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Impact Investing Could Accelerate the Fight Against Cancer

Harvard Business Review

A new generation of philanthropists, whose wealth was created via entrepreneurship in technology-driven fields, has the unique opportunity to make a real difference in speeding the pace of progress in the fight against cancer. UBS’s role was to market the fund to its private wealth clientele. Luxy Images/Getty Images.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. ” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year.