Design Mind frogcast Ep. 28 - Studio Sessions: Corporate Venturing
On this episode, we’re diving even deeper into the world of corporate ventures for the Next Economy. To do this, we’re listening in to a conversation with three experts in this space: frog’s own Ethan Imboden, VP of Design and Global Head of Ventures, Susana Jurado, Head of Telefónica’s Wayra Builder and Sohaila Ouffata, Managing Director of BMW i Ventures in Europe. The three talk corporate venturing building, corporate venture capital, what it means to be a Next Economy business and even how to raise children in the metaverse.
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As Vice President & Head of Venture Design at frog, Ethan Imboden oversees the firm’s work at the intersection of design and entrepreneurship. As part of his role, Ethan leads frogVentures™, which invests frog’s capabilities into shared-risk opportunities and ensures that frog’s portfolio companies start smarter, build faster and establish crucial design and strategy capabilities to support their growth.
Elizabeth tells design stories for frog. She first joined the New York studio in 2011, working on multidisciplinary teams to design award-winning products and services. Today, Elizabeth works out of the London studio on the global frog marketing team, leading editorial content for the EMEAI region.
She has written and edited hundreds of articles about design and technology, and has given talks on the role of content in a weird, digital world. Her work has been published in The Content Strategist, UNDO-Ordinary magazine and the book Alone Together: Tales of Sisterhood and Solitude in Latin America (Bogotá International Press).
Previously, Elizabeth was Communications Manager for UN OCHA’s Centre for Humanitarian Data in The Hague. She is a recent graduate of the Master’s Programme for Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London.
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