Can sharing an idea help take it from the drawing board to the marketplace? Talk may cost nothing but new research indicates it gives an entrepreneur a better chance of success
It may not be necessary to have the charisma of Bill Gates or the late Steve Jobs to sell a new idea successfully but even getting your product to the first stage of development can take a certain degree of fraternising. The need for ‘networking’ among entrepreneurs was recently noted by a group of prominent Arab businessmen who obtained the support of vivacious, U.S. venture capitalist and deal-maker Bill Glynn, to launch an exclusive, members-only networking club supporting corporate entrepreneurship and innovation in the Middle East. ‘The Firm’ is hand-picking its membership of corporate ‘intrapreneurs’ – those working within organisations - business development experts and potential investors, to create a platform on which new ideas can connect with capital and know-how.
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