Alloy Partners (Formerly High Alpha Innovation)

Join us on Friday, March 28, from 11-11:30 ET to hear Elliott Parker and Drew Beechler discuss our rebrand and what it means for our company and venture-building aspirations moving forward.

At #Alloy2024, Kumar Garg of Renaissance Philanthropy said bringing universities, startups, the government, R&D teams, and funders together is "how the U.S. wins" today and tomorrow, in terms of driving meaningful innovation and collaboration across the private and public sectors.

The latest startup concept from Fieldbook Studio, operated out of Alloy Partners, is in the Consumer Packaged Goods product innovation space. With this concept, we aim to accelerate a major shift in the way CPG brands analyze, identify, and bring new products to market. With the global CPG market size predicted to reach $3T by 2030, we see a big opportunity to support the fast-changing pace of consumer trends and retailer strategies. We're looking for an EIR and potential Co-founder with a strong leadership background in CPG R&D, product innovation, or sourcing and manufacturing business models; experience scaling a high-performing team; and a deep understanding of CPG brands and the lifecycle of products. Learn more about this exciting role here: https://lnkd.in/eeKdnd_3 #Retail #Startups #Entrepreneurs #CPG

Fundraising as a first-time startup founder can feel daunting — after all, entrepreneurs don't start companies because they like to chase down investment funding. On our Advantaged podcast, Nate Schmidt shares how early traction, profitability, and solid business development can naturally attract investors (and potentially reduce the need to actively fundraise). Listen to the full episode at the link in comments. #Fundraising #VentureCapital #Startups #Entrepreneurs

Advances in technology like AI and increased access to startup capital have made it easier and cheaper than ever to build high-impact startups. Despite knowing that there's opportunity for large companies to innovate using these same emerging and advanced tools, a focus on short-term innovation tied to the core business is holding many of them back. Alloy Partners’ Matthew Brady and Colin MacDougall recently shared how corporations can balance near-term revenue goals with long-term growth through venture building with Innov8rs.co. Watch their entire Learning Labs webcast here: https://lnkd.in/g-N2a-ix #CorporateInnovation #VentureBuilding #StartupCreation

ICYMI! Join us this Friday to get insights into the future of our company and venture-building work with leading corporations and entrepreneurs.

Proprietary AI models that use accurate, timely data will enable #healthcare organizations to provide best-in-class patient care and abide by FDA and other industry regulations, Humberto Alexander Lee, CEO and Co-founder of Alpine Health Systems, an Alloy Partners company, said at #Alloy2024. Regarding use cases, Humberto noted that many health systems are now using advanced AI to analyze hundreds of pages of healthcare documents tied to patients' medical histories to deliver better, more personalized care.

Is Venture Building Right for Your Strategy? Unlike incubators or accelerators, venture studios build companies from the ground up, often in collaboration with corporations. The venture studio model has proven effective in unlocking new market opportunities and accelerating innovation. However, its success depends on careful execution and strong alignment with corporate objectives, suggests Elliott Parker. Before launching a venture studio, organizations must determine whether internal or external venture building aligns with their innovation needs. Internal venture building is ideal for execution challenges, where the problem is well understood, and the company already knows how to solve it. External venture building is best for learning challenges where the solution is ambiguous and requires rapid experimentation. A helpful way to assess this is to evaluate predictability. “If you can build a spreadsheet predicting the next 12 months of activity with some degree of confidence in how the market will react to your solution, then you’re dealing with an execution problem, and an internal solution is best. If, on the other hand, your confidence level is very low, you’re not sure how things will play out, you may be dealing with a learning problem, and pursuing that externally is often going to be more successful.” ?? Read more > https://lnkd.in/e_J7cFh6 #venturebuilding #corporateinnovation #innovationmanagement

On our blog, Alloy Partners' Hunter Babcock breaks down our systematic approach to market mapping, a critical element of our venture-building work. This exhaustive process helps us and our corporate partners identify market gaps, understand the competitive landscape, and make data-driven decisions about which opportunities to pursue through external ventures. https://lnkd.in/gxXZNuC6 #VentureBuilding #MarketResearch #Startups

The real innovation challenge for corporations isn't determining whether transformation is necessary. It's figuring out how to transform while also improving core operations and addressing adjacent market opportunities. In his latest blog post, Alloy Partners' Nick Wichert introduces the 'regenerative enterprise' concept, in which corporations build external ventures completely outside the constraints of their core business. This parallel corporate innovation ecosystem, Nick notes, enables scaled companies to test and validate entirely new business models rapidly while maintaining a focus on enhancing existing products and services. https://lnkd.in/g_jcmfES #VentureBuilding #CorporateInnovation