Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

But here the community is borrowing a term from traditional venture capitalists, who know that a big part of maximizing returns is having a plan for when and how to end one''s involvement in a venture and invest resources elsewhere. It''s much-needed advice. Even more, we hope we can model it for others. Either way, we exit.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful. Company Fit.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2011

’ Failing elegantly is a very sophisticated and veiled set of coping behaviors by individuals, the purpose of which is to avoid the oncoming train of embarrassment when the cover comes off the lousy results that we’d prefer no one ever see. It’s because they’ve been infected with a disease I call ‘failing elegantly.’

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Their reality was the noise and the myriad annoyances that go with crowds of people jostling to get to trains. embarked on a quest to develop the ultimate patch to the nasty bugs of humanity." Yes, visit the venture capitalists and the startups, but don''t overlook this other reality.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

This annotated data is greatly facilitating the training of machine learning algorithms without demanding that the machine-learning experts manually catalogue and index the world. That’s important for convincing managers to act on analytical insights. What does it all mean for the future of AI?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Research suggests that eliminating unwarranted variations in medical care can reduce the cost of patient management by at least 35 percent. But while precision medicine is already extending lives and improving the quality of patients’ lives, the experts believe there is much to be done to expand its use.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Venture capitalists are increasingly interested in emerging markets, and in working with local funds based in those markets (despite the fact that reverse innovation in venture capital seems counterintuitive). Editor's Note: This post was written with Justin Chakma, an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto (Canada).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Across the pond, John Whitehead, the former managing partner of Goldman Sachs and the board chair for several nonprofits, approached the dean of Harvard Business School with a similar idea. He asked how could HBS apply its distinctive competencies to help improve management within the social sector?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Develop a portfolio of capabilities with different risk/return profiles. Smart venture capitalists invest in a portfolio of startups with different risk profiles and timeframes for returns. Record so far: IBM has developed Watson’s base IP largely in its own R&D labs. assets of the Weather Channel).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

Some focused on personal leadership style of the CEO, others on compensation or training practices, and still others on organization governance and design. The leadership ratings index we have developed has two dimensions, or domains: individual and organizational. from top to bottom, bottom to top, and side to side)?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

With the cost of starting digital companies low , local governments stimulating entrepreneurship , and venture capitalists expanding operations , graduates are seeking to become their own bosses right out of college. He invested in training his staff, but that backfired as those individuals then became more marketable and moved on.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

I've also had the chance to experience the world of venture capital investing through the small fund that our team in Singapore manages on behalf of the Singapore government. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists filled the void in some sectors of the world economy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Costello founded and led for twelve years the prestigious Kauffman Fellows program, one of the world’s most respected private training programs for venture capitalists. He allocated 50% of his software development time to make Chatter the primary interface (analogous to the Twitter and Facebook activity streams) in Salesforce.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I would become a better teacher , help democratize management learning, and secure my own and my school’s place among the survivors and beneficiaries of digital disruption. All educational institutions have a dual social function: to develop individuals and to develop culture. Sometimes development involves affirmation.

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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. Start with the investment bankers whose livelihood it is to advise on acquisitions, talk to stock exchange officials, and meet with the late stage PE fund managers. Look beyond what people tell you.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venture capitalists have their radar out for and provide ample resources for the catalysts to scale up very quickly. For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. Get people aboard through short duration training programs.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Digital rights and viewing habits are much easier to manage on mobile networks and revenues are likely to start expanding as more people view their entertainment on mobile devices. Amazon, Alibaba and venture capitalists have invested billions into Indian e-commerce. It is another internet revolution, yet again.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Nor did we realize the amount of management time it would require for us to raise this capital as a non-profit organization; precious time that would be taken away from building the product and the infrastructure needed to deliver the product, and to make impact at the scale we had envisioned.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

The business environment may change, but no management trend can displace the core laws, proven over centuries, of excellent leadership. Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skills. Often, when leaders experience trouble, they look to blame an outside source or expect a small tweak to right their ship.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

In retrospect, I had forgotten to convert my ideas into management''s currency. The second lesson I learned was about soft power or the ability to "influence nations far beyond the hard edge of traditional balance of power politics," a concept developed by Harvard political theorist Joseph Nye. It also relies on culture.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

As a consultant, I've been trained to sniff out underlings who can only say no (and aren't authorized to say yes), and strategically work to evade them. Kathryn Minshew may simply be a better time manager than I am. I was recently talking with Jeffrey Bussgang , a prominent Boston venture capitalist.

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