Getting the R&D and market perspective on a company: How venture investors use Mergeflow

Researching a company from a science, technology, and market perspective takes a lot of time. In this article, you’ll learn how Mergeflow helps you accelerate this process substantially.
What’s the ROI of Mergeflow?

For this article, I estimated the ROI of Mergeflow (1) on time saved exploring topics, and (2) on time spent monitoring of new updates.
How can you discover unmet needs? AI and advanced analytics can help

Learn how you can use AI-based methods and advanced analytics to discover unmet needs for your technologies or products.
How successful innovators beat “not invented here” syndrome: A real-life example

Our first customer at Mergeflow was a very accomplished science entrepreneur. Learn the methods he used to beat “not invented here” syndrome in his organization.
How you can organize your tech discovery findings, using tools you already have–without ending up in ‘information management process hell’

PowerPoint and information management systems aren’t made for collecting and organizing tech discovery findings. Here is a better way, so that you can focus on using information, rather than managing it.
3 things you need to do when writing an RFP–and how to do them more effectively

You’re a scientist, an engineer, or an innovator more generally. You have an innovation interest, for which you are seeking outside help. So, you need to write an RFP (request for proposals). An RFP, or request for proposals, is a document where you specify an innovation interest. You use the RFP to invite others to send you […]
Sources for technology and business insights explained, part 4/7: Scientific publications

In this article on scientific publications, I will discuss strategies for identifying likely interesting R&D papers.
Sources for technology and business insights explained, part 3/7: Patents

Patents help you discover the inventors behind technologies. And you can use them to learn more about what companies are working on.
Sources for technology and business insights explained, part 2/7: Market analyses

Market analyses help you map out technology or business areas, find applications for technologies, and discover the sectors in which a company operates.
Sources for technology and business insights explained, part 1/7: Venture capital news

Venture capital news are a good place for discovering companies that work on new technologies, business models, or a combination of both.