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The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 28, 2022
When the term unicorn was first coined in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, there were just 39 private firms with valuations and revenue of over $1 billion. When we look beneath the surface of all of this activity, however, it’s not exactly a pretty picture. trillion at the time of writing.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 31, 2014
It was basically an open-source enterprise, and seemed to owe most of its remarkable success to that openness. Of course, that “success” didn’t come with a lot of revenue. billion in its 2013 IPO) that investors have plowed into it. billion in less than a year. It’s just a company, trying to make some money.
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 12, 2018
Companies are both operators and investors. Further, venture capitalists are jumping in with both feet. $4 These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 22, 2014
Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital, told the Economic Times of India in October , “We could not be more thrilled. America’s largest insurer, Allstate, announced plans to invest $1 billion in its India operations. Today there appears to a second gold rush to India. David Mulford, U.S.
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.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 27, 2014
Venture capitalist Mark Andreessen, a target of Icahn’s attacks as a board member at eBay, recently likened the 78-year-old to a six-year-old. billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. And maybe random chance does explain a lot of Icahn’s success. Wait a while. Sell stock in the company.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 13, 2014
The global sharing economy market was valued at $26 billion in 2013 and some predict it will grow to become a $110 billion revenue market in the coming years, making it larger than the U.S. Just in the last month, Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission issued a cease-and-desist order on Lyft and Uber operations.
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