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

OCTOBER 29, 2013

We hear a lot about technology and globalization these days, especially how they are hollowing out the American middle class. But there has been an immense positive impact from the globalization of entrepreneurship, making Silicon Valley’s formula of technology-based start-ups an international instrument for economic development.

Venture Funding 8

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Attrition Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

Web developers can personalize recommendation engines, allow users to see their friends' purchase history, and draw on detailed demographic data available through the Facebook network. Less than three years ago, Facebook was valued at just 10B by Yuri Milner's Digital Sky Technologies.

IPO 12

IPO Advertising IRR Venture Funding 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

From Khan Academy to Coursera to edX to the O'Reilly School of Technology, badges increasingly enjoy consideration as human capital's coin of the the realm for online education. Hollywood and content creators worldwide have taken notice and readjusted their business models accordingly. Individual empowerment. But is it enough?

Innovation 17

Innovation Trends Human Capital Venture Funding 17