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Why the Best Strategies Blend the Digital and Physical

Skip Prichard

Legacy companies, we hear, are all doomed to fail unless they double down on the latest digital innovations, and disruptors are ordained to take over the world. According to Stanford Graduate School of Business Lecturer and venture capitalist Robert Siegel , this is false – nothing in life or business is ever that simple.

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Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions

Harvard Business Review

Vance has received huge attention for his book Hillbilly Elegy , chronicling his time as a venture capitalist who grew up in rural Ohio, and the difficulties his background presented. Employers who exclude class from discussions about diversity and inclusion risk losing or alienating talented employees.

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What Most Companies Miss About Customer Lifetime Value

Harvard Business Review

The problem is far more insidious than those articulated in venture capitalist Bill Gurley’s thoughtful CLV vivisection. At one company the immediate response was to look for correlations between CLV and net promoter score. My favorite CLV vignette emerged from a session at a global financial services giant in London.

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The Comprehensive Case for Investing More VC Money in Women-Led Startups

Harvard Business Review

According to First Round Capital’s review of their own holdings, female founders’ companies out-performed their male peers’ by 63% in terms of creating value for investors. but they comprise a small percentage of the companies funded by venture capital. VC funding tends to go to male founders.

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Reversing the Decline in Big Ideas

Harvard Business Review

Many venture capitalists are up in the arms because their returns are down, their funds are drying up, and there appear to be a declining number of entrepreneurs pursuing big ideas. Unfortunately, venture capitalists have mixed up their causality. No new buyer out there for the startups that don't quite make it.".

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Reversing the Decline in Big Ideas

Harvard Business Review

Many venture capitalists are up in the arms because their returns are down, their funds are drying up, and there appear to be a declining number of entrepreneurs pursuing big ideas. Unfortunately, venture capitalists have mixed up their causality. No new buyer out there for the startups that don't quite make it.".

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The One Thing VCs Could Do Immediately to Increase Returns

Harvard Business Review

And, an inventor who could reduce global dependency on oil by designing better batteries? By venture capitalists’ individual actions, they are limiting growth and innovation. Challenging the venture community may seem like an attack, but actually this is a call from the future. Diversity Gender Venture capital'