Presented by: KITE
How Brands Can Join the Billion-Dollar Idea Club
Venture capitalists know very well it takes one winner — a Nest, What’s App or Uber — to pay back every investment in a portfolio. The catch? You first have to place a number of smart bets based on a thesis, then continually support the startups that demonstrate the most momentum and growth. These rules also apply to innovation partnerships between brands and startups, as Disney showed by joining forces with startup Sphero to create and market the BB-8 droid in the new Star Wars movie. With top executives from the brand and startup worlds, we’ll explore how to apply VC rules to your innovation playbook and manage multiple partnerships on your way to joining the billion-dollar idea club.
Presenters
Bachir Zeroual
Global Dir/Mktg Ventures
The Coca-Cola Company
Bachir has joined The Coca-Cola Company in 2002 and leads its global Marketing Ventures initiatives.
In this role, Bachir builds innovative venture partnerships with Startups that answer specific ...
Les Matthews
SVP, Business Dev & Account Mgmt
MasterCard
Les Matthews is Senior Vice President, U.S. Market Development at MasterCard where he has worked for the last 7 years. He is responsible for managing relationships with all US based digital ecommer...
Show the restMark Silva
Founder & CEO
KITE
Sumeet Jain
General Partner
Luma Capital Partners