Best Practice Report

Build Your Emerging Tech Portfolio Like A Venture Capital Firm

The Do’s And Don’ts Of Building A Startup Ecosystem

December 6th, 2019
Bernhard Schaffrik, Principal Analyst
Bernhard Schaffrik Principal Analyst
Nigel Fenwick, null
Nigel Fenwick
With contributors:
Brian Hopkins , Ashutosh Sharma , Allen Bonde , Emily Stutzman , Ian McPherson

Summary

Instead of investing in researching specific emerging technologies, leaders should take a lesson from venture capital firms and manage a portfolio of emerging tech opportunities. The entire portfolio should be geared toward supporting one or more specific business strategies such as diversifying revenue, growing revenue, or creating operational efficiency. And as with a venture capital (VC) firm, portfolio investments will include many failures for every success. This report illustrates successful business strategies and models that leaders should undertake to implement a portfolio approach for investment in emerging technologies.

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