Strategy Driven
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
The bond between your loved ones is very strong, and even if you don’t have a very good business plan, you can still raise money from your family. Or Venture Capitalists. Similar to your close friends, your family members and relatives can be an entrepreneur’s first point of contact for raising capital.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 31, 2017
At Uber, the idea for the business has been portrayed as this stroke of ingenuity, but I learned it was actually inspired by a product placement in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale. How could venture capitalists assess that risk to decide whether to invest? The irony is many VCs just passed on them.
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 22, 2015
As venture capitalist and entrepreneur Rich Stromback told me in a series of interviews, “Opportunities do not float like clouds in the sky. Curiously, research I read years ago suggests that you build a stronger bond over time with someone who doesn’t like you immediately compared to someone who does.
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. Entrepreneurship Strategy Time management'
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 2, 2015
They’d bonded over their Miami roots and their desire to make a difference in the world, and soon they began developing Helena’s idea into a fully fledged organization. Successful UEs would be expected to become the next generation of local angel investors and venture capitalists. ” Conrad asked.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 17, 2013
We believe we are on the threshold of a major change not unlike the early days of the modern venture capital industry. In the mid-1960s and early 1970s, a new type of investment vehicle was created: the professionally managed venture capital partnership. Within the last two years, government agencies in the U.K.,
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Yet most remain uneasy or uninvolved when it comes to talking about and managing money. When she's not at work managing a portfolio that consistently outperforms relevant benchmarks, you can find her at home buying and bearing bonds. For example, Intuit helps small businesses to better manage their books — creating jobs.
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