Ep. 111 - Peter Gardner with Startgrid on Innovation Ecosystems

Published: Aug. 22, 2018, 2:20 a.m.

Peter Gardner is the Founder and CEO of Startgrid, a company focused on connecting entrepreneurs and enterprises. His mission is to use software to build the density of resources (VCs/accelerators/access to capital/relationships) in innovation ecosystems outside of Silicon Valley.\xa0He believes innovation can\xa0happen anywhere.\n\n\nIn this podcast, Peter talks with Brian Ardinger about how enterprises need to take a collaborative approach. They need to engage with global innovation ecosystems and integrate new technology, to stay competitive in a changing marketplace.\xa0Innovation teams need to develop internal skills and capacities, while growing their external collaborations.\xa0Startups should consider a more strategic approach to building relationships with enterprises, giving both a competitive advantage.\n\n\nPeter has spent 20 years as both an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, helping early-stage entrepreneurs seed and build their businesses. His experience includes being a General Partner at Allegis Capital, where he worked with more than 30 large enterprises on their external innovation programs.\n\n\nLearn more about Peter at\xa0https://corp.startgrid.com/author/peter-gardener\xa0or email him at\xa0peter@startgrid.com.\n\n\nIf you are interested in building and accessing innovation ecosystems, check out Brian's talk with Daniel Fozzati at IdeaLondon\xa0https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-101-daniel-fozzati-with-idealondon-on-system-innovation-at-30000-ft/\xa0or Paul Singh's talk at the Inside Outside Innovation Summit 2017\xa0https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-91-paul-singh-i-o-innovation-summit/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy