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Venture Capitalists Are Looking for Failures

Women on Business

According to an article in the April issue of Harvard Business Review , “Failing By Design,” many venture capitalists won’t invest in a new enterprise if the founder has never undergone failure. Apparently those who have never faced a failure in a product, division or business don’t have the experience that is valued in business.

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The Leader as a Venture Capitalist

Kevin Eikenberry

Paul shared a string of fabulous ideas and techniques to help everyone be more effective at both problem solving and innovation. He said that when striving for innovation, leaders should think like venture capitalists. Consider what venture capitalists do. Where does that leave us as leaders?

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Female Entrepreneurs Still Suffer From Implicit Bias

The Horizons Tracker

Female entrepreneurs pursuing innovative business ventures face a significant hurdle in securing funding due to unconscious bias exhibited by investors, as revealed by a study conducted by Northeastern University. Her intention was to market the product to clothing stores, aiming to facilitate increased sales.

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Research Explores How The VC Industry Is Changing

The Horizons Tracker

Venture capitalists (VC) obviously provide startups with finance, but they also provide experience and expertise to help the startup grow. “Our research hints at a potential threat to this ecosystem that could reduce the pace of innovation if the traditional long-term VC/startup relationship cycle is disrupted.”

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Assessing Ballmer’s Leadership

Michael Lee Stallard

Connection Cultures are required to maximize innovation, employee engagement and productivity, a case we made in our book Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity and Productivity. Some years ago I gave a presentation on Connection Cultures at the Innovation Council.

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Straight Talk for Startups

Leading Blog

I loved this line: “Venture capitalists have one of the greatest jobs in the world. If you try to thread the needle with an innovation that is just good enough, you may miss [the target] entirely. Most failure result from poor execution, not unsuccessful innovation. Try to act normal.

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Research Shows VC Growth In Europe

The Horizons Tracker

While I have voiced concern that entrepreneurship has become too enthralled by the wants of venture capitalists and are therefore more concerned with lucrative acquisitions than in actually running a successful business, it would nonetheless be churlish to diminish the important role the sector plays in supporting early-stage businesses.