venture-labs.html

---
title: Innovation Inc | Corporate Innovation Workshops | Powered by Awesome Inc
description: Innovation Incubated helps KY companies discover, test, and implement innovative ideas.
meta_image: "/assets/img/venture-labs/innovation-inc.png"
permalink: "/innovation-incubated"
redirect_from: 
- "/venturelabs"
- "/venture-labs"
- "/innovation-inc"
page_id: venturelabs
---

{% include modal-popup.html %}

<section>
  <div id="header-venturelabs">
    <div class="lgx-inner">
      <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
          <div class="col-xs-12">
            <div class="lgx-heading-area">
              <div class="lgx-heading">
                <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/innovation-inc.png" alt="Innovation Inc Logo" />
                <h2 class="heading-subtitle">Helping KY companies discover, test, and implement innovative ideas.</h2>
                <a class="lgx-btn lgx-btn-corners lgx-btn-font-light" target="_blank" href="https://forms.zohopublic.com/virtualoffice9155/form/VLWebsiteContactForm/formperma/9sM-93pI7z3Z1fu4QnvHbjYQF8VzD9MgDt6T_xHBEeE">
                  Let's Talk More
                </a>
                <a class="lgx-btn lgx-btn-corners lgx-btn-font-light" href="#contact">
                  Newsletter Signup
                </a>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div> <!-- COL -->
        </div><!--ROW-->
      </div><!-- CONTAINER -->
    </div><!-- INNER -->
  </div>
</section>

<section id="reasons">
  <div class="lgx-inner">
    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
          <h4 class="heading-subtitle">
            If you manage a team or company, then you know the difficulty of innovation
          </h4>
          <ul class="list-image-icons">
            <li id="red">Employees don't productively express new ideas</li>
            <li id="blue">Good ideas dying because there's no way to develop them</li>
            <li id="green">Risk concerns and inefficiencies prevent good ideas from coming to life</li>
            <li id="maroon">Company gradually falls behind over time because they're not on the leading edge</li>
          </ul>
        </div> <!-- col -->
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6">
          <a href="https://youtu.be/CcnTzw9-KSE" target="_blank">
            <div class="video-thumbnail" id="venture-labs">
              <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/computer-video.png" class="img-responsive" />
            </div>
          </a>
        </div> <!-- col -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
    </div> <!-- container -->
  </div> <!-- inner -->

</section>

<section id="features">
  <div class="lgx-inner">
    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12">
          <div class="lgx-heading-area">
            <div class="lgx-heading">
              <h2 class="heading-title">
                That's where we come in.<br>
                We help companies:
              </h2>
            </div> <!-- heading -->
          </div> <!-- heading area  -->
        </div> <!-- col -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
      <div class="row row-eq-height flex-img-center">
        <!-- <div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1"> -->
          <div class="col-xs-4">
            <img width="120px" src="/assets/img/venture-labs/increase-revenue.png" alt="increase revenue icon" />
            <h4 class="heading-subtitle text-center">Increase Revenue</h4>
          </div>
          <div class="col-xs-4">
            <img width="120px" src="/assets/img/venture-labs/improve-efficiency.png" alt="imporve efficiency icon" />
            <h4 class="heading-subtitle text-center">Improve Efficiency</h4>
          </div>
          <div class="col-xs-4">
            <img width="120px" src="/assets/img/venture-labs/cut-costs.png" alt="cut costs icon" />
            <h4 class="heading-subtitle text-center">Cut Costs</h4>
          </div>
        <!-- </div>col -->
      </div><!-- row -->
      <div class="row row-eq-height flex-img-center">
          <div class="col-xs-4">
            <img id="empower-employees" src="/assets/img/venture-labs/empower-employees.png" alt="empower your employees icon" />
            <h4 class="heading-subtitle text-center">Empower Your Employees</h4>
          </div>
          <div class="col-xs-4">
            <img id="cheaply-test" src="/assets/img/venture-labs/cheap-quick.png" alt="cheaply test ideas icon" />
            <h4 class="heading-subtitle text-center">Cheaply + Quickly Test Ideas</h4>
          </div>
          <div class="col-xs-4">
            <img id="separation" src="/assets/img/venture-labs/find-separation.png" alt="find separation in market icon" />
            <h4 class="heading-subtitle text-center">Find Separation in the Market</h4>
          </div>
      </div><!-- row-->
      <div class="row">
        <p class="text-center">
          <a class="lgx-btn lgx-btn-corners lgx-btn-font-light" target="_blank" href="https://forms.zohopublic.com/virtualoffice9155/form/VLWebsiteContactForm/formperma/9sM-93pI7z3Z1fu4QnvHbjYQF8VzD9MgDt6T_xHBEeE">Book a Call</a>
        </p>
      </div>
    </div> <!-- container -->
  </div> <!-- inner -->

</section>

<section id="reputation">
  <div class="lgx-inner">
    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2">
          <div class="lgx-heading-area">
            <div class="lgx-heading lgx-heading-white">
              <h4 class="heading-title">
                We're taking our 10+ years of working with startups and driving that same creativity 
                and innovation through KY's corporate community.
              </h4>
            </div> <!-- heading -->
          </div> <!-- heading area  -->
        </div> <!-- col -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2">
          <p>
            Our team learned a vast amount of problem solving, teamwork, and idea execution tactics 
            from our time with [Innovation Incubated]. In our business, from a seasonal standpoint,
            everyone always has ideas and 'what ifs', but they don't always get planned, executed,
            or fully thought out strategically. Through [Innovation Incubated], our team gained vast
            knowledge on how to go about true strategy and execution.
            <br>
            <i>Andy Shea, Owner, Lexington Legends</i>
          </p>
        </div><!-- col -->
      </div><!-- row-->
      <div class="row">
        <div class="relative-parent">
          <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
            <div class="absolute-child">
              <div class="col-xs-2">
                <div class="img-wrapper">
                  <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/chase-bank-logo.png" alt="Chase Bank Logo" />
                </div>
              </div> <!-- col -->
              <div class="col-xs-2">
                <div class="img-wrapper">
                  <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/lexington-legends-logo.png" alt="Lexington Legends Logo" />
                </div>
              </div> <!-- col -->
              <div class="col-xs-2">
                <div class="img-wrapper">
                  <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/lex-library-logo.png" alt="Lexington Public Library Logo" />
                </div>
              </div> <!-- col -->
              <div class="col-xs-2">
                <div class="img-wrapper">
                  <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/gray-logo.png" alt="Gray Construction Logo" />
                </div>
              </div> <!-- col -->
              <div class="col-xs-2">
                <div class="img-wrapper">
                  <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/green-box-logo.png" alt="Green Box Logo" />
                </div>
              </div> <!-- col -->
              <div class="col-xs-2">
                <div class="img-wrapper">
                  <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/forcht-logo.png" alt="Forcht Bank Logo" />
                </div>
              </div> <!-- col -->
            </div> <!-- abs child -->
          </div> <!-- col -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
    </div> <!-- container -->
  </div> <!-- inner -->

</section>

<section id="experience">
  <div class="lgx-inner">
    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2">
          <div class="lgx-heading-area">
            <div class="lgx-heading">
              <h4 class="heading-subtitle">
                Our Team's Experience
              </h4>
            </div>
          </div> <!-- lgx-heading-area -->
          <ul class="list-image-icons">
            <li id="red">Worked with over 400 startups</li>
            <li id="blue">Facilitated 225 pitches of new ideas</li>
            <li id="green">Helped startups raise $44,343,500 in outside funding</li>
            <li id="maroon">Created 291 new jobs</li>
          </ul>
          <p class="heading-subtitle red-text center-text">
            We guide leadership and employees through an 
            experience that teaches and empowers them to grow
            their ideas and turn them into reality.
          </p>
        </div> <!-- col -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
    </div> <!-- container -->
  </div> <!-- inner -->
</section>

<section id="team">
  <div class="lgx-inner">
    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4">
          <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/mike-hilton.png" class="img-responsive" alt="Mike Hilton" />
          <div class="team-member center-text">
            <h4 class="heading-subtitle">
              Mike Hilton
            </h4>
            <p>
              Mike excels at organizing teams around new ideas and strategies,
              making him the perfect person to help Awesome Inc launch the 
              Innovation Incubated program in 2018. As a native Lexingtonian, he's passionate
              about making Central Kentucky a vibrant community for those ideas.
              He brings to the team a specific focus on increasing partnerships
              between the startup and corporate worlds, leveraging Innovation Incubated as 
              the right tool to start innovative conversations.
            </p>
          </div>
        </div> <!-- col -->
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4">
          <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/liz-brown.png" class="img-responsive" alt="Liz Brown" />
          <div class="team-member center-text">
            <h4 class="heading-subtitle">
              Liz Brown Evans
            </h4>
            <p>
              With experience both at a Fortune 1000 company and also growing a
              small business in Central KY, Liz brings both a strategic and tactical
              perspective to the Innovation Incubated team. She helps guide the 
              long-term innovation community through corporate partnerships,
              while also continually refining the execution of each relationship. 
              Her mission is to make Kentucky known as an innovation hub and strengthen 
              KY communities who are passionate about creativity.
            </p>
          </div>
        </div> <!-- col -->
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4">
          <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/tony-schmidt.png" class="img-responsive" alt="Tony Schmidt" />
          <div class="team-member center-text">
            <h4 class="heading-subtitle">
              Tony Schmidt
            </h4>
            <p>
              As the moderator of Innovation Incubated, Tony brings the perfect combination
              of corporate and startup experience to your team. After graduating from
              UK, he joined the Microsoft team in Seattle where competed in their 
              annual hackathon. After 5 years, he moved home to Lexington to grow 
              his own tech startup, and loves coaching the next generation of 
              entrepreneurs in Central Kentucky.
            </p>
          </div>
        </div> <!-- col -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12">
          <p class="center-text">
            <a class="lgx-btn lgx-btn-grey lgx-btn-font-light lgx-btn-corners" target="_blank" href="https://forms.zohopublic.com/virtualoffice9155/form/VLWebsiteContactForm/formperma/9sM-93pI7z3Z1fu4QnvHbjYQF8VzD9MgDt6T_xHBEeE">
              Book a Call
            </a>
          </p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div> <!-- container -->
  </div> <!-- inner -->
</section>

<section id="how-it-works">
  <div class="lgx-inner">
    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2">
          <div class="lgx-heading-area">
            <div class="lgx-heading">
              <h4 class="heading-subtitle">
                How We Work with Companies
              </h4>
            </div>
          </div> <!-- lgx-heading-area -->
        </div> <!-- col -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
      <div class="row">
        <div class="step">
          <div class="col-xs-2 col-xs-offset-2 align-self-center">
            <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/brain.png" class="img-responsive inline-block" />
          </div> <!-- col -->
          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4 align-self-center">
            <p class="inline-block">
              We start by understanding your current needs and goals around innovation.
            </p>
          </div> <!-- col -->
        </div> <!-- step 1 in process -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
      <div class="row">
        <div class="step-arrow">
          <div class="col-xs-2 col-xs-offset-2 col-md-offset-3 align-self-center">
            <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/arrow-1.png" class="img-responsive mobile-hide" />
          </div>
        </div>
      </div><!-- row -->
      <div class="row">
        <div class="step">
          <div class="col-xs-2 col-xs-offset-2 col-md-offset-4 align-self-center">
            <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/wrench.png" class="img-responsive inline-block" />
          </div> <!-- col -->
          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4 align-self-center">
            <p class="inline-block">
              We work together and use a variety of tools to build a solution for your company.
            </p>
          </div> <!-- col -->
        </div> <!-- step 2 in process -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
      <div class="row">
        <div class="step-arrow">
          <div class="col-xs-2 col-xs-offset-3 align-self-center">
            <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/arrow-2.png" class="img-responsive mobile-hide" />
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="step-excerpt">
          <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-offset-1 col-md-5">
            <div class="red-box-excerpt">
              <ul>
                <li>Innovation Incubated Workshop</li>
                <li>Idea Accelerator</li>
                <li>Reverse Pitch</li>
                <li>Design Sprint</li>
                <li>Corporate Round-table Discussions</li>
                <li>Startup Community Collaboration</li>
              </ul>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div><!-- row -->
      <div class="row">
        <div class="step">
          <div class="col-xs-2 col-xs-offset-2">
            <img src="/assets/img/venture-labs/growth.png" class="img-responsive inline-block" />
          </div> <!-- col -->
          <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4 align-self-center">
            <p class="inline-block">
              We execute the plan and review the results.
            </p>
          </div> <!-- col -->
        </div> <!-- step 3 in process -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
    </div> <!-- container -->
  </div> <!-- inner -->
</section>


<section id="contact">
  <div class="lgx-inner">
    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
          <div class="lgx-heading-area">
            <div class="lgx-heading lgx-heading-white">
              <h2 class="heading-title">
                Stay on the Innovative Edge or Fall Behind!
              </h2>
              <h4 class="heading-subtitle">
                Join the growing number of companies that were tired of the
                status-quo. Sign up for our newsletter below.
              </h4>
            </div>
          </div>
          
          <script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js" async defer></script>

          <div class="form-group">
            <!-- Change or deletion of the name attributes in the input tag will lead to empty values on record submission-->
            <form
              onsubmit="validateForm(this);"
              name="vl-form"
              id="form"
              class="validate"
              method="POST"
              accept-charset="UTF-8"
              enctype="multipart/form-data"
              data-netlify="true"
            >
              <input type="hidden" name="zf_referrer_name" value="" /><!-- To Track referrals , place the referrer name within the " " in the above hidden input field -->
              <input
                type="hidden"
                name="zf_redirect_url"
                value="https://www.awesomeinc.org/thanks"
              /><!-- To redirect to a specific page after record submission , place the respective url within the " " in the above hidden input field -->
              <input
                type="hidden"
                name="zc_gad"
                value=""
              /><!-- If GCLID is enabled in Zoho CRM Integration, click details of AdWords Ads will be pushed to Zoho CRM -->
              <!--Name-->
              <label for="First Name">First Name</label>
              <input
                class="form-control"
                placeholder="John"
                type="text"
                maxlength="255"
                name="Name_First"
                fieldType="7"
              /><br />
              <label for="Last Name">Last Name</label>
              <input
                class="form-control"
                placeholder="Hancock"
                type="text"
                maxlength="255"
                name="Name_Last"
                fieldType="7"
              /><br />
              <!--Email-->
              <label for="Email Address">Email Address</label>
              <input
                class="form-control"
                placeholder="john@123.com"
                type="text"
                maxlength="255"
                name="Email"
                value=""
                fieldType="9"
              />
              <br>
              <!-- Company -->
              <label for="Company">Company</label>
              <input
                class="form-control"
                placeholder="Awesome Inc"
                type="text"
                maxlength="255"
                name="SingleLine"
                value=""
                fieldType="1"
              />
              <br>
              <!-- Job Title -->
              <label for="Job Title">Job Title</label>
              <input
                class="form-control"
                placeholder="CEO"
                type="text"
                maxlength="255"
                name="SingleLine1"
                value=""
                fieldType="1"
              />
              <br>
              <label for="honeypot">Honeypot </label><input id="honeypot" name="honeypot" size="40" type="text" /><br>
              <div>
                <button type="submit" class="lgx-btn lgx-btn-font-light lgx-btn-corners">
                  Stay Connected
                </button>
              </div>
            </form>
          </div> <!-- form-group -->
        </div> <!-- col -->
      </div> <!-- row -->
    </div> <!-- container -->
  </div> <!-- lgx-inner -->
</section>