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Midsized Firms Can’t Afford Bad Bets

Harvard Business Review

The company was hell-bent on entering a new market but knew it had to automate its warehouse to do so. BlueArc was venture-funded, but in 2008 VC money was getting hard to find. BlueArc’s top team remained confident because they knew the company was strong in three critical areas: The ability to predict the market.

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Don’t Build Your Startup Outside of Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

From 2006 to 2011, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York has grown by almost 65%. And because of the increase in entrepreneurial activity, there are also more companies chasing those dollars in secondary markets around the country). Not focused on new marketing campaigns.

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How Chinese Companies Can Develop Global Brands

Harvard Business Review

China leads all emerging markets with 89 companies on the latest Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s largest. To many skeptical consumers in developed markets, Brand China still means lower quality. Western brands also want access to China and recent global market turmoil has exposed many targets for astute Chinese brands.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. ” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year.

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Does Silicon Valley Still Care About Climate Change?

Harvard Business Review

VC investment in cleantech “has declined sharply since 2011” according to a new analysis by the Brookings Institution. as the most attractive market worldwide for renewable energy investment, this year downgraded it to third , behind China and India. In 2011, cleantech represented nearly 17% of total U.S.