What We Do

Problem Deconstruction & Framing

Get to the heart of a complex issue and discover the factors that drive it through our Problem Deconstruction & Framing exercises. During our workshops, we apply a specific method of critical thinking that leverages Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs) to clarify and chunk complex problems to ensure the best solution.

Lean Startup

Looking to get early stage projects or startups to the point of successful customer adoption?  Lean Startup methodology is a field-tested, data-driven approach derived from some of the most successful startups in Silicon Valley.  It uses customer input and current data to achieve product-market fit while increasing the speed and agility of product development.  VentureScope uses Lean Startup as the foundation of its MACH37 cyber accelerator curriculum, its instruction for intrapreneurs at large organizations and bridges the entrepreneurial approach into academia by teaching Lean Startup at multiple universities, as well as within the US government where it is branded as iCorps.

Tech Scouting & Investment Dealflow

Navigate the high-risk startup and emerging-technology landscape with guidance from VentureScope SMEs. With over 100 years of combined industry experience, each member of our team is an expert in launching and growing successful business ventures that solve real problems. Whether you need specialized advisory services to directly support leadership, or access to a subset of our 1,000+ reports on early-stage startups spanning 30 technical verticals (such as cyber security, hypersonic, AI/ML, and quantum), our firm provides the holistic guidance necessary to maintain a competitive advantage. Contact us here to learn more.

Strategic Facilitation

Whether building your vision, identifying key goals, developing strategies or mapping out detailed execution, bringing in neutral facilitation helps ensure you strengthen your team while reaching your goals.  Leverage different types of facilitation to meet your needs, whether it involves corporate strategy, problem deconstruction, creative problem solving, ideation & brainstorming, product design, or implementation.  Our approach establishes a collaborative and interactive environment that helps individuals express themselves, pushes groups to their creative limits, and clarifies key insights as they emerge.

Bridging Industries

Connect with a broader network to power your vision. Discover how teams in other organizations are solving the same problems you are. Locate expertise, investors, talent, channel partners, and trusted advisors. Scout for emerging technologies that may change the way you do business. Understand how the bigger picture impacts the future of your working level operations and find ways to shape it in the right direction.

Accelerators

Accelerate your product, startup or organization. Get help designing and running a full startup accelerator or focus on accelerating specific efforts. Go from idea to successful product release and adoption by focusing on the customer from step one. We develop a personalized strategy for each client based on their needs and business objectives. Our approach helps drive innovation for our clients and connects them with end-users for marketplace success.

We own and operate MACH37 Cyber Accelerator, the leading cyber acceleraetor in the United States.

Training

Bring new innovation tools and methodologies to your organization to start an innovation process that improves product development, recruiting, communication, marketing and more. Whether it’s Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, or another method, our team not only has experience teaching it, but applying it within startups and large organizations.

Innovation Pipeline Design & Implementation

Design and implement an innovation process from end-to-end – from how and from where an idea is generated all the way to getting into users’ hands. Our innovation pipelines provide our clients with all the parts necessary to Get Launched™ and deliver products and services at speed and at scale.

Entrepreneurial Wellbeing

When founders and project leaders thrive, so do businesses. One of most significant modern impediments to successful innovation and product delivery stems not from a lack of expertise or customers, but from founders themselves faltering. Supporting entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs through their journeys benefits everyone. From individual to community to global wellbeing, we are in this together. The more we build our awareness and shift our habits to promote and protect wellbeing, the lower the cost of progress and the more frequently and easily it can be done. Explore practices that promote personal awareness, foster human performance, enhance team dynamics, and build productive partnering.