Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

“The venture capital model works well when the primary risk is finance risk — as the entrepreneurial team works to scale their business model — but it doesn’t work so well when technological risk and market risk coincide,” Errol Arkilic, an investor that specializes in hard tech ventures, told me.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. None of their leaders developed effective transformation plans in time to halt the decline.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

A 2016 analysis of more than 20,000 firms in 91 countries found that companies with more female executives were more profitable. In a 2011 study management teams exhibiting a wider range of educational and work backgrounds produced more-innovative products.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Bottom-up Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Think of it this way: To host a successful event you must plan carefully, invite the right people, have the right food, and manage competition with the party next door. Before the iPhone launched in 2007, HP dominated the handheld calculator space for science and finance. It had the world’s first and best compact disc players.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba in March 2016 drove excitement for businesses considering the market that the island could become. In April 2016, Cuba held its Seventh Communist Party Congress. At the last Congress, in 2011, Raul Castro had announced plans to introduce new market reforms and attract foreign investment.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Long-term GDP 8