The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 2, 2021

The existing European financial SME instruments for scientific startups needs to be adapted and work more effectively with corporate venture funds so that small experiments in selected regions are supported. Tailor existing investment mechanisms towards tech transfer. Surviving the pandemic. ” Making it work.

Venture Funding 126

Venture Funding Short-term Long-term Innovation 126

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2023

This approach wastes time and valuable resources building relationships with the wrong shareholders who do not bring the right competencies, connections, and commitment to a business. We have found this is best done with a five-step approach to strategic shareholder management.

How To 16

How To Audience Strategy Commitment 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2017

However, at least on paper, emerging-market entrepreneurs are just as experienced and committed as high-income country entrepreneurs. Yet, investors still report a lack of commitment and entrepreneurial experience in these entrepreneurs, which they say makes it difficult to invest in some markets compared to others.

Marketing 8

Marketing Venture Funding Entrepreneur IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

He decided to leave Phillips to commit to the cause of fighting blindness — a risky decision for a 43-year old. In 2015, at age 21, he founded a venture-funded for-profit start up, Stasis Labs , focused on proactive patient care. His life was set. ” The talk deeply impacted Chandra. Further Reading.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

For you entrepreneurs, the challenges of scale-up are first and foremost the responsibility of managements and boards. Don''t go looking to public officials for help in growing your venture ten times bigger. It is hell to manage.". Not" is not a typo. have spread like wildfire.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

” Indeed, Mars International committed to investing $160 million in building a confectionary factory in Pune in 2015. Amazon has put the funds and the management bench strength to lend credence to this ambition. This does not automatically mean companies should be investing large sums in an Indian factory, however.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Marketing Contract Manufacturing Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.”

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8