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On Wednesday, May 1, 2024 we had an 'Ask Me Anything' session with Danielle Cohn, CEO and Founding Partner of Wave Ventures, on Building an Innovation Ecosystem for Enterprise Organizations.
 

Danielle shared insights from her experience founding, building and leading the innovation function and space for an award-winning platform to engage startups in media, entertainment, and connectivity across a Fortune 30 enterprise with 200,000 employees worldwide.

Featuring:

Danielle Cohn

Danielle Cohn

CEO and Founding Partner of Wave Ventures


Danielle founded, built, and led LIFT Labs at Comcast NBCUniversal, a Fortune 30 public company. She grew a diverse network of more than 3,000 global founders and launched 100+ startups across the business in strategic areas such as the future of work, connectivity, media, gaming/sports, entertainment, fintech, and care-tech. Her programs were cited as a key factor in the company being named one of Fast Company’s “Best Places to Work for Innovators.”

Hosted By:

Fred Schonenberg

Fred Schonenberg

Founder & CEO, VentureFuel

Founder. Innovator. Connector. Corporate Problem Solver. Speaker. Thought Leader. Angel.

Fred has helped over 100 companies, from General Mills to Beam Suntory to Netflix, discover and implement new technologies and innovations to deliver breakthrough results (18.7% sales lift, $10m+ savings, 5x purchase intent, etc.). 

As Founder of VentureFuel, he has created a repeatable innovation framework, that bridges his deep relationships with the VC, Angel and Startup ecosystem with his C-suite corporate relationships to deliver first-to-market, tangible solutions that drive growth for all involved. 

He is a frequent speaker at industry events such as SXSW, Ad Tech, Advertising Week, IAB, OMMA, etc. and an industry thought-leader published in The Huffington Post, Media Post, The Drum, Tech.co, Creator Magazine, Adweek, Event Marketer, etc.

VentureFuel

VentureFuel

Founded in 2014, VentureFuel is an independent innovation advisory firm based out of New York City.  We build and accelerate innovation programs for industry leaders by unlocking the power of what we call "external innovation" via startup collaborations.  Our programs focus on changing the behaviors and beliefs necessary to unlock new sources of growth.