Evangelos Simoudis
Managing Director at Trident Capital focusing on investments in Internet and software businesses.
Prior to entering venture capital, Evangelos had more than 20 years experience in high-technology industries, in executive roles spanning operations, marketing, sales and engineering.
Evangelos earned a PhD in computer science from Brandeis University and a BS in electrical engineering from Caltech.
How Corporations Can Manage New Ventures and University Projects as Extensions of their Advanced Product Development
Professor Ikhlaq Sidhu and I recently started talking about how the interest of corporations in the innovations created by startups is leading to changes in corporate R&D models, an area he has been studying for some time. As we continued our conversations we felt that it will be important to start publishing some of our […]
Automakers Must Partner Around Big Data
By extensively utilizing data, and paying attention to detail Tesla has changed the conversation on the type of personalized experience car owners (drivers and passengers) should expect from an automaker. In the process, it is building strong loyalty with the owners of its cars who appear willing to support it through thick and thin. Tesla […]
The Automotive Industry’s Big Data Challenge (Part 2)
In this first part of this two-part series, I discussed why the automotive industry, particularly the incumbent OEMs, is facing a big data challenge. This challenge is becoming extremely acute as a result of the increasing adoption of EAC vehicles combined with Mobility Services (EAC+MS) and the torrent of data that will be generated as […]
The Automotive Industry’s Big Data Challenge (Part 1)
In the not too distant future, automakers won’t be evaluated just on the physical, safety and performance characteristics of their vehicles. Instead incumbent and next-generation automakers will be evaluated based on the completeness of their solution along five dimensions: Electric, Autonomous, Connected, Mobility Services (EAC+MS), and Information. We read about the progress automakers and their […]
How to Set Up a Corporate Innovation Outpost That Works
This is the fourth in a series about corporate innovation co-authored with Steve Blank. Steve and I are working on what we hope will become a book about the new model for corporate entrepreneurship. Read part one on the Evolution of Corporate R&D , part two on Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley, and part three […]
How to Avoid Innovation Theater: The Six Decisions To Make Before Establishing an Innovation Outpost
This is the third in a series about the changing models of corporate innovation co-authored with Steve Blank. Steve and I are working on what we hope will become a book about the new model for corporate entrepreneurship. Read part one on the Evolution of Corporate R&D and part two on Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley. Corporate […]
Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley – Going to Where the Action Is
his is the second in a series about the changing models of corporate innovation co-authored with Steve Blank. Steve and I are working on what we hope will become a book about the new model for corporate entrepreneurship. Read part one on the Evolution of Corporate R&D. —— Innovation and R&D Outposts For decades, large companies […]
Innovation Outposts and The Evolution of Corporate R&D
I first met Steve Blank when he started his enterprise software company Epiphany. Steve has spent 21 years as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur in eight startups and the last 13 years as an educator – currently teaching entrepreneurship at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and NYU. Steve and I are working on what we hope will become a book […]
Five Decisions Before Establishing an Innovation Outpost
Recently I started advising two very large foreign corporations on whether to open up Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley. Both companies have already established innovation centers in their home countries where they are working with local startups. In both cases, these innovation efforts are led by the corporate R&D organizations. In the eyes of both […]
Establishing and Expanding Corporate Innovation Outposts
Corporations from a variety of industries continue to arrive in Silicon Valley in order to tap into its innovation ecosystem. Many of these corporations establish Innovation Outposts (and here), organizations of varying complexity that operate in the ecosystem and whose mission can be broadly characterized as sense and respond. Establishing, growing and making successful an […]
