Dipl.-Ing. Lars Behrendt

Granny&Smith

We're not just participating in the innovation landscape—we're reshaping it. When market leaders need to ensure their next breakthrough succeeds, they know where to turn.

Our INNOWEEK® methodology has become the benchmark that global industry leaders trust when failure isn't an option.

Where traditional innovation remains unpredictable, we've engineered certainty. Our integrated teams of strategists, designers, and technologists consistently deliver what others consider impossible: guaranteed innovation outcomes in weeks. This is why DAX and Fortune 500 companies choose us as their innovation partner.

Mission Innovation: Inspiring people to be innovative in order to shape the world of tomorrow – that’s my mission.

Keynote Speaker

"Get Real Innovation" is about how to build a truly innovative company and why it's so incredibly hard.

Innovation is the main driver of business success today. What do the most innovative companies like Google, Amazon, Tesla and many startups have in common? What methods do they use? How can you be successful, too? And what, in practice, has proven to be a mistake?

Using real, short, concise & practical examples based on more than 15 years of practical experience in innovation development, Lars helps his readers discuss these questions and find answers.

Bestselling Author

Greenrock

Venture Partner

Family Office

OAB AG

Member of The Supervisory Board

INSTARIDE

INSTARIDE - Synchronizing mobility demands with the help of AI.
The revolutionary social driving startup - still in stealth mode.

Investor

HOW IT STARTED

https://open.spotify.com/show/3A3eHbXPN8A8t8Ga9dK3pE?si=kMT5StTGTrqAQOUO3qQH6g

Podcaster

Stiftungshaus Oldenburg

Board Member

Innovation Authority

Advisory Board Member

//CEO@GRANNY&SMITH, DE-RISKING INNOLAB FOR THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES

//THE DAY EVERYTHING CHANGED

It happened during a corporate innovation workshop years ago. As I watched yet another brilliant idea suffocate under the weight of process, I saw the spark fade from the team's eyes. In that moment, I made a promise to myself that would reshape my entire career.

THE PATTERN I COULDN'T UNSEE

Across boardrooms and brainstorming sessions, I witnessed the same story unfold. Brilliant minds with transformative visions hitting the same invisible wall. Their ideas deserved better.

THE UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY

What began as frustration evolved into curiosity. Could innovation success actually be engineered rather than hoped for? I devoted myself to finding out.

Years of experimentation led to an approach so counterintuitive yet effective that it changed everything. By building innovations like a portfolio of startups, we turned the notorious 90% failure rate completely upside down.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

A prominent German corporation took a chance on this method when traditional approaches had failed them repeatedly. Within weeks, we accomplished what they hadn't achieved in years. Word spread quickly.

Today, seven of Germany's nine most innovative companies have become our partners. From global enterprises to nimble startups, leaders come when they need certainty, not just possibility.

BEYOND THE METHOD

After over 15 years and countless successful market launches, I still feel that same rush when I see an innovation finally connect with its audience. There's simply nothing like watching something powerful emerge from what was once just an idea on a whiteboard.

My engineering background gave me the tools, but it was immersing myself in the human elements of innovation that revealed the true path forward. When leaders invite me to guide their most important initiatives, they're not just getting a process – they're gaining a partner who's navigated this terrain countless times before.

I only commit to journeys I truly believe in, because I've learned that extraordinary innovation requires both methodology and genuine connection to purpose.

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We are here to help you develop, test, and grow new business ideas in a few weeks instead of months. We specialize in innovation development, constantly keeping up with the latest trends, methods, and ways of working.

We have been developing innovation for our customers for more than 15 years now. Our teams, consisting of designers, engineers, software developers, and business model experts, have tried a lot and gained much experience. Today we know what works and what does not - so you don't have to make all those experiences again.

Our INNOWEEK® method is the result of more than 15 years of continuous development and project experience with well-known DAX groups and Fortune 500 companies and helps you to develop, test, and grow new business ideas in a few weeks instead of months.

Wil Jacques

Senior Manager, Client Advisory Services

Emanus, LLC

Technology-based economic development for entrepreneurs and small/medium size businesses.

President

Provide patenting services in the mechanical arts.

USPTO Registered Patent Agent

General manager and consultant assisting clients with commercializing early-stage patented technologies.

Founder & President

Assisted early-stage companies attract capital investments and out-licensing opportunities with established market players including government, venture capital firms, and medium to large-size corporations.  Specific services include patented technology valuation, market due diligence, business opportunity identification, and licensing negotiations.

President & Founder

Verna Law, P.C.

Provide patent search, drafting, and prosecution services.

Patent Agent

The Nessa Group

Provide patent protection, valuation, and monetization services for small and medium size enterprises.

Director, Intellectual Property Consulting Services

Sun Life Financial

Stop-Loss insurance solutions provider to consultants and brokers engaging the employer self-funded medical benefit market.

Stop Loss Specialist

Newlogic

Lead patent portfolio management practice as adjunct to strategic consulting services for R&D organizations to identify, create and utilize innovations that yield category leading products.

Practice Leader, Patent Portfolio Management

GB Technologies, LLC

Led commercialization effort with client as contract business development manager and patent portfolio manager to license advanced material and process technologies.

Intellectual Property & Commercialization Strategy Consultant

Microvi Biotech

Assumed role of Director of Business Development during early-stage start-up of the firm.  Created business and marketing plans and led planning and execution of road show for venture capital fund raise.

Director, Scientific Advisory Board

CPA Global

Led aggressive market development for patent portfolio management services including direct responsibility for client patent monetization. Provided internal consultation as subject matter expert for pre-sales and strategic accounts support to nationwide sales team, leveraging expertise in patent licensing, analysis, and technology-intensive market research.

Business Development Manager - No. America

Nerac, Inc.

In role as Business Development Analyst, expanded company revenue and offerings via upsell of advanced market analysis and research advisory services.  Drove solutions-based pre-sales support, direct client-facing, and proposal development for national sales team.

IP Finance

Led market development and due diligence for portfolio selection of intellectual property licensing opportunities.

Director

Helping entrepreneurs, and start-ups bring creative ideas to market I Commercialization made easy for YOU I USPTO licensed Patent Law Agent I Licensing expert I President at Emanus

Time is money..

It can cost you a lot if you don’t spend it wisely.

 The start-up phase of any business is tiresome.  Many start-ups failed to pass the initial process and give up to their innovative ideas in the middle. As an entrepreneur, you'll face a lot of hardships and problems regarding:

-Time Management.
-Financial resources.
-Commercialization.
-Patenting & Licensing.
-Marketing issues.
-Product development.

That's where Emanus LLC can help you with:

-Emanus can help you in bringing your ideas to the market.  

-30 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, sales, strategic marketing, and technology licensing.  The CEO of this company (Wil) is a registered patent law agent with the USPTO and a valuation and licensing expert.

- Our company focuses on positioning early-stage opportunities to attract capital investments and out-licensing opportunities with larger more established market players. 

- We retain relationships with past clients where we act as advisory role agents.  

-We're civic-minded people and contribute to numerous local and national organizations and charities.
- Our founder Wil is an avid golfer and co-founder of the Skins & Pins Tour golf affinity and charity group in Connecticut.

-Our clientele includes individuals, government, venture capital firms, and medium to large-size corporations.  Our specific services include technology valuation, market due diligence, business development, and licensing.

- So far, we have completed 40+ patent valuations and market research studies for clients including Foresight Science & Technology, Inc., IP Finance, Science & Technology, LLC, Competitive Technologies, and TAEUS International.

Now, are you serious about bringing your ideas to market?

Let's make it happen.

👉Shoot me a DM,  or email me at wjacques@emanus.com.

I'll see you at the top!

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