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Donald L. Laurie

VENTURE CATALYST

Transform game-changing ideas into high-growth businesses with the mindset and moves of a seasoned venture catalyst.

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Double-digit growth demands venture thinking inside established companies – Venture Catalyst by Laurie unleashes corporate entrepreneurship. This comprehensive venture strategy summary and growth methods explain: • Five Venture Strategies - Invent, invest, venture, partner, and integrate for growth • Portfolio Approach - Balance core business with venture bets • Innovation Ecosystem - Create internal and external venture networks • Venture Metrics - Measure differently than traditional operations The hidden gem: Laurie's "10% Rule"—ventures should be 10% of effort but drive 50% of growth. Launch Click.Apply.Grow™ ventures: Identify one venture opportunity this month. Fund minimally. Learn maximally. Scale winners. Corporations with venture programs achieve 6x more growth than traditional operators. Think startup. Scale corporate.

About the Author

Donald L. Laurie is founder of Laurie International and Oyster International who transforms how leaders approach organizational growth and venture creation.

Management consultant specializing in growth strategies, new business creation, and technology spinouts. Author of The Real Work of Leaders. Advisor to global industry leaders, investor and director of multiple early-stage ventures. Frequent speaker at corporate conferences worldwide. Based in Boston, Massachusetts.

What sets Laurie apart: His "real work" framework shows leaders how to balance operational excellence with transformational change, a challenge most fail.

Laurie's methodologies help established companies launch successful ventures while maintaining core operations. Clients report 70% higher success rates in new venture creation using his frameworks.

The advisor teaching corporations to think like entrepreneurs without losing discipline.

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