Define Corporate Innovation Intake Criteria

Creating unambiguous filtering criteria ensures immediate rejection of off-strategy or low-yield submissions. This streamlines reviewer capacity and maintains high standards for venture quality from day one.

A documented intake matrix detailing hurdle rates, strategic fit parameters, risk thresholds, and categorisation rules for incoming corporate concepts.

Five questions an expert would ask when reviewing your output

Use these to challenge assumptions, pressure-test your logic, and check the quality of this action's output in the context of the parent task and wider venture development.

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   What precise metrics define whether an opportunity is an incremental operational fix versus a true venture-building candidate?

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   How does your intake scoring account for strategic alignment with core business units versus disruptive non-core concepts?

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   What explicit deal-breakers or non-negotiable criteria immediately trigger a rejection at intake?

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   How do your intake criteria prevent corporate bias toward safe, low-return internal ideas?

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   What risk assessment models are embedded into the initial intake screening stage?

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