Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

They've turned to blaming angel investors for encouraging " an entire generation of entrepreneurs [to build] dipshit companies and hoping that they sell to Google for $25 million." The founders starting "dipshit companies" are not the same types of founders who would be starting the next billion dollar companies.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

To avoid this, some companies establish a Strategic Deal Profile — guidelines and parameters that its sales force can use in conversations with actual customers — and make it part of selling behaviors through performance management practices. Any deal affects a company’s economics and valuation.

Strategy 8

Strategy Team Discount ROIC 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We have positioned ourselves not just as a productivity-driving force but also as an agent of society by investing in education and health care for our people. Much of our corporate strategy is geared towards the long term, and this is where I believe lies the strength of private companies.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Although many European countries currently suffer from high unemployment, some key sectors (including, for example, health care ) suffer from a chronic lack of qualified job-seekers. Even if she re-qualified, her chances of being hired by a French company are slim. Let’s suppose she does and gets hired.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing NGO Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I have had a front row seat as companies have struggled to enter the emerging world of the Internet of Things — first, 10 years ago as a vice president at Ambient Devices , an MIT Media Lab spinoff that was a pioneer in commercializing IoT devices, and then as a consultant. Building an IoT offering requires design thinking from the get-go.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Maybe there’s an email chain through which new parents in the marketing department swap out gently used baby gear, and maybe Mary over in finance has a reputation as an “on top of it” mom — and ends up mentoring and informally coaching a disproportionate number of colleagues as a result. You and Your Team Series.

Organization 10

Organization How To Seminar Follow-up 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Currently, impact can mean anything from venture investments in new health technologies to microfinance loans in Peru; from affordable housing in the US to renewable energy in India; from social impact bonds to private equity funds that create jobs. Faced with this uncertainty, most investors have chosen one of three options.

Class 8

Class Microfinance Supply Chain Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In six years of working across 60 countries in search of the perfect health system, I have been fascinated by the fact that every country wants to deliver safe, consistently good, financially sustainable health care, but no one has been able to do it. Leading Change in Health Care. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Companies we work with at BSR, a nonprofit sustainability business network and consultancy, feel trapped: Although every conceivable action carries considerable risk, inaction may not be much of an option, either. Companies must consider values, not just shared value. Employees are now a company’s most powerful interest group.

CEO 10

CEO Politics Policies Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It allows companies to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs that can be challenging to fill. It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. But in April, just after U.S.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

That’s one of the questions we asked ourselves as we conducted a survey of directors of public and private companies headquartered in the United States. The disparities in the perceived importance of these issues could affect how directors prioritize and choose to address risks to the company. We also found that industry matters.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Bush’s cabinet as secretary of health and human services. With the failure of the American Health Care Act , recently proposed by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, it is clear that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will continue to serve millions of Americans for the foreseeable future.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

I spoke with Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about Dodd-Frank, financial regulations, and their impact on nonfinancial companies. It’s almost as complex as health care reform. .” Would such a rollback be wise? For more on what the law does, go here. Further Reading.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis System Compliance 8