Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

As one successful venture capitalist told me, “we try to make new mistakes each day.” The President and I apologized to the President and Prime Minister of Iraq, and that helped limit the damage, along with redoubled training on the need for sensitivity to religious, cultural, and ethnic issues.”

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Decentralization Venture Capitalist After Action Review 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

According to the research report “ Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa ,” 57% of survey respondents in major African economies considered becoming an entrepreneur a desirable career choice. He invested in training his staff, but that backfired as those individuals then became more marketable and moved on.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Entrepreneur Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Huffington grew up in Athens and studied in London before starting her career as a politician and media entrepreneur. The business opportunities they came up with were rated by four venture capitalists and industry experts blind to the source. Musk migrated from South Africa to the U.S. as young adult.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Coaching Tip

MAY 14, 2015

With a $50 million gift from venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, through their private family foundation, Rice University is planning an unconventional approach to developing students into leaders. Retired Brig.

Venture Capitalist 70

Venture Capitalist Self-aware Diversity Education 70

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

As a consultant, I've been trained to sniff out underlings who can only say no (and aren't authorized to say yes), and strategically work to evade them. And I recall well, at the start of my career, how flattered I felt to be asked for a meeting or some advice — thrilled to be looked at as enough of an expert to be of help.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Career Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Located on the east side of the NoMa train tracks, Union Market began as a working food production and distribution center in the 1930s. Exploring opportunities to integrate workforce training can help close this gap. We believe it offers lessons for other cities, based in research and born out in practice. The Union Market challenge.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 14

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In other cases, they never learned these fundamentals or mastered them earlier in their career.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

Because these categories are so new, a drastic shortage of formally trained professionals exist to fill the roles available. Venture capitalists are creating software engineering academies in their own cities. That's why you can log onto Codecademy and learn programming for free, instantly.

Technology 14

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

I was confident that inviting female clients to see a movie about women juggling career and family life would be a relationship-building event, paying off over the long haul. So much so that when I graduated from college, I wanted my career to include Latin America. Importantly, none of our competitors were doing anything like this.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Engineering Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

And here’s an interview with Sam Lessin , former VP of Product Management at Facebook, who says he has “never successfully trained empathy.”). Developing core competencies will be an ongoing activity throughout your career and leveraging EQ will ensure a more positive experience. Company Fit.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

The only thing that surprises me about the recent furor over sexual harassment by Silicon Valley venture capitalists is that people are surprised. Some Silicon Valley firms are turning to sexual harassment training as a solution. We have been watching these stories go viral for a long time. I’m not discouraging that.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Workshop Diversity Long-term 8