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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Does a robot manage your money? Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. This would represent between 10% and 15% of total retail financial assets under management.

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The 4 Types of Small Businesses, and Why Each One Matters

Harvard Business Review

These businesses are often focused on growth, domestically or through exports, and operate with a higher level of management sophistication than Main Street firms. For example, a “mom and pop” Main Street shop has different financing needs than a high‐tech startup. from offshore. .”

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

Venture capitalist Mark Andreessen, a target of Icahn’s attacks as a board member at eBay, recently likened the 78-year-old to a six-year-old. billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. He did have a horrific 2008. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck' Wait a while. In 2012 it was $1.9

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Don’t Build Your Startup Outside of Silicon Valley

Harvard Business Review

Many small businesses don’t require the sort of financing required by firms in pursuit of s-curve growth. But for an important subset of the business world — firms in pursuit of explosive growth — raising capital from angel investors or venture capitalists is an early step on a long and uncertain road to success.

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Scaling Up is a Problem of Both More and Less

Harvard Business Review

Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz kicks off an inspired post on scaling by quoting the rapper Dorrough, who tells anyone with “a dollar in your pocket, a twenty in your wallet” to focus on one thing: “Get big. Entrepreneurship Strategy Time management' Sales doubled in 2013.

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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. It worked with a local partner to create India's first financing plan for medical devices. This was Keyne Monson.

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The Right Way to Plan an Innovation Tour

Harvard Business Review

I took an HBS student group to India in 2008 and met with CEOs of public companies, heads of family business groups, and visited Keggfarms , an innovative chicken breeder trying to make a dent in poverty. Don’t just make a beeline to the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists; get a broad multi-disciplinary cross section.