Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

August 2011 HBR. While it may not be intuitive to global readers, I see many similarities between Samsung's transformation from local leader in Korea to major player on the world stage and our own journey in building the United Bank for Africa into a group that operates in 20 countries and on three continents.

Venture Funding 12

Venture Funding Banking Participative Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. The early success of the model led to a process that was somewhat self-perpetuating. This is a dangerous mindset.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

This is the essence of Groupon's declaration last week that it will remove the controversial accounting metric called Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income (ACSOI) from its financial statements. In the first quarter of 2011, Groupon posted a net loss of $113.9 In fact, we are really losing a lot of money.".

Christensen 19

Christensen Fixed Costs Metrics Venture Funding 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2011

Unfortunately, Microsoft tied its tablet concepts to its Windows operating system and made them merely pen-enabled personal computers, so these products remained a tiny niche of the computing industry. Venture funds create a basic thesis about what industries will grow, and then they place a lot of inexpensive bets and give start-ups leeway.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Entrepreneur IPO 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

This particular toy importer violated every one of the rules that govern the success of a midsize company’s strategic initiative: It gave an unproven team an unrealistic budget and asked it to do a highly technical, risky, but mission-critical job without strong external partners or a proven implementation process. Their ability to execute.

CFO 8

CFO Venture Funding IPO Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

In fact, in 2011 BMW had also founded a corporate venture capital (CVC) unit, called BMW iVentures, but it exclusively invested in service startups. Finally, corporate VCs are unable to pitch the promise of a self-fulfilling prophecy the way successful private VCs can. A New Name and a Unique Brand Identity.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8