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VC Stereotypes About Men and Women Aren’t Supported by Performance Data

Harvard Business Review

This notion is reflected by statements such as “We have seen similar examples of driven, competent men who take risks and manage to make it thrive,” and “He has proven to sustain his persistence all the way.” Debt-to-equity ratio (leverage): the degree to which an entrepreneur exposes his or her business to risks.

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What You Don’t Know About Sales Can Hurt Your Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Hence, the customer-selection criteria of sales managers, and call patterns of sales reps, directly impact the first value-creation lever: which projects the firm invests in. Smartly reducing assets devoted to activities that earn less than their cost of capital requires good links with evolving market realities. (