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Can Design Save Silicon Valley?

Harvard Business Review

I didn’t take their interest seriously until I saw the news in December that John Maeda, the former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, joined venerable VC firm Kleiner Perkins. When I first told my own father the name of my college major, he thought that industrial design meant creating factories. Design Tech industry'

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Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

There are some helpful resources out there on venture terms , good venture funds vs. bad ones , and questions you may want to ask a venture capitalist if you meet one. The notes below are practical working tips on how to go about navigating venture capitalist conversations. This is non-negotiable.