4Thought Friday – The Future for Startups Lies in Corporate Partnerships

Paul Finch is the Co-Founder of Growth Studio, a startup accelerator helping founders with planet-positive ideas build the solutions the world needs. With a career spanning marketing, entrepreneurship, and startup growth, Paul has supported 1,500 sustainable startups across 17 countries. 

While startups and corporates offer ideal collaboration opportunities, these partnerships more often fail than succeed. This session will explore the expectations, common pitfalls, and biggest failures in these collaborations.

Whether you’re an investor supporting early-stage ventures or part of a corporate innovation team, this conversation will help your company or your portfolio startups lay the groundwork for successful collaboration, avoid common pitfalls, and achieve better outcomes.