2010 Finance Innovation Venture Capitalist 
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.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 26, 2011
Many venture capitalists are limiting their investments to the "demand-side" — aimed at reducing energy use — rather than investing in startups trying to change the way we produce energy. The net result is that many VCs now turn down promising companies that might contribute to transforming the way we produce energy.
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 30, 2015
A 2010 poll by The Pew Research Center found that the public had a more positive view of them than any other institution in the country – they beat out both churches and universities, for instance, as well as tech companies. America loves small businesses.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 10, 2013
So Puerto Rican entrepreneurs hire consultants to badger government procurement to pay up, and in parallel they jack up their prices to finance the long receivables cycle. Stay off of ventures'' balance sheets — and get onto their income statements. Economy Entrepreneurship Innovation' Convene, celebrate, catalyze.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
In today's world, start-ups aren't the only ones who can innovate. As I discussed in my post How Big Companies Can Save Innovation , large companies are now better positioned to innovate than ever before. Innovation increasingly involves creating business models that tap big companies' unique strengths.
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