How to make your technology sellable?
Co-Innovation is our answer to build B2B product offerings fulfilling customer needs and to generate significant revenue from digital
The Problem
Many companies have developed innovative B2B concepts or products, many of which are not marketed at all, as companies struggle to move from product to a value-generating offering, in step 1: a bookable MVP
The root cause lies in understanding customers’ needs and reasons for buying the product. Hence shaping a technical and commercial offering, while working closely with the market to ensure fit is key
82% of companies approach innovation like improvements in their regular business.1
Accordingly, most innovations fail to address customer needs and reach product market fit.
The Solution
Excubate has developed a unique co-innovation approach safeguarding a customer-centric business model development, that enables companies to start earning substantially from digital services and solutions.
With a very structured and efficient co-innovation approach, Excubate leads the collaboration between our client and its customers, shaping and validating the
1.) value proposition
2.) needed technical features and
3.) commercial offering (pricing, services etc.),
along-side developing a Go-to-Market-Approach
What is Co-Innovation:
Collaborating in a co-innovation mode, the innovation owner can gain in-depth customer feedback, insights on the product side (user behavior, early bug identification, testing of new features) and insights on the business side (price sensitivity, customer value and sales arguments).
Co-innovation is a popular approach applied by digital companies and as one of the most prominent users of this methodology, SAP is one of the early inventors and users of this method. Ensuring a product focused on the customer benefit, SAP applied this across multiple product developments such as the development of S4 HANA.
The Approach
An initial detailing & planning workshop, followed by a co-innovation phase, in a duration of 12-14 weeks, in total, we conduct the following together with our clients:
- Customer Acqusition & Onboarding according to certain co-innovation customer requirements
- Launch collaboration with each co-innovation customer to safeguard alignment of expectations and working mode incl. the revalidation of their use case with the product
- Co-innovation phase incl. feedback on
• Stability & flawless operation; customer-specific features
• Commercial model, pricing & value capture refinement, - Refine value proposition, prioritize and implement product features in back-log and develop go-to-market model
- Asses operational readiness, review & definition of roadmap & next steps
The Result
A validated business modell is shaped in the process. The graphics shows how we communicate the core specifications of the business model.
A validated and bookable business model, increasing revenue from digital
Leveraging the Excubate expertise in building new businesses across industries as well as our expert network, we can effectively lead to a…
...ready-to-sell product or service with a validated product-market-fit
...go-to-market outlined in a 100-day-plan aiming for substantial revenue from digital
...technical scaling roadmap focusing on required product and organizational development
Client References
We have conducted a multitude of successful B2B Co-Innovation projects
- 20-week Co-Innovation program: End-to-end management of process, from acquisition via onboarding to daily operations
- Creation of B2B software product from idea to bookable MVP
- Shaping of customer-based value proposition and derivation of product roadmap
Global quality solution provider
- Validation & detailing of innovative on machine metrology solution
- Identification & engagement of co-innovation customer
- Development, refinement & validation of business, partnering & GTM model
Intern. door solutions manufacturer
- 12-Week Co-Innovation to develop Go-To-Market approach and clearly prioritized product features
- Ensuring of bookable MVP and first paying customers
International adhesive manufacturer
- 20-Week Co-Innovation to identify and validate value propositions and define business model
- Ensuring of bookable MVP, first paying customers and a 100-day-plan to scale up
Why Excubate
Proven Method
Our B2B co-innovation approach adapts to our client and its needs, providing a strong & reusable platform for the intended & future co-innovations
Real Experience
We have ample Co-innovation & B2B digital innovation experience & delivered multiple co-innovation projects across industries*, accelerating & safeguarding our customer’s ambition
Business Mindset
We are strategy consultants who focus on innovation, business & venture building and as such bring the right mindset, understanding, & tool-kit to rigorously test your innovation and build a winning business model that scales
Willing to Share Risk
We are entrepreneurs, who want to be convinced of what we are doing, so we are generally open to share the risk of our projects, by making part of our fees outcome-based