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The Next Horizon of Innovation

Last week, P&G Ventures SVP and Founder Leigh Radford joined Sony’s Gen Tsuchikawa and TechCrunch sr. reporter Mary Ann Azevdo at the Collision Conference for a conversation about “The Next Horizon of Innovation.” Here, Radford explained how P&G Ventures partners with entrepreneurs and startups to build new CPG brands.

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P&G Ventures Hosts Innovation Challenge in Israel

P&G Ventures is proud to present its first Innovation Challenge in Israel, powered by Fusion LA. The Challenge featured Maya Ashkenazi Otmazgin, Co-Founder and CEO of Maolac, Rebecca Sternberg – Co-Founder and CMO at Aquafit Intimate, Nava Ravid – CEO of Purific, and Rachel Yarkoni – Founder and Co-CEO of myAir. The founders pitched live to a panel of leading investors and innovation programs from Israel

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Empowering Female Founders: Resilience and Recovery

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Cintrifuse assembled five accomplished women to share their stories and speak on female entrepreneurship. The panel discussion of female founders was led by Betsy Bluestone, Senior Director Scouting & Partnerships P&G Ventures. [embed]https://vimeo.com/523876313[/embed]

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How Companies and Startups are Working Together. A fireside chat with Lauren Thaman of P&G Ventures.

We often hear of David versus Goliath in business. But what happens when David and Goliath join forces? Find out as Lauren Thaman of Procter & Gamble Ventures share’s a rare behind-the-scenes look at successful corporate-startup collaboration in this Innov8rs.co Connect Live session from Feb. 22, 2021.

The Big Bounce-Back

As the Covid-19 vaccine rollout gathers pace, the stage is set for a global economic bounce-back in the second half of 2021. Will pent-up demand for shopping...

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CES 2021 WRAP-UP

While the Consumer Electronics Show looked a bit different after CTA made the decision to go all-virtual for the first time in the show’s history, P&G showed up and stepped up to demonstrate how we are defining and growing brands that consumers love and trust with superior, irresistible innovation.

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A chat with P&G Ventures | AI for manufacturers | AddUp bringing 3D printing to Cincy

While Procter & Gamble generated most of its growth from innovating from within, in 2000 CEO A.G. Lafley didn’t think the company could continue on that trajectory. It was spending greater amounts on R&D for smaller payoffs. Lafley’s idea was to do away with the “invent it yourself” approach and replace it with a “connect and develop” model, wherein P&G identifies promising ideas from around the world that they can develop, improve, scale up and market.

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CREATING BILLION DOLLAR BRANDS: P&G’S LEIGH RADFORD

Leigh Radford has a straight-forward mission: creating new billion dollar brands. Radford is SVP and Head of P&G Ventures – the venture studio of the global CPG behemoth – and knows a thing-or-two about developing and building global brands. I sat down with Radford at the recent Health + Wealth of America conference to talk about how P&G drives innovation, keeps churning out new billion dollar businesses, and is accelerating digital transformation across the enterprise.

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Building a Great Business Starts with a Great Brand: A Conversation with Amy Errett

P&G Ventures SVP and Founder Leigh Radford speaks with Madison Reed founder and CEO Amy Errett about her quest to disrupt the $30 billion hair color industry.

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P&G Ventures 2021 Innovation Challenge at CES

P&G Ventures is proud to present its 3rd annual Innovation Challenge at CES, presented virtually. The challenge seeks out budding entrepreneurs driving the next generation of technologies that will change consumers' lives, while helping fuel innovation amidst the global pandemic.

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