Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Now the best description might be, “giant bank account with a company attached.” It’s hard not to see this as a big step backwards, and to wonder whether the standard venture-capital-to-public-company trajectory is turning out to be entirely wrong for an enterprise like Twitter. It’s just a company, trying to make some money.

Marketing 9

Marketing IPO Venture Capitalist Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

A 2010 poll by The Pew Research Center found that the public had a more positive view of them than any other institution in the country – they beat out both churches and universities, for instance, as well as tech companies. corporations and for companies considering moving production back to the U.S. from offshore.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

Last week, The New Republic published a lengthy exploration of ageism in Silicon Valley , the idea that venture capitalists discriminate against older entrepreneurs and that start-ups discriminate against older job applicants. By way of comparison, the average age of an incoming CEO to an S&P 500 company was 52.9

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Sample Industry 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Our soon ending year, 2010, has been fascinating. I've also had the chance to experience the world of venture capital investing through the small fund that our team in Singapore manages on behalf of the Singapore government. But Eastern companies and entrepreneurs are gaining traction. Innovation has never been more accessible.

Innovation 15

Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Gilbert 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. For this reason, one entrepreneur observed, "More companies [in India] die of indigestion than of starvation." This expansion isn't just domestic.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

Deservedly vaunted venture capitalist Tom Perkins’ callous, arrogant and elitist recent comments should not serve as an expedient excuse to overlook an important “dirty little secret” about entrepreneurship, the acknowledged engine of economic growth: successful entrepreneurship always exacerbates local inequality , at least in the short run.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Real Estate Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

India Business Council found that its large company members were prepared to invest $40 billion into India by 2017. Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital, told the Economic Times of India in October , “We could not be more thrilled. President to visit India twice.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

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. There is a reason venture-backed firms account for 11% of all US employment.

IPO 9

IPO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

According to the American Institute of Physics (PDF) , as of 2010, there are about 9,400 physics teachers teaching undergraduates every September in the United States. Once leading companies embrace what Google is already doing, seismic shifts and breakthroughs will occur in college education. Are all of these great teachers?

Education 11

Education Venture Capitalist Business Model Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Many venture capitalists are limiting their investments to the "demand-side" — aimed at reducing energy use — rather than investing in startups trying to change the way we produce energy. The net result is that many VCs now turn down promising companies that might contribute to transforming the way we produce energy.

Energy 11

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. Here, real estate developers and managers can orient their tenant selection around companies that provide higher-paying, family-supporting jobs with pathways for upward mobility and careers.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

His game plan instead looks something like this: Buy stock in a company. Write a letter to the company’s board demanding that it do something different from what it’s doing (buy back shares, break up, sell out to another company, throw out the CEO). Sell stock in the company. In 2010 it was $900 million — seventh place.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

If you ask venture capitalists in Silicon Valley how they measure the success of business entrepreneurs, they would no doubt list off metrics having to do with fast growth: funding raised, people hired, customers acquired, revenue produced. The assumption is that company growth is good. Conclusion? This innovation has impact.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Mentor Microfinance NGO 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

As one Rio-based entrepreneur told me, "I got to nine people, took one look at the huge regulatory stair that I would have to climb to get to ten, and went back to opening up additional small companies instead of growing one big one. For example, in France it is twice as likely to find a 49-person company as a 50-person company.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

Editor’s note: When the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba goes public, as it will soon, Yahoo will earn many times its significant original stake in the company — a surprising ending to a tale of experimentation and discovery. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

As I discussed in my post How Big Companies Can Save Innovation , large companies are now better positioned to innovate than ever before. 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.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

China is well on its way to doubling the number of patent applications filed with the State Intellectual Property Office, from 1 million in 2010 to 2 million by 2015. Thomson Reuters’ 2013 ranking of the world’s top 100 innovators doesn’t include a single company from China. At first blush, even the output looks impressive.

Innovation 8

Innovation Globalization Venture Capitalist GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

These gold coasts are home to nine of the top 10, and 18 of the top 20, internet companies, as measured by market capitalization. The leading companies in online search, social media, and e-commerce are all based in one or the other of these two regions. Winner-take-all economics favored the companies in the U.S. Insight Center.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

based venture capitalists about my plans to move my family out to Singapore to oversee Innosight’s nascent investment and incubation arm. Since I had never done venture investing before, I was trying to get advice from as many people as I could. . With the cautionary notes in mind, I arrived in Singapore in March 2010.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8