CO-INNOVATION BUILDER TOOLBOX

START UPS (NGO and economic ones) TO FIGHT PANDEMIA

Nearly 21.000 participants gathered at the EUvsVirus Hackathon, an initiative led by the European Innovation Council during the 24-26 weekend of April to fight the effects of COVID-19. “Over 2,150 solutions were submitted in areas including health and life (898), business continuity (381), remote working and education (270), social and political cohesion (452), digital finance (75) and other challenges (83). Germany (389), Italy (320) and Spain (315) submitted the highest number of solutions, which range from a ‘modular micro factory’ to a ‘natural language processing system for medical reporting.”

Several mentors from University of Deusto had the opportunity to take part in the initiative.
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MATCHING START UPS AND COMPANIES

Later on, a Matchaton was being hold during a 22-25 extended weekend of May to join start ups and investors.
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One of the tools that we have had the opportunity to know during the EUvsVirus Matchathon is the Co-Innovation Builder Toolbox designed under the Corship-Corporate edupreneurship.
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This is the first prototype of the tool that offers a model of relationship to startups and existing companies to foster open innovation, simple and effective canvas:
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Source: https://www.corship.eu/digital-toolbox
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Both sides clarify expectations and goals, define roles, contributions and resources and in doing so they can easily define the agreement under 5 variables: goals, format, outcomes, risks and KPIs.

Corship also offers a free MOOC to train users of the canvas.
Collaboration between start ups and companies could be more effective for the whole ecosystem (quicker and cheaper) if done properly.
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Upskilling lab 4.0 is developing the main skills that both sides should exert for a successful collaboration.
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For more information:
https://www.euvsvirus.org/
https://www.corship.eu/digital-toolbox/
https://www.corship.eu/mooc/
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Author
University of Deusto