The Horizons Tracker
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Unfair scrutiny The unique aspect of the study lies in its analysis of the on-air dynamics between the entrepreneurs and the panel of celebrity venture capitalists known as the Sharks. Her intention was to market the product to clothing stores, aiming to facilitate increased sales.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 2, 2015
In fact, her love of the city’s mingled cultures and vibrant local businesses was one of the things that had inspired her to cofound Unamano, now a world-renowned nonprofit that supported entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Unamano’s mission was to help entrepreneurs in emerging markets—not in the United States.
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Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 20, 2016
As Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam has written, you need to have a balance of both “bonding capital” and “bridging capital” — i.e., relationships based respectively on your commonalities (bonding) and relationships built across differences (bridging).
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. But an intimate gathering with, say, 500 of your best friends isn’t feasible.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
For example, a yield curve, which compares bonds with the same risk profile but different maturity dates, can be considered a model. Standard financial market models leave out fine-grained institutional details of how trades are executed. Some organizations use models without knowing it. A hiring rubric is also a kind of model.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 17, 2013
They have virtually no access to capital markets and little flexibility to experiment at various stages of growth. There are even organizations like Endeavor and Social Finance that help entrepreneurs gain access to global capital markets to fuel growth in employment and social impact. But the problem is not money, per se.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 17, 2012
When she's not at work managing a portfolio that consistently outperforms relevant benchmarks, you can find her at home buying and bearing bonds. Only 5% of venture capitalists, 12% of angel investors, and less than 3% of hedge fund managers are women. This friend also studied engineering in college and knows how to code.
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