The Horizons Tracker

JULY 21, 2021

One of their proposals would be the development of a Sovereign EU Tech Fund to address the shortfall in funding that undermines the growth of startups across Europe. They argue for a €100 billion fund that recruits from both public and private sources and aim for a long-term focus.

Venture Funding 117

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Proposal Media 117

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. If you have an idea to apply mature technology to a well-understood problem, it’s relatively easy to get it financed.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2011

This is the essence of Groupon's declaration last week that it will remove the controversial accounting metric called Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income (ACSOI) from its financial statements. Finally, reaching profitability quickly ensures that when outside financing dries up, the venture can succeed on its own.

Christensen 19

Christensen Fixed Costs Metrics Venture Funding 19

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

But there has been an immense positive impact from the globalization of entrepreneurship, making Silicon Valley’s formula of technology-based start-ups an international instrument for economic development. The company has 10,000 customers for their helpdesk software-as-a-service product, and thus far, $6 million in financing.

Venture Funding 8

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Attrition Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

I met Slovenian entrepreneur, Sandi Cesko, in 2007 when his Ljubljana -based multi-channel retail operation, Studio Moderna , had about $70 million in sales. Piecemeal policies, like angel tax credits, loan guarantees, reduced payroll taxes, direct investments, government venture funds, etc., Even better.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Blockchain was originally developed as the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. After all, most financial intermediaries themselves rely on a dizzying, complex, and costly array of intermediaries to run their own operations. So users can set up algorithms and rules that automatically trigger transactions between nodes.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8