Harvard Business Review
JULY 10, 2013
You can go to an incubator and potentially try to convince them to write a $15-$25K check to get your idea off the ground. However, the best incubators also look for large, venture fundable business opportunities. Fast-forward to 2013: Zoho is a $200 million dollar a year company. Not even any kind of bank financing.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
First, Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sources have opened up new options for initial finance. In 2013, the multinational contract manufacturer Flextonics — which makes products for Apple and Microsoft — began offering Lab IX , a service that connects startups with manufacturing partners.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
Sales doubled in 2013. Just a couple of weeks ago, BuildDirect received $30 million in additional financing led by Venture Capital firm Mohr Davidow. Until 2013, the rocks were reevaluated every 90 days. Early on, BuildDirect had its setbacks and near-death experiences, but in each of the last four years growth has accelerated.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 23, 2015
But by 2013, Linkin Park and Machine Shop had to address the fact that digital music (first downloads and then streaming) had changed the business dramatically. I had experience in marketing, business, and finance — all of it outside the traditional music business. So they began to prepare for their next decade.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. In the 1990s it subsidized venture capital, incubators, university R&D, and technology transfer programs. billion in 2013. That’s disappointing for a country with so much potential.
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