion can have in the world<\/b>. There will inevitably be fric\u00adtions involved in shar\u00ading the steer\u00ading wheel, so it is impor\u00adtant that the ben\u00ade\u00adfits are large and clear in order to keep every\u00adone dri\u00adving toward the shared goal.<\/p>\n<p>Ulti\u00admately, a busi\u00adness\u00b4 value should be deter\u00admined by its pos\u00adi\u00adtive impact on soci\u00adety and&nbsp;<b>join\u00ading forces with a cor\u00adpo\u00adrate part\u00adner can often be the best way for inno\u00adva\u00adtions to drive mean\u00ading\u00adful change<\/b>&nbsp;and thus cre\u00adate sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant value. We are extremely pleased with the three excel\u00adlent part\u00adner\u00adships with cor\u00adpo\u00adrates that our Investee-Part\u00adners achieved so far this year, pre\u00adcisely because we are cer\u00adtain that in each case even greater value cre\u00adation lies&nbsp;ahead.<\/p>\n<p><em>Your bm|t&nbsp;Team<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most newly founded com\u00adpa\u00adnies ini\u00adtially want to go it alone and aim to blaze their own trail to ulti\u00admate suc\u00adcess. 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