4. Benefits to Corporate Incubator
• Nimbly enter and grow a
market
• Right of first refusal
WHY?
5. Benefits to Corporate Incubator
• Nimbly enter and grow a
market
• Right of first refusal
• No integration costs or
goodwill risk
WHY?
6. Benefits to Corporate Incubator
• Nimbly enter and grow a
market
• Right of first refusal
• No integration costs or
goodwill risk
• Efficiently grow product
pipeline
WHY?
7. Benefits to Corporate Incubator
• Nimbly enter and grow a
market
• Right of first refusal
• No integration costs or
goodwill risk
• Efficient product pipeline
growth
• Invaluable employee
learning
WHY?
11. Sourcing
HOW?
• Open application to the
public
• Identify internal talent
• Hold university events
(Hacker Challenges)
• Sponsor public events
12. Sourcing
HOW?
• Open application to the
public
• Identify internal talent
• Hold university events
(Hacker Challenges)
• Sponsor public events
13. Sourcing
HOW?
• Open application to the
public
• Identify internal talent
• Hold university events
(Hacker Challenges)
• Sponsor public events
14. Sourcing
HOW?
• Open application to the
public
• Identify internal talent
• Hold university events
(Hacker Challenges)
• Sponsor public events
15. Incubation
HOW?
• Negotiate terms up front, but
leave room for flexibility
• Mirror the infrastructure
provided to employees
• Provide office hours with key
company leaders
• Set funding hurdles: stretch the
‘winners’ and quickly kill the
‘duds’
16. Incubation
HOW?
• Negotiate terms up front, but
leave room for flexibility
• Mirror the infrastructure
provided to employees
• Provide office hours with key
company leaders
• Set funding hurdles: stretch the
‘winners’ and quickly kill the
‘duds’
17. Incubation
HOW?
• Negotiate terms up front, but
leave room for flexibility
• Mirror the infrastructure
provided to employees
• Provide office hours with key
company leaders
• Set funding hurdles: stretch the
‘winners’ and quickly kill the
‘duds’
18. Incubation
HOW?
• Negotiate terms up front, but
leave room for flexibility
• Mirror the infrastructure
provided to employees
• Provide office hours with key
company leaders
• Set funding hurdles: stretch
the ‘winners’ and quickly kill
the ‘duds’
19. Exit
HOW?
• Join product portfolio
• Operate as a partially-
owned entity
• Help the venture to secure
Series A funding
20. Exit
HOW?
• Join product portfolio
• Operate as a partially-
owned entity
• Help the venture to secure
Series A funding
21. Exit
HOW?
• Join product portfolio
• Operate as a partially-
owned entity
• Help the venture to secure
VC or Angel funding
22. Contact
Jacob Vincent
www.linkedin.com/in/jacobvincent2/
There is so much more that I would have liked to have added, but I wanted this to be a presentation, not a
white paper. This is an area in which I have a strong interest and have collected quite a bit of research
material. If you need help in building out your idea, please contact me.
HOW?
