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What if a Company Maximized Jobs Over Profits?

Harvard Business Review

All over Silicon Valley, venture capitalists are asking entrepreneurs “How scalable is your business model?” It used to be that business growth led to job growth. They take a social problem, like health, poverty, or the environment, then work on finding a business model that can remedy the problem.

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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

Harvard Business Review

By applying this kind of arbitrage, a temporary or permanent migrant can decide to replicate a profitable product or business model available in one country but not in another. The business opportunities they came up with were rated by four venture capitalists and industry experts blind to the source.

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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About the Declining Number of Public Companies

Harvard Business Review

All three factors have become more common over time, which we argue stems from firms’ increasing reliance on intangible and knowledge inputs in their business models. Emerging digital firms compete with knowledge, strategy, and expert human capital, attacking even the largest established firms.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

With the ad market under $70 million, many of our local competitors were rapidly experimenting with new types of revenue and business models and were far ahead of us. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters.