Case Studies

Intel GrowthX

About Intel GrowthX

Formerly known as Ideas2Reality, GrowthX is an innovation program at Intel China that helps our businesses grow inorganically and incrementally.

Each year, we explore dozens of new ideas and pick 10 best ideas to run through our award-winning acceleration program.

The program is sponsored by Ian Yang, Intel China President and Brent Young, VP & Director China Corporate Strategy Office and is truly a cross-BU, customer- centric and one Intel effort.

Impact on business

Over the past 3 years, GrowthX has explored 500+ ideas, accelerated 40+ projects, landing 9 ideas into the market creating an incremental revenue of $25M with an outlook of $275M over the next 5-year.

Michelin SAP 2019

Program Overview

Innovation is a key priority for Michelin to achieve its 2020 Ambitions. In order to achieve those ambitions, Michelin decided to set up a Corporate Innovation Board which initiated the Incubation Program Office.

In China, Michelin IPO (the innovation department) aims to build a strong portfolio of new business models and solutions in the following domains: (1) commercial fleet (2) individual consumers’ mobility needs, (3) retailers, consumer experience on food and travel

Together with Michelin IPO, XNode helped different BU :

Define and finetune innovation topic and needs
Scout and screen the best startups
Accelerate the POC projects with structured methodology and expert coaching.

Nipa Mini Acceleration Program

NIPA | National IT Industry Promotion Agency, https://www.nipa.kr/

Goals

XNode worked with the 2 selected Korean startups on their business model localization and business partner meetings, helping them fully embedded in the market and accelerating their entry to China.

Participants

LIVE K is the Korean Culture Convergence Contents Creator. With this many show contents combined with CT such as Motion Graphic, Media Facade and Hologram, you can enjoy a perfect Korean Media Art, Holographic Show and splendid Interactive Media Show & Exhibition.
Datakobold is a subculture contents technology enterprise. We are currently serving the web-based web comics editing application ‘Boolatoon’, which aims to contribute to the creation of a sustainable creative environment and the development of the cultural industry.

Outcome

Article Recap: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PKjhmXHBFNl56NpZJt_dKg

Sanofi Hackathon 2020

Program Overview

XNode teamed up with Le Wagon and co-delivered three 3-day Wechat Mini Program Hackathons for Sanofi.

The hackathon aimed to empower Sanofi's in-house innovators to

‍Refine their innovative ideas,
Try to validate their proposition,
Develop an interactive prototype,

through a series of tailor-made workshop and coaching.

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XNode offered end to end solution, which includes:

Material design and onsite decoration
Workshop facilitation and pitch rehearsal
Retrospective article and media

And won the award of Sanofi Innovation Community Partner

Pernod Ricard China - Ask Jerry Challenge

Objectives

The challenge aims at making Ask Jerry – Pernod Ricard China’s nationwide WeChat Cocktail Platform, the next industry-standard marketplace with the largest community for bartenders, bar owners and cocktail lovers in China.

Identify

the most promising Startups with whom to set up cooperation agreements and create strong synergies in China

Accelerate

the top Startups into Xnode ”LaunchPad” Acceleration Program, in which startups can learn, shape and further grow their business

Collaborate

both online and offline with Pernod Ricard China experts to implement the solutions proposed at the end of the challenge.

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The Agorize platform was used as a powerful digital tool to spot the best startups to co-develop the Ask Jerry WeChat Platform and making it the next industry-standard marketplace. The XNode ‘’LaunchPad’’ transformed the ideas in executable business cases.

Oney Wake Up Call

Objectives

(1) Discover new business opportunities (2) Learn from the innovation eco-system in China (3)Find collaboration with local innovation partners (4) inspire employees to engage in entrepreneurship

XNode Solution

Oney Wake up call: a tailor-made journey to discover innovation from different angles, understand the entrepreneurial mindset, and see innovation best practices. With the ultimate goal of shifting the perspective of Oney employees to drive real change

Result

3 new business opportunities for Oney
Achieving Problem/Solution fit through rapid iteration and customer interaction

Unilever HZL Inside-out Program

Project objectives

Reviving Hazeline Brand through internal incubation & acceleration
Adopt and apply a completely new entrepreneurial process and mindset
Accelerate the process of prototyping and building MVP to go to market
Create and validate a new business model which is applicable for Hazeline

Our solution

Tailor made acceleration program with lean startup methodology
EIR coaching by industry experts and serial entrepreneurs

Oney Incubation Program

Objectives

Active exploration of 3 new business opportunities for Oney, Achieving Problem/Solution fit through rapid iteration and customer interaction, building a bankable business case to gain HQ support for follow-on investment.

XNode Solution

Oney Incubation Program: a tailor-made incubation program to rapidly explore the 3 business opportunities through a rigorous process of validation and customer interaction. After the program, 1 proposition was turned into a compelling business case with customer traction, while the other 2 proposition proved not to be viable in the market.

SAP Internal Incubation Program with Globalization Services

Project objectives

Helping SAP Labs China to build internal capabilities of intrapreneurship
Developing capabilities of employees in all aspects of innovation including value proposition design, business model generation, traction and business case building and finance
Increasing the success rate of SAP China Globalization Services (GS) to enter the global project pool and gain access to internal funding
Learning from the innovation eco-system in China

Our solution

Tailored-made Innovation Program: A full support structure to incubate and accelerate internal SAP teams. With our support, we accelerate the proposition, build a comprehensive business and investment case and validate the concept in the market to generate customer traction
Startup Accelerator visits and Startup Meet-ups: Visits and frequent interactions with startups accelerators and relevant startups to interact with, get inspired by and learn from relevant actors in the innovation eco-system

Innovation Consultancy

Market Analysis & Growth Strategy Research Reports

Analysis Examples

Innovation Strategy: Transformation & Implementation

Result Examples

Let's talk about your innovation goals

Case Studies

Intel GrowthX

Michelin SAP 2019

Nipa Mini Acceleration Program

Sanofi Hackathon 2020

Pernod Ricard China - Ask Jerry Challenge

Oney Wake Up Call

Unilever HZL Inside-out Program

Oney Incubation Program

SAP Internal Incubation Program with Globalization Services

Innovation Consultancy

Market Analysis & Growth Strategy Research Reports

Analysis Examples

Innovation Strategy: Transformation & Implementation

Result Examples

Let's talk about your innovation goals

Case Studies

Intel GrowthX

Michelin SAP 2019

Nipa Mini Acceleration Program

Sanofi Hackathon 2020

Pernod Ricard China - Ask Jerry Challenge

Oney Wake Up Call

Unilever HZL Inside-out Program

Oney Incubation Program

SAP Internal Incubation Program with ​Globalization Services

SAP Internal Incubation Program with Globalization Services