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One of the most common questions we get asked is, what is "Open Innovation?". Now we could go into all sorts of details and readings, but we thought it would be much more fun for you to look at a short video (4:27) from Henry Chesbrough Professor at UC Berkly. He does a great job of illustrating this new model of business and innovation.

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The advantages of Open Innovation vs Closed Innovation

Many companies are taking advantage of the open innovation process ( over 140 000 users and most of the fortune 500). We will first have a look at the principals of both the closed and open innovation models. Then we will go over a case study to demonstrate how open innovation can work for your company.


Closed innovation Principles

  • The smart people in our field work for us.
  • To profit from research and development (R&D), we must discover it, develop it and ship it ourselves.
  • If we discover it ourselves, we will get it to market first
  • The company that gets an innovation to market first will win
  • If we create the most and the best ideas in the industry, we will win.
  • We should control our innovation process, so that our competitors don't profit from our ideas


Open innovation Principles

  • Not all the smart people work for us. We need to work with smart people inside and outside our company.

  • External R&D can create significant value; internal R&D is needed to claim some portion of that value.

  • We don't have to originate the research to profit from it.


  • Building a better business model is better than getting to market first.

  • If we make the best use of internal and external ideas, we will win

  • We should profit from others' use of our innovation process, and we should buy others' intellectual property (IP) whenever it advances our own business model.

Challenge:

Company A ( Many of our clients choose to remain anonymous) has created a disruptive technology but needs to raise *$18 million USD to continue with R&D to develop additional innovations that will enhance their disruptive technology.

Solution:

Drayton Weissenfels via its extensive network finds another company ( Company B) that has already created the technology that Company A needs. Company A then acquires an exclusive license for $2 million USD leaving it with $16 million to focus on its business model and marketing efforts. Company A saved $16 million. It is important to note that both Company A and B could change roles in the future. Creating an additional revenue stream for Company A and additional savings for Company B.

Contact Drayton Weissenfels to find out how open innovation can work for you.


*The needed $18 million could be raised by Drayton Weissenfels depending on the potential of the disruptive technology.
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