CB Insights

AUGUST 23, 2018

Today, JPMorgan (JPM) is using its capital and scale to build an entirely digital bank. This is in part because customers no longer need to rely on banks for financial services — 60% of US bank customers say they are willing to try a financial product from a tech firm they already use, and that number rises to 73% for customers aged 18 — 34.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2018

2013: Decentralize decision-making to generate innovation. 2012: Surprise and delight your customers to build long-term trust. 2011: Self-service platforms unlock innovation. 2008: Work backwards from customer needs to know what to build next. 2004: Free cash flow enables more innovation. Just execute.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

The reason Amazon has a higher market cap than Walmart today is that investors are seeing the “last mile” of a new retailing model built via the Amazon Prime experience. RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney recently estimated that U.S. Prime adoption has risen from 25% of Amazon customers in 2013 to 40% today.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Innovation in microprocessors — particularly Nvidia’s graphic processing units (GPUs) — have played a large role. In 2013, Nike invested in California-based industrial robotics startup Grabit , which is currently deployed in some of Nike’s manufacturing facilities. How did we get here? It has applied for 480 patents since 2009.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. Customer service: Customer experience goes virtual with conversational AI. Table of Contents. Healthcare: Using data, wearables, and VR to make care more accessible. Online grocery.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A host of startups have emerged to capitalize on this trend. Acorns’ rock-bottom customer acquisition costs as driven by non-viral referral. Allowing users to “cut” by referring other users was an innovative idea, and it worked. Much of Mint’s early success can be tied to a very simple product innovation.

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CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

Rival Nike is also focusing heavily on manufacturing innovation and speed. In 2013, Nike backed manufacturing startup Grabit in a $3M Series A round. Nike has also applied for patents to automate shoe parts assembly and identification, underscoring its commitment to manufacturing innovation.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We identified four larger areas where these companies set themselves apart — in design, how they launch, the customer experience they build, and how they market themselves — and found that they had stories to tell in all of these categories. Build a better customer experience: How to build an end-to-end brand.

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