Keller-Bottom shares some of the lessons learned while Innovent was growing. She says it was very important to work with competitors as collaborators as well as lead a very passionate team effectively during the development of the business.

1. Collaborate to Enter Markets
2. Separation from Nokia's Core Business
3. Building Your Business
4. Picking Your Partners and Your Team
5. Focus, Flexibility and Market Validation
6. Creating Commercial Value for Your Product
7. Working with Your Investor
8. Learning from History

Stephanie Keller-Bottom lectures on Entrepreneurship for Stanford University students, April 26, 2006. As leader of the Innovent team, Stephanie Keller-Bottom draws upon over 17 years of of executive leadership roles in creating new marketplaces for Fortune 500 companies like Hewlett Packard, Citibank/Citicorp and Visa. Ms. Keller-Bottom joined Nokia's venturing organization in 1998, the entity charged with corporate renewal and innovation. In 2000, she established Innovent, the entrepreneurial innovation unit within Nokia that explores emerging markets and the opportunities they create. In this Stanford lecture, she talks about building your business and working with your investor.

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Last Updated: Mon, Jul 24, 2006

Course Details:
- Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series
- Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner (ecorner)

Original Course Name: Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series.