JULES MILLER is a Partner at Mindset Ventures and the former leader of IBM's Blockchain Ventures group, where she launched two corporate accelerator programs. She is an expert in corporate innovation from her experience as a serial entrepreneur, venture capital investor, intrapreneur, innovation executive, and accelerator manager. She is a Kauffman Fellow and frequent speaker on innovation, venture capital, and startups at conferences around the globe.JEREMY KAGAN is an entrepreneur, investor, and growth and innovation consultant. He was Managing Director of the Eugene Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School and is a Professor at Columbia Business School, where he is Faculty Director of the Digital Marketing Strategy executive education program. He also teaches digital marketing and entrepreneurship at Cornell and New York University and is both a startup mentor and a regular advisor for companies launching their own corporate accelerators.

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• Foreword ixAcknowledgments xiiiAbout the Authors xvIntroduction xixSection I Corporate Innovation Is Hard 1Chapter 1 Accelerators and Corporate Innovation 3Chapter 2 A Crash Course on Innovation Theory 17Chapter 3 A Complex Machine to a Simple Machine 39Section II Get with the [Accelerator] Program 55Chapter 4 Startup Accelerators 57Chapter 5 Accelerator Archetypes 73Chapter 6 Know Your Why 95Section III Buy In or Walk Away 109Chapter 7 Stakeholder Engagement 111Chapter 8 Resources 129Chapter 9 Outsourcing and Delegating 139Section IV Before the Program 149Chapter 10 Recruiting and Selection 151Chapter 11 Investment 175Chapter 12 Metrics and KPIs 193Section V During the Program 207Chapter 13 Programming 209Chapter 14 Mentors 225Chapter 15 Making Partnerships Work 241Section VI After the Program 263Chapter 16 Post-Program Portfolio Management 265Chapter 17 Planning for Long-Term Success 279Endnotes 287Index 303

JULES MILLER is a Partner at Mindset Ventures and the former leader of IBM's Blockchain Ventures group, where she launched two corporate accelerator programs. She is an expert in corporate innovation from her experience as a serial entrepreneur, venture capital investor, intrapreneur, innovation executive, and accelerator manager. She is a Kauffman Fellow and frequent speaker on innovation, venture capital, and startups at conferences around the globe.JEREMY KAGAN is an entrepreneur, investor, and growth and innovation consultant. He was Managing Director of the Eugene Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School and is a Professor at Columbia Business School, where he is Faculty Director of the Digital Marketing Strategy executive education program. He also teaches digital marketing and entrepreneurship at Cornell and New York University and is both a startup mentor and a regular advisor for companies launching their own corporate accelerators.

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• Foreword ixAcknowledgments xiiiAbout the Authors xvIntroduction xixSection I Corporate Innovation Is Hard 1Chapter 1 Accelerators and Corporate Innovation 3Chapter 2 A Crash Course on Innovation Theory 17Chapter 3 A Complex Machine to a Simple Machine 39Section II Get with the [Accelerator] Program 55Chapter 4 Startup Accelerators 57Chapter 5 Accelerator Archetypes 73Chapter 6 Know Your Why 95Section III Buy In or Walk Away 109Chapter 7 Stakeholder Engagement 111Chapter 8 Resources 129Chapter 9 Outsourcing and Delegating 139Section IV Before the Program 149Chapter 10 Recruiting and Selection 151Chapter 11 Investment 175Chapter 12 Metrics and KPIs 193Section V During the Program 207Chapter 13 Programming 209Chapter 14 Mentors 225Chapter 15 Making Partnerships Work 241Section VI After the Program 263Chapter 16 Post-Program Portfolio Management 265Chapter 17 Planning for Long-Term Success 279Endnotes 287Index 303

JULES MILLER is a Partner at Mindset Ventures and the former leader of IBM's Blockchain Ventures group, where she launched two corporate accelerator programs. She is an expert in corporate innovation from her experience as a serial entrepreneur, venture capital investor, intrapreneur, innovation executive, and accelerator manager. She is a Kauffman Fellow and frequent speaker on innovation, venture capital, and startups at conferences around the globe.JEREMY KAGAN is an entrepreneur, investor, and growth and innovation consultant. He was Managing Director of the Eugene Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School and is a Professor at Columbia Business School, where he is Faculty Director of the Digital Marketing Strategy executive education program. He also teaches digital marketing and entrepreneurship at Cornell and New York University and is both a startup mentor and a regular advisor for companies launching their own corporate accelerators.

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• Foreword ixAcknowledgments xiiiAbout the Authors xvIntroduction xixSection I Corporate Innovation Is Hard 1Chapter 1 Accelerators and Corporate Innovation 3Chapter 2 A Crash Course on Innovation Theory 17Chapter 3 A Complex Machine to a Simple Machine 39Section II Get with the [Accelerator] Program 55Chapter 4 Startup Accelerators 57Chapter 5 Accelerator Archetypes 73Chapter 6 Know Your Why 95Section III Buy In or Walk Away 109Chapter 7 Stakeholder Engagement 111Chapter 8 Resources 129Chapter 9 Outsourcing and Delegating 139Section IV Before the Program 149Chapter 10 Recruiting and Selection 151Chapter 11 Investment 175Chapter 12 Metrics and KPIs 193Section V During the Program 207Chapter 13 Programming 209Chapter 14 Mentors 225Chapter 15 Making Partnerships Work 241Section VI After the Program 263Chapter 16 Post-Program Portfolio Management 265Chapter 17 Planning for Long-Term Success 279Endnotes 287Index 303