yet2 and yet2Ventures Annual Retreat

One of the most fun and interesting things for me, is the annual gathering of the yet2.com & yet2Ventures leadership teams.  Our offices in; Tokyo, Liverpool, Boston and Wilmington Delaware get together to share leanings and observations on technology trends.  Our perspective is a little unusual because we touch; open innovation, IP licensing, technology scouting and venture capital – so I pay close attention to the discussion.

Some high level learning’s?

1. Corporates generally have high amounts of cash and dry R&D pipelines.  They are paying a lot more attention to startups.  The IPO window is closed, but the M&A one is opening.
2. Mobile Everything (Ok this is not much of a new learning).
3. Many to many business models are growing rapidly.  See; LiquidSpace, RelayRides, Waze, AirBnB.  What are the industrial corollaries to these?
4. Dont give up on the material sciences – there is still quite a lot of great new technology coming to market.
5. Lots of impressive image capture and image display technologies are also coming to market.
6. All things being equal, Phil will take us on a 20 mile hike.

But mostly, I’m grateful to be in this business, and I’m grateful to be working with such a bright and dedicated group at yet2.

yet2 & yet2ventures retreat