Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

It’s a common question thrown at me by entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, or the more cynically minded corporate leaders. Start-up companies tend to cluster in industries favored by venture capitalists (like biotechnology or information technology) or ones where there are relatively low barriers to entry (like restaurants).

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Company Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

You can feel the tension in the compressed smiles, quick nods and pointed questions at the annual Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare conference. And venture capitalist John Doerr, who has invested in green technology, likes to say, "We can bail out the economy — we cannot bail out the environment."

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Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist Reis Sports 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

The annual gathering in Austin, Texas, has gained a reputation as the mecca for innovation and disruptive technologies. There was no similar breakthrough success at this year's conference. I predict a heightened frenzy of venture capitalists rushing to fund the next Pets.com or Webvan. SXJapan panel.

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Class Venture Capitalist Trends Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

A new business model will only emerge through continuous discovery and experimentation and will be defined by market demands, start-ups, a Silicon Valley mindset, and young technology experts. There is a significant opportunity to help reduce the lecture portion of expenses using technology innovations.

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Education Venture Capitalist Business Model Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

By venture capitalists’ individual actions, they are limiting growth and innovation. Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, was recently invited to discuss race and investment in technology. That VC might not even take the meeting. By their collective choices, they are risking our very lives. But bear with me.

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Venture Capitalist Kleiner Entrepreneur Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

This week, over 10,000 entrepreneurs and investors will descend on Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive , hoping to be or to find the next big thing in technology. It may not be that the idea is bad, but rather your idea doesn't do what early stage investors, or venture capitalists (VC) want done.

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Venture Capitalist Christensen Entrepreneur Sports 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

” He had spent a decade at a large technology company, rising to become an engineering director. He embarked on a networking campaign that forced him to meet each week with people outside the company, including executive recruiters, venture capitalists, startup entrepreneurs, and more. You and Your Team Series. Networking.

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Industry Venture Capitalist Bond Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

But that is the territory of entrepreneurship — even with deep financial backing from the rare venture capitalist or angel investor (yes, these are the exceptions in entrepreneurship, not the rule), long term viability of any venture is far from guaranteed and can leave the corporate partner in the lurch. (No

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Entrepreneur Supply Chain Venture Capitalist Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

It's hard to argue with the assessment of Thomas Perkins , the legendary venture capitalist and a former HP director (who has hardly covered himself in glory during this mess), who told the New York Times back in August: "I didn't know there was such a thing as corporate suicide, but now we know that there is.

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Venture Capitalist CEO Long-term Magazine 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

I'm all for taking the time to meet interesting new people (that's why I make a point to go to conferences like Renaissance Weekend. I was recently talking with Jeffrey Bussgang , a prominent Boston venture capitalist. How does he find good prospects to invest in? He has never funded an investment that came in cold.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Career Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Once anointed as Unamano Entrepreneurs, or UEs, they would receive abundant free advice from experienced local advisers, be introduced to local and global mentors and service providers, and attend conferences and meet-ups. Successful UEs would be expected to become the next generation of local angel investors and venture capitalists.

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Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Whether the industry is media, entertainment, politics, technology, or something else, these women say things like: “ I quit.” Up to 85% of women report that they have been sexually harassed at work, according to a 2016 report by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. ” Or, “ I left that place.”

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Gordon Industry Report 8

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Conference in February, 2012 was a half day event in which questions such as “What If There Were Carfree Cities?,” ” were asked, discussed in small groups, digested over a large meal together, and then given life well beyond the close of the Conference. Our second conference this past March was a two day event.

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Venture Capitalist Conference Education Class 132

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

Typically, tourism involves guided tours, pitch events, conferences with lots of panels, and well-planned visits to companies, universities, and government agencies tasked with increasing entrepreneurship and innovation. Don’t just make a beeline to the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists; get a broad multi-disciplinary cross section.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.”

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Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8