Scaling the Future for 2021 and Beyond

The third annual CSL Forum, took place November 10th through 12th, 2021

 Featured Session Recordings

Alex Osterwalder on Building an Invincible Company

Maintaining an Entrepreneurial Culture with Evan Goldberg

Reignite Your Entrepreneurial Vision

Radical Healthcare Transformation

Startup Showcase: Extovate

Corporate Entrepreneurship in Finance & Banking

 Featured Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Alex Osterwalder, Entrepreneur and Business Model Innovator, Co-Founder of Strategyzer

Evan Goldberg, Founder and EVP of Oracle NetSuite

Panel Speakers

Laura Ritz, COO at numo, COO at PNC Fintech Incubator

Shawn Malhotra, Head of Engineering & Site Lead for Toronto Technology Centre at Thomson Reuters

Michael Li, Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Ryan Thomas, Vice President of Marketing - Pet Division at The J.M. Smucker Company

Kelley Skoloda, Brand Marketer | Angel Investor | Author | CEO and Founder of KS Consulting & Capital

Nate Paris, marketer. operator. drafter.

Tricia Staible, President at Robinson Fans, Inc.

Kent Johnson, CEO at Highlights for Children and Advocate for Children

Christopher Yanakos, President and Owner at Reli

Paul Nielsen, VP of Strategic Programs Optum Technology

Chris Bischoff, Managing Director, General Catalyst

Paolo Lombardi, Author Startup Program Design

Adam Berk, Author Startup Program Design

Dr. Debra Gilboa M.D., physician, resilience expert, on-camera personality, and author.

Dr. Richard Citrin PhD, President at Citrin Consulting

Neil Soni, Author of The Startup Gold Mine - Helping Founders and Corporate Innovators Work Together

Jody Madala, CEO Culturora | Co-President CFA Society Pittsburgh

  Forum Themes

 

Key Themes Included

  • Business Model Transformation

  • Data-based Corporate Startups

  • First Customer Programs

  • Corporate Venture Capital

  • Tech Trends

WE DOVE INTO HOW SPECIFIC VERTICALS ARE TRANSFORMING, INCLUDING:

  • Healthcare

  • Industrial / Advanced Manufacturing

  • Fintech

  • Artificial Intelligence

Why:

William Gibson famously said, “The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.”


It’s time for large companies to understand their role in scaling up this future. When innovation is relegated just to small teams and a select few large tech companies, the future ends up very uneven. Unfortunately, while the last year has been a catalyst for unprecedented change, far too few companies have participated in this transformation.


This year’s Corporate Entrepreneurship Forum will explore the future that is here and how each of us can play a role in scaling that to make the world a better place.

WHO:

Only the brave and bold should consider participating - if you’re at a mid-size or large company who sees yourself as generating growth, innovation, new products and services, spirit of entrepreneurship, speed, vitality, and ability to attract great new talent, then this forum is for you.

 

 Organizers

Corporate Startup Lab: a CMU Swartz Center Initiative focused on researching and promoting the mission of transformative innovation within corporations.

Echo Strategies: a consulting boutique focused on research, innovation strategy, engagement and leadership development