Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation.

Technology 13

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

It seems beyond debate: Technology is going to replace jobs, or, more precisely, the people holding those jobs. Recently, the CEO of Deutsche Bank predicted that half of its 97,000 employees could be replaced by robots. Here are four ways to think about the people left behind after the trucks bring in all the new technology.

Creativity 13

Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

Since their founding less than a decade ago, Uber and Airbnb have wrangled with regulators, challenged the taxi and hotel industries, earned extraordinary valuations from venture capital investors — and fundamentally transformed the way people think about urban transportation and travel.

CEO 8

CEO Hotels Venture Capitalist Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

It’s a common question thrown at me by entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, or the more cynically minded corporate leaders. Start-up companies tend to cluster in industries favored by venture capitalists (like biotechnology or information technology) or ones where there are relatively low barriers to entry (like restaurants).

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Company Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

While progress is clearly being made, as an industry, we still have far to go to consistently deliver on the promise of high-value care through technology and innovation. Leverage technology to allow diagnoses to be made, in many cases, at the initial point of care. As Harvard Business School professor Clayton M.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Venture Capitalist Christensen 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. So he asked the CMO to broker a meeting with the CEO to make a presentation on the subject. Carl had a Ph.D. That guy’s an idiot.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

had a female CEO. This lack of outside investment is a major barrie r for many aspiring female entrepreneurs, especially in the technology sector. Even with a social connection or a technology background, however, women entrepreneurs may still be disadvantaged in ways they can’t control.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Sample Rate of Return 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. So he asked the CMO to broker a meeting with the CEO to make a presentation on the subject. Carl had a Ph.D. That guy’s an idiot.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies. Moreover, it forgot that it will continue to do well in China and India not just by keeping costs low but also by developing new technologies.

Globalization 13

Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2016

.” In a recent Strategic Management Journal study with a sample of more than 6,000 companies, Wasserman discovered that founders who keep a powerful central role in their startup as it grows — controlling the board or the CEO position, or both — can harm the firm’s prospects, reducing pre-money valuation by up to 22%.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Sample IPO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The former you can do with a few staffers and the CEO’s blessing, but the latter requires broad organizational support and ongoing effort. One area of focus: how technologies like virtual reality and augmented reality will be able help consumers visualize the end result of their home improvement projects.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Schedules are packed as the high-stakes finance crowd gathers to hear 20-minute rapid-fire talks by CEOs of start-ups and public companies who seek funding or favorable stock analysts' reports. In contrast, my client, the CEO of a new biotech company walks on stage, rolls up his shirt sleeve, and stops at the center of the stage.

Stage-Gate 15

Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist Reis Sports 15

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

In my book, I recount an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. So he asked the CMO to broker a meeting with the CEO to make a presentation on the subject. During the presentation the CEO was polite, if noncommittal. The CMO agreed, and the meeting took place. That guy’s an idiot.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

. “I don’t quite know what to do next,” said Simon, a media CEO. Like many CEOs, he had had no time to plan his retirement — all his focus had been on running the company. Each year, over one hundred CEOs retire from the S&P 1000. ” It can be especially hard on CEOs who are women.

Simon 9

Simon CEO Venture Capitalist Planning 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. CEO Ginni Rometty is leading the company into new areas, betting big on its Watson software and cloud computing. How technology is changing the way we work.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Three CEOs in six years. Two of those CEOs who embarrassed themselves with inept campaigns for elective office. The other CEO who managed to get tossed out of his job by virtue of his (still largely unexplained) fascination with a B-level (and that's grading generously) actress. Where is the succession planning?

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist CEO Long-term Magazine 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

The true promise of a culture, argues influential venture capitalist Ben Horowitz , is to “be provocative enough to change what people do every day.” But for the truly great leaders I’ve studied, the people factor is just as vital as the technology or money one.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Mission Statement Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

The annual gathering in Austin, Texas, has gained a reputation as the mecca for innovation and disruptive technologies. I predict a heightened frenzy of venture capitalists rushing to fund the next Pets.com or Webvan. What did I learn at South by Southwest Interactive last week? Foursquare was the phenomenon in 2009.

Class 13

Class Venture Capitalist Trends Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. Venture capitalists have their radar out for and provide ample resources for the catalysts to scale up very quickly. It is the algorithms that will create value for the business.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Setting up innovation outposts in global technology clusters, such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Tel Aviv, is highly popular among Fortune 500 corporations. Amidst the hype and enthusiasm about having an outpost, CEOs and Chief Innovation Officers must look for ways to create a return on investment, not just a return on coolness.

Innovation 8

Innovation Social Capital CRM Tacit Knowledge 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

When it comes to consumer-facing service industries like e-commerce, media, and ride- or apartment-sharing, it’s not new to suggest that “software is eating the world,” to use the phrase of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

Last month, in an article in the New York Times on the ever-escalating "war for talent" in Silicon Valley , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a passing comment that has become the entrepreneurial equivalent of a verbal tick — something that's said all the time, almost without thinking.

Venture Capitalist 16

Venture Capitalist Sports Engineering Entrepreneur 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

This week, over 10,000 entrepreneurs and investors will descend on Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive , hoping to be or to find the next big thing in technology. It may not be that the idea is bad, but rather your idea doesn't do what early stage investors, or venture capitalists (VC) want done.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Christensen Entrepreneur Sports 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

One CEO of a NYSE traded company told me recently that he avoids entrepreneurship networking events in his community because he doesn’t want to be overwhelmed by business seekers pushing cards into his hand, to be followed up by annoying calls to sell anything from gadgets to insurance. Why would companies avoid engaging with entrepreneurs?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Supply Chain Venture Capitalist Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

Energy 10

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

” He had spent a decade at a large technology company, rising to become an engineering director. He embarked on a networking campaign that forced him to meet each week with people outside the company, including executive recruiters, venture capitalists, startup entrepreneurs, and more.

Industry 8

Industry Venture Capitalist Bond Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Alternative energy technologies have become big business. Titans of capitalism such as venture capitalist John Doerr and GE CEO Jeff Immelt are speaking out in favor of a price on carbon, to drive energy innovation. Executives from Shell call sustainability a "TINA" issue — "There Is No Alternative.".

Innovation 15

Innovation Succession Porter Venture Capitalist 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Directors keep nudging these CEOs to play it safe, filling the management team with steady performers whose work history closely matches the job at hand, even if there's no sense of "wow!" Imagine the remorse of a venture capitalist unwilling to back Steve Jobs in 1977, because the personal-computer pioneer never finished college.

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Chief Executive Officer Energy Ethics 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

In a recent interview Jane Wales, president and CEO of the Global Philanthropy Forum, argued that emerging philanthropists are acting more like investors than traditional philanthropists. In some ways, they resemble Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

Globalization 8

Globalization Venture Capitalist Class GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

If this new crop of Chief Innovation Officers, company-bred venture capitalists, and creative catalysts can’t prove that they’re moving the needle on things that actually matter to their employer, their jobs will almost certainly evaporate. Beneath that question is a very real worry. Patience is a rarity. The vision thing.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” The CEO wants one thing, the engineering team another, and customers have their own opinions about feature priorities. Pro: Breakthrough technology can offer customers things they didn’t even know they needed.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

But by his previous standards, the Netflix co-founder and CEO had been laying uncharacteristically low in the almost two years since the Great Qwikster Fiasco. He is quite entertaining , as CEOs go. Holding on to customers will require continual upgrades in technology and content (not to mention avoiding Qwikster-like missteps).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Engineering Content Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz kicks off an inspired post on scaling by quoting the rapper Dorrough, who tells anyone with “a dollar in your pocket, a twenty in your wallet” to focus on one thing: “Get big. BuildDirect was founded in 1999 by CEO Jeff Booth with his good friend Rob Banks.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital, told the Economic Times of India in October , “We could not be more thrilled. Buoyed by economic growth, New Delhi also has a lot of money to invest in infrastructure, in medical services, in technology and more.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

EDENS, of which the latter is CEO, has led the revitalization of the 45-acre Union Market district in Northeast Washington, DC. Union Market has worked to overcome these issues through programs like Launch Pad, which enables aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch new restaurant ideas to a panel of renowned chefs and venture capitalists.

Real Estate 11

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

“The fact that technology has made it easier to interact with people across great distances and time zones actually makes face-to-face interaction even more valuable.” “If she’s a tech entrepreneur, tell her that you’re also inviting venture capitalists,” for example. Listen more; talk less.

Conference 8

Conference How To Venture Capitalist Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Because the defining vision had been Helena’s, she became the CEO. Successful UEs would be expected to become the next generation of local angel investors and venture capitalists. Instead, it would serve as a connector, recruiting local business leaders to commit to helping entrepreneurs.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8