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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. “Fund&# several with time, energy, money and encouragement. 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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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail). Most clean energy startups, on the other hand, need huge amounts of capital to get off the ground, and so far big payoffs have been scarce.

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. According to Mergermarket, the value of investment activity rose from $111 million in 2010 to $829 million in 2011, while the number of deals doubled from 33 to 66.

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Three Year-End Innovation Takeaways from Asia

Harvard Business Review

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. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists filled the void in some sectors of the world economy.

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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.

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Enabling the Natural Act of Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

Stay off of ventures'' balance sheets — and get onto their income statements. Policymakers seem more and more to be looking to play venture capitalist or banker. We see the results of this confusion in the (again, well-intentioned) US Department of Energy loans and loan guarantees for cleantech companies.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank. A 2010 Harvard Business School case by Julie M. In the early days, we invested a lot of energy in analyzing which businesses would fit best with Yahoo. Most of the companies we met with were publicly held, but Alibaba was still private.