Strategy Driven

AUGUST 25, 2020

For some, the key to survival was calling up venture capitalists like Mark Stevens for a quick influx of cash, but not everyone was able to receive funding assistance. Since you can’t always depend on a financing source to help you out when times get tough, you need to boost your marketing plan and develop loyalty among your customers.

Tips 81

Tips Marketing Venture Capitalist Supply Chain 81

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

“We hypothesized that trademarks play two important roles: a protective role, leading to better product market performance; and an informational role, signaling higher firm quality to investors,” the researchers say. Trademark to success.

IPO 52

IPO Venture Capitalist Finance Advertising 52

Strategy Driven

JUNE 23, 2021

Below are four effective ways to get the financing you need to become a business owner. If you are in a great place regarding you finances, you could be in the position to ask for large loans or even negotiate with a mortgage lending company for the money you need. Take Out Personal Loans. However, this carries a lot of risk for you.

Finance 83

Finance Venture Capitalist Franchising Proposal 83

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

” In a two-part study, we observed that venture capitalists adopt markedly different stereotypical notions of female and male entrepreneurs during their decision-making processes. Our results reveal striking differences between venture capitalists’ gender-stereotypical beliefs and actual performance of these ventures.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Debt to Equity Ratio Real Estate Entrepreneur 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

When venture capitalists (VCs) evaluate investment proposals, the language they use to describe the entrepreneurs who write them plays an important but often hidden role in shaping who is awarded funding and why. All told, we observed closed-room, face-to-face discussions leading final funding decisions for 125 venture applications.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Finance Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

Energy 10

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

The report, provocatively titled "We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us" [ PDF ], summarizes its findings thus: Limited Partners — foundations, endowments, and state pension funds — invest too much capital in underperforming venture capital funds on frequently misaligned terms. Maybe that's just the way it is.

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Christensen Incubator Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

The report, provocatively titled "We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us" [ PDF ], summarizes its findings thus: Limited Partners — foundations, endowments, and state pension funds — invest too much capital in underperforming venture capital funds on frequently misaligned terms. Maybe that's just the way it is.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Christensen Incubator Porter 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

A good idea faces so many obstacles en route to market today that it''s a wonder we have any innovative products at all. Many large companies have been wary of corporate venturing, because they''ve seen such funds deployed ineffectively. Finance Innovation' It''s like that. Executing on Innovation An HBR Insight Center.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

A good idea faces so many obstacles en route to market today that it’s a wonder we have any innovative products at all. Many large companies have been wary of corporate venturing, because they’ve seen such funds deployed ineffectively. Finance Innovation Insight Center_Innovation no-intromercial' Ready to Innovate?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

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 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

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 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

In the Bay Area, however, small venture capitalists, many of whom were ex-engineers themselves, invested in entrepreneurs. Her lab had discovered new ways to convert carbon emissions into useful products, and they believed the technology had enormous commercial potential.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

The most successful, visionary entrepreneurs dream not of millions of dollars, but of a world where their products change culture. But in technology startups, particularly venture-backed technology startups, the current investment climate does not always support that vision. Entrepreneurship Finance'

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Mezzanine Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. Blockbuster capital raises will always occur in unusual situations (e.g.,

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2019

Starting a new business venture can be an incredibly exciting time, but you must also be careful and well-organized during this period, especially when it comes to your finances. This can be tricky with so many areas that need attention and particularly if this is your first business venture. Venture capitalists.

Entrepreneur 62

Entrepreneur Tips Venture Capitalist Insurance 62

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

When it comes to consumer-facing service industries like e-commerce, media, and ride- or apartment-sharing, it’s not new to suggest that “software is eating the world,” to use the phrase of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. metros like Austin, Pittsburgh, and the Bay Area. This opens up possibilities.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

There aren’t many leaders who would disagree with the idea that a healthy, productive culture is a defining element of business success. The true promise of a culture, argues influential venture capitalist Ben Horowitz , is to “be provocative enough to change what people do every day.”

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Mission Statement Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

The consummate loner, Harano would likely have stayed off our radar screen, except that one day his unpredictable behavior led to a fantastically successful product. In fact, the idea for the product itself came from a female secretary at Altus. Companies and venture capitalists chase hot markets.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

EB operates Ilum as a separate business, while still drawing on Merck’s established corporate resources in IT, finance, privacy, compliance, and legal. It’s not just products. With the right interactions, large companies can add customer value and augment products with recurring revenue businesses.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

These are companies like Hooven-Dayton in Miamisburg, Ohio which provides labels for Tide and Mr. Clean products. corporations and for companies considering moving production back to the U.S. For example, a research and supplier park established in Prince George, Virginia in 2010 was part of bringing Rolls Royce production to the area.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Many of the revolutionary technologies that make the iPhone and other products and services "smart" were funded by the U.S. It also received its early stage finance from the U.S. It also received its early stage finance from the U.S. government. And Apple did not just benefit from government-funded research activities.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Biotechnology Fashion Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

This data is both financial (revenues, profits, growth) and non-financial (customer sentiment, employee engagement, marketing effectiveness, product feedback, and partner ecosystems). Further, venture capitalists are jumping in with both feet. $4 It seems only logical that they would extend into corporate strategy and finance.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Many small businesses don’t require the sort of financing required by firms in pursuit of s-curve growth. But for an important subset of the business world — firms in pursuit of explosive growth — raising capital from angel investors or venture capitalists is an early step on a long and uncertain road to success.

IPO 9

IPO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In each iteration, we spent a lot of time thinking about what might make the best use of our existing product. content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

To drive shareholder value and be a catalyst for economic recovery, our nation's largest companies must deploy their assets in a productive manner, either internally for innovation and organic growth, or externally for corporate venture capital investments, research partnerships, joint ventures and alliances, or acquisitions.

Intangible Assets 8

Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist White Paper Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz kicks off an inspired post on scaling by quoting the rapper Dorrough, who tells anyone with “a dollar in your pocket, a twenty in your wallet” to focus on one thing: “Get big. A simple example is the all-hands meeting.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Venture capitalists, who generally have been standoffish to the ICO phenomenon, are now becoming more interested in it for a number of reasons. ICOs are the Wild West of financing — they sit in a grey zone where the U.S. Just as venture capitalists are taking a hard look at this new phenomenon, so should we all.

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

They operate as lean organizations, using cloud and internet-based infrastructure, and launch and distribute products more quickly than did firms that competed with factories, warehouses, inventories, and suppliers. Furthermore, as production shifts to Asia and more and more U.S. retains its leadership in technological progress.

IPO 10

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Two things determine whether a business can get off the ground successfully and sustainably: a validated market opportunity with customers willing to pay for a product or a service; and a product or service that addresses such an opportunity. For them the goal is to achieve customer validation, not financing.

Incubator 16

Incubator Business Incubator Real Estate Venture Capitalist 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

We met with leaders at private equity funds, venture capitalists, and incubators, including Andreessen Horowitz and Playground. Build platforms, not products. In the old economy, the math was simple: The more products you sell, the more money you make. Know that money only gets you so far.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

We were eager to take this product to the disadvantaged communities who desperately needed it. Little did we know the time and capital it would require for us to get from a concept to a manufactured and clinically tested product — not to mention what it would take to build a distribution channel to sell our product.

NGO 8

NGO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2014

Worse still, not one of the company’s assorted products could begin to compete with Ford’s Model T on price or quality. Yet in little more than a decade, each GM product line was turning a profit, and the corporation as a whole had established itself as the world’s premier automaker and the nation’s largest single employer.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Venture Capitalist Price Engineering 8

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Over the last few decades, innovation activity has become concentrated in clusters or ecosystems, where finance, academia, industry and entrepreneurs rub shoulders to allow the free flow of ideas. The Danes also scored strongly on productivity and international investment. Speeding the recovery. A changing landscape.

Innovation 82

Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Crisis 82

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Once enough technologists and startups are concentrated in one place, that place becomes a magnet for venture capitalists and more talent. Understanding the market and establishing product/market fit is a critical seed-stage milestone. Israel’s early embrace of tech and VC continues to pay off.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

That is the problem: crowdfunding will at best be good only for the entrepreneurs and middlemen, paid for by unwitting consumers who simply cannot know enough about the highly risky ventures or the highly complex venture investing process to make informed investment decisions. I am referring only to equity crowdfunding.

Due Diligence 13

Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Founders face a wide range of decisions when building their startups: market decisions, product decisions, financing decisions, and many more. Venture capitalists could obviously tell the founders to come up with a different equity split, but that causes a lot of strife and heightens cofounder turmoil and turnover.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term Long-term Uncertainty 8