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Today we will tell you more about what hackathons are and why corporations need them. Hackathons are events in which developers, designers and product managers unite in teams and try to find the optimal solution to a corporation’s problem in a short period of time (usually hackathons last 36-48 hours).

Initially, corporate business accelerators appeared as an investment instrument, but today this is far from the only (and sometimes not the main) reason for creating your own acceleration program. Many corporations organizing accelerators do not even apply for stakes in participating startups. Why then do they need it?

Many startup founders take a close look at the success stories of mature companies and often seek mentoring from peers who are already known for their business achievements. But is there something successful companies can learn from aspiring entrepreneurs? Of course, below we will analyze one excellent example that confirms this.

Seed-investing company NFX has released the results of a large survey of venture capitalists and founders on the impact and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We would like to share with you some interesting conclusions reached by the study authors.

Can you name 10 different tools for developing corporate innovation offhand? Thomas Van Halewick, founder and managing partner of Bundl, has compiled a list of 16 such tools that are used in one way or another in corporate innovation models. Models are constantly changing and updating, their main goal is to help corporations find more efficient and effective ways to innovate.

On January 14, the organizers finalized the acceptance of applications for the fourth selection of technological projects within the framework of the Retail Innovation Tech Alliance program, consisting of X5, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado Group and Hoff.

We have carefully studied several recent studies about Fintech companies and have highlighted some interesting findings that we want to share with you.

Co-founder of GoTech Innovation Evgenia Barchenko talks about the mechanism for scouting startups at the request of corporations.

The Retail Innovation Tech Alliance (RITA) has carried out three selections of technological solutions for about a year of its work. Experts from X5 Retail Group, Beeline, M.Video-Eldorado Group and Hoff reviewed 680 applications from companies that are interested in joint pilots with these corporations.

In 2020, the GoTech Innovation team released an updated version of the TechScout platform for working with the startup base. The platform allows accepting applications, storing data and organizing mass evaluation by experts using customizable filters. TechScout is used in all programs we make for corporate clients.