Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2016

This may seem like an odd statement coming from a entrepreneur turned venture capitalist and professor who has spent the last few years in my role at Carnegie Mellon studying scaling startups and teaching a popular graduate course titled The Science of Growth that was recently turned in as a book. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2014

Over the last two years, much has been written about patent trolls, firms that make their money asserting patents against other companies, but do not make a useful product of their own. The White House and the Congressional Research Service both cited many research studies suggesting that patent litigation harms innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Although US firms had pioneered and dominated the technology for two decades, they were now getting pummeled by cheaper Japanese imports. The private sector spends three times that , mostly on translational research intended to transform basic discoveries into new products. Innovating the Innovation Process.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The fear of getting Netflix-ed or Uber-ized is spurring big companies to dial up their investment in innovation. But as investment increases, many companies are struggling with a challenging question: how do you know whether your chosen innovation strategy is actually bearing fruit? Number of projects in the innovation pipeline.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Innovation is always infectious. But our recent research has taught us a lot about how management innovations can travel — in this case, from Silicon Valley tech sector companies known for their experimentation and agility in information technology (IT) management to the much older Bay Area companies who are their neighbors.

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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. But times change.

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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. But times change.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

At the same time, the federal and state governments understand that their budgets can't muster all the ideas, products and services that are needed to solve the problems facing us. Big opportunities exist for organizations challenge existing beliefs, to innovate, and to leverage to create value through new products and services.

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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. Effective means of boosting innovation already exist, but not enough companies are making use of them. Corporate R&D too often focuses on refining technologies that are already in use. It''s like that.

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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. Effective means of boosting innovation already exist, but not enough companies are making use of them. Corporate R&D too often focuses on refining technologies that are already in use.

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Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Innovation Incentives 8

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.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images. Core Competencies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2013

If we want to have a strong economy, we need to make sure we’re tilting the playing field in favor of entrepreneurs that are trying to challenge the status quo, innovate, create new products and services, disrupt existing industry, usher in a new way. Say, toward venture capitalists pouring money into the next photo sharing app.

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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. There has to be a better way.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

And yet when companies suddenly decide to “get more innovative,” starting hackathons, idea competitions, and accelerator programs, they typically forget to address all those things that kill perfectly good ideas after they hatch. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless.

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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). Many current therapeutic innovations require iterative feedback from the clinic to the lab and back again.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. But these new services have yet to grow fast enough to supplant the profit declines in the company’s eroding legacy products. Can the elephant dance again?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

A new wave of entrepreneurs have created innovations that address pressing human needs: a hand-powered solar lamp that reduces a family's dependence on dangerously flammable oil for adequate light; a network of neighborhood-based grocery stores that sell fresh produce; a low-cost infant warmer for vulnerable babies in developing countries.

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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. Venture capitalists entered only after government funding had gotten the company to the critical proof of concept. government's risky investments have had for technology-based corporations.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. It’s not just products.

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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.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Often, they come to find that the majority of new ventures don’t understand corporate decision cycles, purchasing requirements, compliance processes, post sales customer service, and the like. Commercial incompetence. Many corporate executives fail to realize just how close to the precipice many startups are. Then there’s the upside.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2016

Even when startups have great products and customer interest, they struggle with long-term growth. But as a venture scales and becomes more complex , more operational and commercial sophistication is required to manage it. Often, our research shows, the biggest obstacles are the entrepreneurs themselves. Insight Center.

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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.

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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. One might need a bank loan while the other might need a patient equity investor like an angel or venture capitalist. from offshore.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

To venture capitalists and the financial market, no business model is more attractive than a platform. Any platform still needs to achieve a product-market fit to succeed in the long run. What works well in one country may fare badly in another, especially when the product being sold is a physical rather than a digital one.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

The societal factors that have made America strong in the past continue today: its diversity, thirst for innovation, entrepreneurship, and institutional support for risk taking. Banks are now adequately capitalized and are beginning to lend, and venture capitalists are as hungry as ever. Keep the pressure on productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. Located on the east side of the NoMa train tracks, Union Market began as a working food production and distribution center in the 1930s. This needs to change.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

I could not be a bigger proponent of technology. My day job as a venture capitalist focuses on innovations in digital media and big data, and new models of business information and community connectivity. I have a Blackberry for production, and a Samsung Galaxy and an iPad for consumption.

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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).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

Deservedly vaunted venture capitalist Tom Perkins’ callous, arrogant and elitist recent comments should not serve as an expedient excuse to overlook an important “dirty little secret” about entrepreneurship, the acknowledged engine of economic growth: successful entrepreneurship always exacerbates local inequality , at least in the short run.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2014

It’s also attracting large investments by established companies and venture capitalists. Samir Husni, Director of the Magazine Innovation Center, also points out that in recent years publishers have taken concepts from other media platforms, like All Recipes , HGTV , and Food Network , and turned them into successful print brands.

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