Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

It has accelerated nine projects and spun three of them out as start-up companies that have secured over $2 million in venture funding. But only 34% were actively piloting a digital technology in clinical practice. Insight Center. The Leading Edge of Health Care. Sponsored by Optum. The product is in pre-clinical trial today.

Health Care 9

Health Care Company Innovation Entrepreneur 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

Even what appears to be a small investment risk can turn into a big one, especially when information technology comes into play. BlueArc was venture-funded, but in 2008 VC money was getting hard to find. Martig was a seasoned CFO with years of forecasting experience in technology firms.

CFO 8

CFO Venture Funding IPO Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

According to ComScore, at the end of 2011 Facebook accounted for a shocking 28% of U.S. Less than three years ago, Facebook was valued at just 10B by Yuri Milner's Digital Sky Technologies. display advertisements online. However, the advertising business is dependent on visits to Facebook's website.

IPO 13

IPO Advertising IRR Venture Funding 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Though venture capital funds account for only about 0.2% GDP, according to Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner , venture-backed companies made up more than 11% of public firms as of 2011, with a total market value of $25.9 As Lerner writes, “Venture funding does have a strong positive impact on innovation.

Venture Funding 8

Venture Funding Entrepreneur CRM Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

It is startups who have generated virtually all of our nation's major technological breakthroughs in the last hundred years — from cars and planes to semiconductors, PCs, software, and the Internet — and in the process sparked the creation of whole new industries and millions of new jobs. Nothhaft's next "Memo to the President.".

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies Offshoring 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8