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The Diversification Dividend
2024 Edition
Maximizing shareholder value is pivotal for any company aiming for long-term success. The latest findings from our comprehensive study, "The Diversification Dividend 2024," underscore the substantial financial benefits of diversifying revenue streams.
Achieving consistent and meaningful growth within an established organization is a constant battle against gravity. The gravity of successful products, customer expectations, and how things have always been done. In Unstuck, we show you how to escape that gravity and defy the pull of your core business to deliver meaningful, sustained growth.
The Diversification Dividend Report underscores the substantial financial benefits of diversifying revenue streams. Analyzing stock price growth and diversification activities of companies across the globe, we found that companies that diversify revenues achieve higher total shareholder return compared to those without.
CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, has partnered with Stryber, a business growth services provider, to create the Stryber-CERN Venture Connect Programme. Its aim is to address the “Valley of Death” in deep tech commercialization, whereby promising innovations struggle to transition from research to solutions such as licenced spin-offs and joint market-ready ventures.
The wealth management industry is at a critical junction, driven by shifting client expectations, fee compression, and the rise of next-gen wealth amid intensifying competition. Despite a record-breaking surge in global assets under management (AUM) to £161 trillion in 2023, the largest annual increase since 2019, firms face mounting pressure to innovate or risk falling behind. In this article, we explore the headwinds shaking up the wealth management industry.
Europe is sitting on a gold mine of Deep Tech potential. It has the brains, the ideas, the patents, and some of the top research institutions in the world. It boasts a thriving ecosystem, focused government initiatives, and smart investors ready to help it grow. Yet the region continues to fall short in commercialization and investment. In this article we explain why and what should be done about it.
Achieving breakthrough business growth demands finding the Goldilocks zone. A blend of strategies that ensures consistent growth for the core while diversifying revenue streams by exploiting new markets. Easier said than done of course with a variety of approaches available for business leaders to explore and turbulent market conditions. Adjacent growth involves leveraging your existing strengths—such as brand equity, expertise, or distribution networks—to venture into new markets or product categories.
A strategic focus on market penetration cemented Coca-Cola as one of the today's most globally recognized brands. Innovation of the core business remains the cornerstone of growth for most companies. But it will only take you so far. With pervasive challenges such as market saturation, competitive pressures, macroeconomic uncertainty, and the risk of diminishing returns, is investing in the core business alone enough?
Innovation is a challenge in any established business. So why make it more difficult than it needs to be? In this article, we dive into the 8 myths of corporate innovation that are (probably) holding you back.
Every business wants to be more innovative. Yet almost every business struggles to make innovation work. In this article we take a pragmatic look at how too make innovation more successful for your organization and offer alternatives to help you find better avenues to exceptional growth.
While every business wants to grow and expand, growing a large established business in a mature market is a significant challenge. In this article, we present a new model for how to think about and discover new avenues for business growth in mature markets.
What are leading enterprises doing to diversify and drive sustainable growth? Fabrice Zumbrunnen, the former CEO of Migros and newly appointed chairman of Stryber’s supervisory board, shares the corporate innovation blueprint which he used at Migros to think differently and grow outside the status quo.
Learn how Stryber’s signal-based approach to venture building can help you identify and validate new business opportunities, accelerate your growth and shape the future of your industry.
Access to financial services in emerging markets is fragmented and leaves the unbanked and under-banked prone to being taken advantage of. How can venture building help level the financial playing field?
Performing effective user research always comes at a cost. How do you ensure that you are making the most of your time and effort by building an effective testing cadence?
Explore the captivating world of "phygital shopping" and discover how innovative concepts are reshaping the retail landscape, blending the best of physical and online experiences to create an irresistible shopping journey.
Companies are currently looking for ways to adapt their innovative capacity to the challenges of the future. That’s why corporations are increasingly setting up innovation labs.
Alex Mahr, cofounder of Stryber, helps companies build startup portfolios. Many companies, he says, start the process late and don't know how to measure results.
Crypto-first European bank engages Stryber to prototype a viable B2C savings offering and move the dial on winning customers and increase deposits in a highly competitive space
Our client, a top European provider of clinical laboratory testing services, had a bold vision—adding EUR 75-100 million in revenue to its core business offering medical test kits directly to customers. Their hypothesis? There is an unmet need for convenient health care experiences. Our mission was evaluate the hypothesis and capabilities.
With our client - a top European Private Equity firm - seeking opportunities for digital expansion and value creation of a potential acquisition target, we assembled a cross-functional team to support. With just a few weeks to conduct a deep analysis of the target, its digital infrastructure and build a detailed picture of growth scenarios, we delivered a validated investment memo and three detailed product plans to unlock the target's full potential.
Our client, a global food and beverage giant, invested significant resources developing a next-generation smart water dispenser system. With state-of-the-art hardware and software already in place, our client sought the right commercialization path and business model to secure long-term independent success.
The near 70 research institutes that form this large applied research organization push the envelope on innovation in a dizzying array of fields. Their combined research efforts touch the lives of millions in many different ways. The research organization handles all patents and commercialization on behalf of the institutes and wanted to strengthen its “market pull” approach as a basis for creating business model spin-offs.
In this case study, learn how Stryber's unique venture building framework was used to validate and pivot Mandai Wildlife Group's initial business model, resulting in the development of a broader, online marketplace in the wildlife segment.
Unstuck: How to achieve business growth when it seems impossible
Business growth is the top priority for 62% of CEOs, yet sustained growth remains out of reach for most established companies. With mounting shareholder pressure and countless strategies to choose from, it's not surprising corporate leaders feel stuck.
Our framework explores the many growth strategy options available to business leaders, breaking them into three distinct innovation layers. We analyze which approaches are inherently limited, which risk destroying business value, and how to identify the sweet-spot strategies to unlock lasting growth for your organistion.
Deep Tech could unlock €8 trillion in value by 2030. Offering transformative potential to solve global problems and drive major economic growth, our guide will help you realize the potential of your R&D investment and implement the right ecosystem mix to extract the most value from your innovations. Whatever the mix of innovation vehicles, pushing into adjacent. markets and business models is essentially a transformation exercise demanding a change in focus, mindset, and workflows. We break down five critically important factors to make this happen and detail how to setup for success.
The Diversification Dividend Report underscores the substantial financial benefits of diversifying revenue streams. Analyzing stock price growth and diversification activities of companies across the globe, we found that companies that diversify revenues achieve higher total shareholder return compared to those without.
Explore the captivating world of "phygital shopping" and discover how innovative concepts are reshaping the retail landscape, blending the best of physical and online experiences to create an irresistible shopping journey.
Companies are currently looking for ways to adapt their innovative capacity to the challenges of the future. That’s why corporations are increasingly setting up innovation labs.
CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, has partnered with Stryber, a business growth services provider, to create the Stryber-CERN Venture Connect Programme. Its aim is to address the “Valley of Death” in deep tech commercialization, whereby promising innovations struggle to transition from research to solutions such as licenced spin-offs and joint market-ready ventures.
The wealth management industry is at a critical junction, driven by shifting client expectations, fee compression, and the rise of next-gen wealth amid intensifying competition. Despite a record-breaking surge in global assets under management (AUM) to £161 trillion in 2023, the largest annual increase since 2019, firms face mounting pressure to innovate or risk falling behind. In this article, we explore the headwinds shaking up the wealth management industry.
Europe is sitting on a gold mine of Deep Tech potential. It has the brains, the ideas, the patents, and some of the top research institutions in the world. It boasts a thriving ecosystem, focused government initiatives, and smart investors ready to help it grow. Yet the region continues to fall short in commercialization and investment. In this article we explain why and what should be done about it.
Achieving breakthrough business growth demands finding the Goldilocks zone. A blend of strategies that ensures consistent growth for the core while diversifying revenue streams by exploiting new markets. Easier said than done of course with a variety of approaches available for business leaders to explore and turbulent market conditions. Adjacent growth involves leveraging your existing strengths—such as brand equity, expertise, or distribution networks—to venture into new markets or product categories.
A strategic focus on market penetration cemented Coca-Cola as one of the today's most globally recognized brands. Innovation of the core business remains the cornerstone of growth for most companies. But it will only take you so far. With pervasive challenges such as market saturation, competitive pressures, macroeconomic uncertainty, and the risk of diminishing returns, is investing in the core business alone enough?
Innovation is a challenge in any established business. So why make it more difficult than it needs to be? In this article, we dive into the 8 myths of corporate innovation that are (probably) holding you back.
Every business wants to be more innovative. Yet almost every business struggles to make innovation work. In this article we take a pragmatic look at how too make innovation more successful for your organization and offer alternatives to help you find better avenues to exceptional growth.
While every business wants to grow and expand, growing a large established business in a mature market is a significant challenge. In this article, we present a new model for how to think about and discover new avenues for business growth in mature markets.
What are leading enterprises doing to diversify and drive sustainable growth? Fabrice Zumbrunnen, the former CEO of Migros and newly appointed chairman of Stryber’s supervisory board, shares the corporate innovation blueprint which he used at Migros to think differently and grow outside the status quo.
Learn how Stryber’s signal-based approach to venture building can help you identify and validate new business opportunities, accelerate your growth and shape the future of your industry.
In this case study, learn how Stryber's unique venture building framework was used to validate and pivot Mandai Wildlife Group's initial business model, resulting in the development of a broader, online marketplace in the wildlife segment.
Access to financial services in emerging markets is fragmented and leaves the unbanked and under-banked prone to being taken advantage of. How can venture building help level the financial playing field?
Performing effective user research always comes at a cost. How do you ensure that you are making the most of your time and effort by building an effective testing cadence?
Explore the captivating world of "phygital shopping" and discover how innovative concepts are reshaping the retail landscape, blending the best of physical and online experiences to create an irresistible shopping journey.
Companies are currently looking for ways to adapt their innovative capacity to the challenges of the future. That’s why corporations are increasingly setting up innovation labs.
Alex Mahr, cofounder of Stryber, helps companies build startup portfolios. Many companies, he says, start the process late and don't know how to measure results.
Crypto-first European bank engages Stryber to prototype a viable B2C savings offering and move the dial on winning customers and increase deposits in a highly competitive space
Our client, a top European provider of clinical laboratory testing services, had a bold vision—adding EUR 75-100 million in revenue to its core business offering medical test kits directly to customers. Their hypothesis? There is an unmet need for convenient health care experiences. Our mission was evaluate the hypothesis and capabilities.
With our client - a top European Private Equity firm - seeking opportunities for digital expansion and value creation of a potential acquisition target, we assembled a cross-functional team to support. With just a few weeks to conduct a deep analysis of the target, its digital infrastructure and build a detailed picture of growth scenarios, we delivered a validated investment memo and three detailed product plans to unlock the target's full potential.
Our client, a global food and beverage giant, invested significant resources developing a next-generation smart water dispenser system. With state-of-the-art hardware and software already in place, our client sought the right commercialization path and business model to secure long-term independent success.
In this case study, learn how Stryber's unique venture building framework was used to validate and pivot Mandai Wildlife Group's initial business model, resulting in the development of a broader, online marketplace in the wildlife segment.
The near 70 research institutes that form this large applied research organization push the envelope on innovation in a dizzying array of fields. Their combined research efforts touch the lives of millions in many different ways. The research organization handles all patents and commercialization on behalf of the institutes and wanted to strengthen its “market pull” approach as a basis for creating business model spin-offs.
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