Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Organizations that entered when VC fundings were booming were increasingly likely to fail, and those financed in a VC funding boom were unlikely to make it to an IPO. The loners, those willing to go against the consensus, are anything but predictable. Nonconformist thinking has the best potential for genius.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just as lack of consensus around finances can doom a marriage, lack of support from one''s spouse can effectively sink a career. Many dual-career couples confer with each other before accepting travel commitments to ensure that both parents are never away at the same time.

Career 8

Career COO Conference Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

So when Amazon reports below-consensus earnings, as it did Tuesday, and the share price jumps, as it did after-hours Tuesday and again Wednesday morning, the reaction isn't quite the puzzle it seems. Bezos could get more interested in space travel than selling massive quantities of stuff at just above cost. Nobody complains.

Training 9

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

This might include banks, advocacy groups, travel agencies, hotel companies and more. The blockchain is a sort of distributed consensus system, where no one person controls all the data. And it potentially eliminates the need for all intermediaries in most transactions, even those outside finance. Blockchain.

Trends 8

Trends Film Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

In a perfect world, governments would have the cash and the consensus to fund and coordinate the construction of the infrastructure required to sustainably accommodate a rapidly urbanizing world. The vibrant, sustainable cities of the future will be funded and delivered by creative financing arrangements that encourage collaboration.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Executives and entrepreneurs from all over the world have traveled to Silicon Valley to learn the secrets of its success. Artificial constraints, such as formal organizational hierarchies and belabored consensus-building processes, create waste and dampen motivation. vincent tsui FOR HBR. Startups need money, too, of course.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

The WHO anticipates that up to 4 million people could become infected by the end of the year and, with large numbers of travelers in and out of the region, Zika could spread to other parts of the world. Once a hot spot is identified, people traveling out of the area should be tested at diagnostic checkpoints.

Crisis 8

Crisis Decentralization System Travel 8