Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

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 20,000 tech jobs. I know many smart investors didn't.

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

We met with leaders at private equity funds, venture capitalists, and incubators, including Andreessen Horowitz and Playground. Gone are the days when the venture capitalists on Sand Hill Road were merely an elite cash dispensary. Startups need money, too, of course. Know that money only gets you so far.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

Don’t just make a beeline to the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists; get a broad multi-disciplinary cross section. But bankers are paying keen attention to those ventures who break away into rapid growth. Tip 5: Study the financing food chain starting from the end, not the beginning.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2013

You move out of your comfort zone, away from the known, and at every step you have to stop, reevaluate, and recalibrate your course. Vision” implies you have a view of exactly where you want to go and you chart a course accordingly, like plotting a journey on a map, a straightforward road with no distractions, roadblocks or alternate routes.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Conference CRM Career 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Here's why: the innovation revolution spurred by venture capitalists decades ago has created the conditions in which scale allows big companies to shift from shackling innovation to unleashing it. It worked with a local partner to create India's first financing plan for medical devices.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Further, venture capitalists are jumping in with both feet. $4 Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. Of course, traditional consultants and other providers of corporate advice are unlikely to disappear.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? Once enough technologists and startups are concentrated in one place, that place becomes a magnet for venture capitalists and more talent.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

Real entrepreneurs don''t mind paying taxes, so develop a clear, right-sized and strictly enforced tax system. Of course, no one likes to pay taxes, but the Danes don''t complain as much as you might expect in part because they receive a high quantity and quality of public services for their taxes.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8