It seems like every day a new corporation is deciding to launch a startup accelerator. Just a few weeks back, the delivery company DPD launched its own as a way to help ‘secure the future of the delivery industry’. DPD joins a wealth of other companies including John Lewis, Ernst & Young, Wells Fargo (and our very good selves at BBC Worldwide) to name but a few who feel it’s important to have a startup programme within the business. Corporate startup accelerators are, you could say, very much in vogue.
