The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Mass Marketing Globalization 94

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

2013 had all the signs of being a comeback year for venture capital. Yet 2013 annual industry performance data from Cambridge Associates shows that venture capital continues to underperform the S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000. The VC industry has failed to innovate. What is the optimum level of VC commit?

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Industry 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Welcome to HBR''s new Insight Center: Beyond the Breakthrough: Executing on Innovation. We''ll take a close look at the execution aspects of innovation. Ethan Mollick of Wharton will reveal the overlooked value of individual middle managers in executing on innovation. Executing on Innovation An HBR Insight Center.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Hamel Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Welcome to HBR’s new Insight Center: Beyond the Breakthrough: Executing on Innovation. We’ll take a close look at the execution aspects of innovation. Ethan Mollick of Wharton will reveal the overlooked value of individual middle managers in executing on innovation. Executing on Innovation An HBR Insight Center.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Hamel Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Earlier in my career I spent 14 years as chief talent officer at Netflix, where I helped create some of the innovative talent management policies — such as no-formal-limit vacation policies — that have since become widespread. (I Set your company up for success. Insight Center. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Constraint Policies Talent Management 8

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.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist EBITDA Venture Funding Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz kicks off an inspired post on scaling by quoting the rapper Dorrough, who tells anyone with “a dollar in your pocket, a twenty in your wallet” to focus on one thing: “Get big. Sales doubled in 2013. Until 2013, the rocks were reevaluated every 90 days.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8