The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The index includes factors such as the educational infrastructure in each country, their ability to provide finance to entrepreneurs, the legal framework around business creation and development, and general ease of doing business common across both indices. Developing business skills.

Entrepreneur 59

Entrepreneur Incubator Human Capital Education 59

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Much of what the company learned about its customers in the services mode has been developed into its product, although a good percentage of revenues still comes from services. As a result, we got a good deal from Benchmark Capital. Today, AgilOne’s product is a software-as-a-service platform. They invested $22.3

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2016

a condo development, apartment building, or golf course). Following the real estate metaphor, the PE company is less like a house flipper and more like a property developer: each separate home is designed, built, bought, and sold as an independent property. In this phase, the acquired property is not just managed, but transformed.

LBO 8

LBO Restructuring Real Estate Leveraged Buy-out 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Trend lines, market sizing, and competitive benchmarks that served companies well during periods of gradual market evolution do little good in industries where new technologies create seismic shifts, demand is uncertain, and rivals emerge from left field. Heins needs to pay attention up front to defining the challenges carefully.

Strategy 15

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? In the 1990s it subsidized venture capital, incubators, university R&D, and technology transfer programs. But is all of that changing? We think so.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By now, your company probably has a new busi­ness incubator, an idea wiki, a disciplined process for mining customer insights, an awards program for successful innovators, and maybe even an outpost in Silicon Valley—all fine ideas—and yet, most likely, it still struggles to meet its growth goals and seldom thrills its customers.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8