Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

By the mid-1980’s, the American semiconductor industry seemed like it was doomed. So in 1986, the American government created SEMATECH , a consortium of government agencies, research institutions and private industry. The initial breakthrough came in 1987, but the first drug wasn’t approved until 2011.

Technology 8

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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. The Indian government sponsored the introduction of 3G services in 2011 with a $30 billion spectrum auction. billion e-commerce sector, says Avendus).

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation.

Technology 14

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Every industry will soon be driven by digitization and every winning company will be using algorithms, or mathematical rules for processing information, to shape the end-to-end customer experience. Venture capitalists have their radar out for and provide ample resources for the catalysts to scale up very quickly.

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Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

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.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The venture capital industry is beginning to take a good, hard look at a new financial instrument coming out of the bitcoin community — Initial Coin Offerings , or ICOs. Venture capitalists, who generally have been standoffish to the ICO phenomenon, are now becoming more interested in it for a number of reasons.

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Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank. In the media and internet industries, it turns out to be very important when operating in China. Most of the companies we met with were publicly held, but Alibaba was still private. The company subsequently went private in early 2012.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Academics write about the power of disruptive innovation to transform one industry after another. Venture capitalists tout their latest investments as potential disruptors. Its microprocessor fundamentally altered the structure of the personal computer industry. An innovation strategy has to include both.

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Innovation Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

Our conclusion is supported by the fact that in each of the first three five-year intervals in the 21st century, 2001−2005, 2005−2010, and 2011−2015, the largest number of net delists, defined as the number of delisting firms minus the number of listing firms, occurred in software, electronics, and computer industry.

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IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

India has done well in the last twenty odd years to build its technology industry through services. Today we’re seeing a maturing of the industry, and entrepreneurs now want to build products as well. But in 2011, $30 billion was invested by angels and $24 billion by Series A venture capitalists.

Incubator 8

Incubator Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

But such expectations are unrealistic in many industries. The pressure on the company by the investing community (among others) was so severe that it eventually split into two, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions in January of 2011. The venture capital industry has now become fairly large and robust.

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Venture Capitalist Restructuring Competitive Advantage Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

But the rise of big companies — and the resulting concentration of industries, profits, and wages — goes well beyond tech firms and is about far more than antitrust policy. In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” Most industries in the U.S.

Software 8

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? The contest is now shifting toward more-traditional industries, like transportation (Lyft and Uber, for example) and hospitality (Airbnb). Insight Center.

Company 8

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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. .” “You are crazy.” And we counted 10 local exits in 2014.

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