Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

But like the terms "strategy" and "business model," the word "entrepreneurship" is elastic. For some, it refers to venture capital-backed startups and their kin; for others, to any small business. Entrepreneurs often perceive a short window of opportunity. Entrepreneurs face a Catch-22.

Definition 10

Definition Entrepreneur Tactics Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Most VCs and entrepreneurs believe start-ups are inherently iterative, that a string of mistakes doesn't prevent success, but may even be the path to it. Product and business models are evolutionary by nature, but we see four things a young company must get right: The founding team. most of Nicolai Tesla's inventions; Web 1.0;

Company 16

Company Short-term Engineering PR 16

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, when my book publisher was hit by Hurricane Wilma, (thus my upcoming book was literally blown away), I turned to graphic design where I had received all my training and contacts—but with a much different business model. Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policy making, corporate finance, and planning. The guy who replaced him invented the idea of the modern corporation.

Transportation 8

Transportation Automotive Brand Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

As someone who mentors entrepreneurs, I constantly hear the question from founders located across the United States or around the world: Should we move to Silicon Valley? The talent war for start-ups that lack major VC backing can be brutal, and too many entrepreneurs underestimate this factor. This is no idle question. Costs are low.

Venture Funding 8

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Attrition Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

For example, GE incubated an energy storage company (“ Durathon ”), which has gone from the lab to a $100 million business in five years. In 2009, GE’s transportation unit developed a new sodium battery for a hybrid engine for locomotives. Says Comstock, “You have to believe that energy storage has a big future.”

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2013

And, no, as precocious as this kid is, he is not an entrepreneur, and doesn''t need to raise VC money or write a business plan. Then Quirky put it "under consideration" — a live debate takes place for vetting ideas, which entrepreneurs are encouraged to attend. Now you may not want to be an inventor.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Disaggregation Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers. Suzanne Ackerman-Berman at Pick n' Pay in South Africa is leading an innovation lab to help small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs become reliable suppliers to the retail industry.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Constraint Entrepreneur Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Initially when the start-up''s founder, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, looked at the space industry, he faced a quandary about where to innovate, given the restrictions and mandatory performance criteria for space travel. SpaceX developed a plan for sustaining the lower-cost business model over many years.

Cost 8

Cost Innovation Long-term Transportation 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The reality is that many businesses are quick to recognize great ideas, but they often have no plan for how to successfully integrate them into their business model. Realistic : Adopting a new idea should be based upon solid business logic that drives corresponding financial engineering and modeling.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Executives and entrepreneurs from all over the world have traveled to Silicon Valley to learn the secrets of its success. Any business needs to make money eventually, but the power of rapid scaling is a huge competitive advantage that those in the Valley understand keenly. Think like engineers and customers.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Led by serial entrepreneurs. Unicorns are often founded and led by serial entrepreneurs, who have experienced business failures several times in their professional lives. Financed by VC firms. billion in a single round of equity financing, the largest private fundraising round for a VC-backed startup ever.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Firms like these have created tools like Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L) statements and Social Return on Investment (SROI) to capture a more complete picture of their businesses. Meanwhile, Al Gore’s Generation Foundation sees sustainability as the new engine of economic growth. The Design Frame. The Moral Frame.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. SM: In September 2008, when the first Entrepreneur Journeys book was released, D.D.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

For entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers, there is plenty to learn from both the strategy and the outcome. Skeptics initially doubted the engineering feasibility of fast battery switches, the ability to roll out infrastructure on a national basis, and the willingness of carmakers to come on board.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

It happens every time there’s a big announcement about a national or regional innovation policy that will lead us into the future: We are presented with schemes to strengthen intellectual property rights, enlarge the pool of risk financing, and upgrade the universities while pushing them to collaborate more with industry.

Policies 8

Policies Innovation Finance Industry 8