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A Leadership Lesson from Trappist Monks that Made Me Rich

Great Leadership By Dan

Then, only two months into the deal, the venture capitalists that controlled our board pushed out my friend and replaced him with a total stranger. Listen," I said, "the company can be successful with you as CEO. It can be successful under the new CEO. A few weeks later the former CEO flew in to see me.

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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

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.

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Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

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 industry realized its highest returns since the Internet boom. Well, it depends.

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Where your company is headquartered makes a big difference to your bottom line

Strategy Driven

For example, Austin, Dallas, Kansas City and Salt Lake City are among the fastest-growing hubs for high-tech startups in the country, according to a 2013 report by the Kauffman Foundation. Geography can also factor in startup success and failure rates.

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Meaningful Work Beats Over-the-Top Perks Every Time

Harvard Business Review

Since leaving Netflix in late 2013, I’ve served as a consultant, both to startups and to growth companies that are moving well beyond the startup stage (including Warby Parker, Harry’s Grooming, and HubSpot). Set your company up for success. Venture capitalists don’t give money away; eventually, they want a return.

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Why Is Innovation So Often Synonymous With Disappointment?

Harvard Business Review

Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School urges companies to look beyond the usual R&D approach to consider becoming corporate venture capitalists themselves, a point he expands on in his article "Corporate Venturing" in the October 2013 issue of HBR. Executing on Innovation An HBR Insight Center.

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Why Is Innovation So Often Synonymous With Disappointment?

Harvard Business Review

Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School urges companies to look beyond the usual R&D approach to consider becoming corporate venture capitalists themselves, a point he expands on in his article “Corporate Venturing” in the October 2013 issue of HBR. Executing on Innovation An HBR Insight Center.