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The One Thing VCs Could Do Immediately to Increase Returns

Harvard Business Review

Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, was recently invited to discuss race and investment in technology. And so all ears were tuned in when well-known VC Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins started talking… but Ted denied there was a problem. And, of course, some of you are already there, trying to get the rest to join you.

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How to Finance the Scale-Up of Your Company

Harvard Business Review

In dealing with diverse potential funding sources throughout your enterprise’s growth, you always need to keep top-of-mind the question “What’s in it for them ?”. Of course, both business school and real life experience teach us that it helps to plan out your moves in advance — and it does. You get the point.