Bridging the corporate and start-up world by creating “raise-up” companies: The development of a model that supports the creation of new ventures for corporate opportunities

To meet all of these requirements, this paper proposes a “raise-up” as a solution: “An adolescent organisation, designed to explore and scale a business model”. Put differently, this “raise-up” bridges the valley of death and enables the corporate to exploit radical innovations. “Raise-ups” are created to exploit a unique market opportunity that...

An Explorative Study on Factors outside the Influence of the Entrepreneur that can explain the Commercialization Gap for Cleantech Innovation in Israel

Background The research is executed as a master thesis for the MSc program Management of Technology at the TU Delft and is conducted in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the state of Israel in Tel Aviv. The researcher has spent six months in Israel to perform this research and was subsidized by Climate-KIC to...

Pitch-Crafting Guide for Entrepreneurs

Startups pitch their business to different audiences, for different reasons. In high-stakes situations, it is a well-crafted pitch that decides if they are going to win the competition, get funded or hire the best talent. Pitch is a persuasive attempt to convince, promote or sell, often in a high-pressure manner. High stakes pitches are often...