Elliott Parker is CEO of Alloy Partners, a venture builder that co-creates advantaged startups with corporations and entrepreneurs. He previously launched dozens of startups at High Alpha, the pioneering venture studio, and helped Fortune 100 firms design and execute growth strategies at Clayton Christensen’s firm Innosight. Elliott is passionate about helping big organizations move fast and think boldly—and wrote The Illusion of Innovation to inspire transformation through bold experimentation.

During this episode, we discuss:

• How Elliott builds startups from corporations
• Why corporations may want to spin out an idea into a separate startup rather than keeping it within the corporation
• Examples of corporations he’s supported to help create startups from
• When corporations should NOT create separate startups
• Why “learning problems” are what become startups while “execution problems” stay within the corporation
• Elliott’s journey for starting Alloy
• The industries that he finds the most opportunities in
• How he can create companies in as quickly as 8-16 weeks
• Why right now is the best time to build a new company
• How there are $100 million companies coming with extremely small teams

And more. Tune into this episode as we dive into all things VC!