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The Leader as a Venture Capitalist

Kevin Eikenberry

He said that when striving for innovation, leaders should think like venture capitalists. Consider what venture capitalists do. They consider the idea itself, the team, the market and more. Reply Kevin Eikenberry October 6, 2010 at 7:37 pm You are most welcome Robin. Where does that leave us as leaders?

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Eliciting Excellence – An Online Leadership and Learning Opportunity

Kevin Eikenberry

Tagged as: online events , teleseminars { 1 comment… read it below or add one } leadership development October 5, 2010 at 2:49 am Great post! And no specific time to log or tune in because you’ll have access to each expert interview for a full 24 hours. Over recent years Adults learn from a variety of sources.

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Do You Have a Balanced Reading (and Learning) Diet?

Kevin Eikenberry

by Kevin Eikenberry on October 8, 2010 in Achievement , Learning The idea for this post comes with a tip of the hat to a high school friend, Jerry Gray, reconnected with first online. Tagged as: reading { 6 comments… read them below or add one } Carletta October 8, 2010 at 9:35 am Excellent! It was implied but not stated.

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

As multinational corporations pursue opportunities in emerging markets, they're bound to stumble if they overlook the developed economies, and vice versa. Nokia, for example, commanded market shares of 40% in China and 56% in India by 2008. Nokia, for example, commanded market shares of 40% in China and 56% in India by 2008.

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Just How Risky Is Entrepreneurship, Really?

Harvard Business Review

Steve Jobs , Mark Zuckerberg, and Michael Dell make fine fodder for commencement speeches, but when parents and career counselors thrust graduates into the job market, the default isn't entrepreneurship, it's corporate serfdom.

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Big Companies Can Unleash Innovation, Rather than Shackle It

Harvard Business Review

Here's why: the innovation revolution spurred by venture capitalists decades ago has created the conditions in which scale allows big companies to shift from shackling innovation to unleashing it. Medtronic used business model innovation to enter markets formerly out of its reach.

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How U.S. Businesses Can Succeed in India in 2015

Harvard Business Review

India love first peaked in July 2008 when India’s government of the time risked its very survival in support of a nuclear energy deal led by Washington. Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital, told the Economic Times of India in October , “We could not be more thrilled.