Martin Bell

The start-up recipe for success! - Innovation = 1% idea + 99% implementation

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Martin Bell

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Vita

Martin Bell is a start-up architect, investor and global thought leader. Over the course of his career, he has played a key role in building over 50 start-ups at Rocket Internet. As founder & CEO of Bell Ventures, he advises established companies across industries on key strategic issues of the future. His expertise enabled him to develop his own structured innovation methodology, which he summarized in his “100 Task Start-up” playbook. Digital transformation, agile working methods and start-up culture are not just buzzwords, but lived knowledge. In his lectures, workshops and discussion panels, Martin inspires his international audience with his know-how and his activating, practice-oriented presentation style. His audiences receive action-oriented tools that enable them to take their entrepreneurial projects into their own hands. It is important to the Harvard graduate to act as a mentor for young up-and-coming talent.

Topics

Start-ups - What you should learn from start-ups

  • “100 Task Start-up” - How to quickly turn your disruptive ideas into reality
    “Intrapreneurship” - How your own employees become entrepreneurs in their own company
    “Rocket Mittelstand“* - How to best complement the virtues of SMEs with those of the start-up world
    (*concept by US book author Prof. Hill)

Digitalization & Innovation - How to use the digital transformation as an opportunity

Digital transformation - What digital change means for you and how to master the new challenges
Disruption - What you can learn from the trends and developments in Silicon Valley & Co. to act disruptively yourself
Innovation - How to develop the best innovation strategy for you to conquer new growth markets


Together into the future! Actively shaping cultural change

  • Customer focus - How to design the new digital customer journey together with your customers in order to bring innovative products to market quickly
  • Start-up culture - how to anchor an agile error culture characterized by lean start-up and design thinking in the minds of your employees
  • “Digital change management" - how to prepare your team for rapid change by focusing on emotional intelligence (EQ), creativity and mindfulness

Other topics - Future Trends & Technologies:
How to multiply your company's potential (e.g. as a platform business model) with the new technologies (e.g. with blockchain, artificial intelligence and big data) 

References & Press

“Martin's 100 Task Playbook is an idea worth sharing with any organization that wants to innovate. Martin has broad experience in building startups and can convey technical information in an understandable and engaging way. He connects deeply with the audience to inform and inspire. Martin is thoughtful in his preparation and very enjoyable to work with.”
Jane Wulf, former Chief of Staff at TED, CEO Chris Anderson


“Martin's interactive two-day workshop not only strengthened the mindset and execution focus of our innovation team, but also provided valuable input for concrete tools and action plans to structure and improve our incubation and company building process.”
Uli Huener, Chief Innovation Officer, EnBW

 

References (excerpt):
TEDxBrussels (Europe's largest TEDx event), Rocket Internet, Zalando, Delivery Hero (Lieferheld, Foodora, pizza.de), Volkswagen, Bosch, Nestlé, McKinsey, Wharton School of Business, Harvard University

Martin's work has appeared in, among others:

  • Financial Times
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Berlin Valley
  • Start-up scene

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Equipment: Apple notebook
Apple notebook
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