Why should partners of the postal and logistics ecosystem get involved?
Postal and logistics companies partner with many industries and suppliers, including technology and IT companies, infrastructure suppliers, business partners, customers, or consultancies. The list of partners and industry players is long, and those partners have a special interest in the industry and its markets.
Ecosystem partners can leverage their market knowledge and expertise to drive innovation in the postal and parcel markets. Being part of the connect2posts innovation and startup community can help them to become stronger partners of the postal and parcel industry, to anticipate changes in technology or market needs, to be agile and identify market and collaboration opportunities, to collaborate with startups, and to provide a first class service in the postal and parcel ecosystem.
The Value Proposition for
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Key USPs for industry partners
show your interest in the growth of the industry
the postal and logistics sector needs to be agile and innovative. Partners play a crucial role and can even support the sector in strengthening its strive for innovation. In addition, ecosystem partners can underline their agile reputation by supporting startup and innovation focused activities.
identify new technologies
ecosystem partners have a substantial interest in identifying new technologies or startups that have the potential to become game changers within the postal and logistics ecosystem. They might be interested in adopting the solutions or technologies themselves, thus cooperating with a startup or maybe even investing in it.
understand the trends
startups and new technologies are a mirror of industry trends, potential growth areas, and new business opportunities within the market. Partners need to understand those developments. Otherwise, they might be less relevant for postal and logistics companies to partner with.
identify partnership opportunities
partners can identify new technologies or startups which develop disrupting products or solutions. For industry partners this is of substantial interest, and they may even be interested in partnering with the startup to develop the solution or to bring it to market. In addition, ecosystem partners could have an interest in investing in a startup or in acquiring it. The earlier industry partners identify such opportunities, the bigger the potential gain will be.
identify talent
startups do not only develop and produce new technologies or solutions. They also produce talent. Working together with this talent pool can have huge benefits for a company. In addition, also the company’s staff will develop additional talents and become more agile in the process
be an industry forerunner
the earlier new technologies and startups with game changing technologies or solutions are identified, the bigger the gain will be. connect2posts will keep all startups which are industry relevant on its radar
Membership Opportunities
Ecosystem partners (suppliers, technology and IT companies, infrastructure suppliers, business partners, customers, or consultancies) can join the platform and network by sponsoring connect2posts.
The standard membership amount is € 5.000, - per year. This sponsorship will allow ecosystem partners to join all connect2posts events. Sponsoring industry partners will also get their logo displayed on the connect2posts website and at connect2posts events.
Ecosystem partners can also increase their level of involvement and gain more benefits by becoming a connect2posts Prime Mover. connect2posts Prime Movers can initiate calls for pitching for a concrete problem or task (technology and solutions scouting), can organize and lead workshops and other connect2posts events, thus positioning them as true partners of the postal and logistics startup community. They will also be branded as connect2posts Prime Movers.
The connect2posts Prime Movers are passionate advocates who are driven to make a difference. Prime Movers are enabling new innovations that can change the game. connect2posts Prime Movers are here to convert ideas into action.
The annual membership fee for connect2posts Prime Movers is € 12.000, -.
Find all details in our Terms and Conditions (download at the bottom of the page).
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