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. As a result, software-enabled manufacturing start-ups are poised to have a large economic impact.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Translation software? That''s fine for short bursts of communication, but would you trust a more complex discussion to the software? Would you launch a new product with software delivering orders to everyone from development to marketing? out of a possible 990 in February 2013. That''s not a cost-effective strategy.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Vital though near-term effectiveness is, the exchanges hold a longer-term potential—they can help reshape the organization, delivery, and financing of insurance. By providing software and counseling, the exchanges will help consumers make informed comparisons among these offerings. Not all of these innovations will succeed.

Insurance 9

Insurance Goal Health Care Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

ICOs are the Wild West of financing — they sit in a grey zone where the U.S. And there are many in the blockchain community who feel that ICOs are a long-awaited solution for non-profit foundations that want to build open-source software to raise capital. It’s now worth approximately $1,1200 per bitcoin.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The past 10 years have seen a wave of innovative big data software designed to analyze, manipulate, and visualize data. Excel developed a mind of its own in 2013 with this feature. Pre-2013 this was possible, but relied on a combination of functions (FIND, LEFT, &, etc). hours a day. Flash Fill (30 minutes to learn).

Bottom-up 15

Bottom-up Productivity Products Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

The term “unicorns,” coined, in 2013, by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures , is commonly used to identify venture-backed private companies valued at $1 billion or more. Financed by VC firms. billion in a single round of equity financing, the largest private fundraising round for a VC-backed startup ever.

Company 8

Company Succession Analysis Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

He charged developers for toolkits – inhibiting the very software producers he should have wanted on Apple’s platform. The result was that Apple struggled to create a robust platform connecting Apple customers and software producers. Steve Jobs failed miserably at managing openness at Apple in the 1980s.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8