Skip Prichard

AUGUST 16, 2021

Digital + Traditional = Success. According to Stanford Graduate School of Business Lecturer and venture capitalist Robert Siegel , this is false – nothing in life or business is ever that simple. What are some ways to cultivate and develop this skill? Digital innovation is the answer to everything.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

One could certainly be forgiven for not recognizing such a picture, especially if you’re a regular reader of the technology press, which features a daily exposition of the vast sums being raised by startups around the world. When we look beneath the surface of all of this activity, however, it’s not exactly a pretty picture.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. Developers have two primary ways to help create new and better jobs. The second is to develop spaces and programs to incubate entrepreneurs. They are certainly important components, but they are not enough. We think cities can do better.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

It seems beyond debate: Technology is going to replace jobs, or, more precisely, the people holding those jobs. Here are four ways to think about the people left behind after the trucks bring in all the new technology. ” The point of technology, she argues, is to boost productivity, not cut the workforce.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Many venture capitalists are up in the arms because their returns are down, their funds are drying up, and there appear to be a declining number of entrepreneurs pursuing big ideas. Unfortunately, venture capitalists have mixed up their causality. Most of the big successes followed this pattern. But times change.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Many venture capitalists are up in the arms because their returns are down, their funds are drying up, and there appear to be a declining number of entrepreneurs pursuing big ideas. Unfortunately, venture capitalists have mixed up their causality. Most of the big successes followed this pattern. But times change.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Today, Porter says, companies must reconnect company success with social progress, not as philanthropy, but as a way to achieve economic success. Alternative energy technologies have become big business. Executives from Shell call sustainability a "TINA" issue — "There Is No Alternative.". trillion by 2020.

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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).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

For instance, in the HBR article “ Where the Digital Economy Is Moving the Fastest ,” the country with the fastest rate of digital development in the past, and the steepest trajectory for future digitalization, is Singapore. As students of disruption realize, a new technology is never a disruption on its own.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

A new wave of entrepreneurs have created innovations that address pressing human needs: a hand-powered solar lamp that reduces a family's dependence on dangerously flammable oil for adequate light; a network of neighborhood-based grocery stores that sell fresh produce; a low-cost infant warmer for vulnerable babies in developing countries.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

As both an individual investor and venture capitalist, I’ve taken a lot of remote pitches since the shelter-in-place order started. By then, we had a more experienced team thanks to the success of Tap Fish. Typically, it is about your team, market opportunity, technology/product, or market results/ traction.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. How technology is changing the way we work. Develop a portfolio of capabilities with different risk/return profiles. Can the elephant dance again?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible. But right now that’s not happening.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Venture capitalists are increasingly interested in emerging markets, and in working with local funds based in those markets (despite the fact that reverse innovation in venture capital seems counterintuitive). Editor's Note: This post was written with Justin Chakma, an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto (Canada).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

What impact will terahertz frequencies have on communication technologies? Specialized trade shows and conferences such as the MIT Sloan Business in Gaming Conference that draw fringe players and startups can provide unusual perspectives on future technologies and are refreshingly devoid of consultants and other CIOs.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

These ICOs are nearly always held when a project is at an immature stage of development akin to a seed stage startup — when it is testing hypotheses around its consumer value proposition and forming a founding team. This focused attention from developers has the added benefit of crowdsourcing feedback on the beta version of the project.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Many of the revolutionary technologies that make the iPhone and other products and services "smart" were funded by the U.S. Venture capitalists entered only after government funding had gotten the company to the critical proof of concept. government's risky investments have had for technology-based corporations.

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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. But first, some other developments that caught my eye: • Group messaging services. Twitter had its coming-out party in Austin in 2007.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

Zuckerberg's casual calculation reminded me of a conversation with Marc Andreessen, the legendary cofounder of Netscape, and now one of Silicon Valley's most high-profile venture capitalists. If you were launching a technology or developing a product, would you rather have five great engineers rather than 1,000 average engineers?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Setting up innovation outposts in global technology clusters, such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Tel Aviv, is highly popular among Fortune 500 corporations. For example, the outposts of a pharma company develop and distribute a company-wide newsletter of the latest trends and news from the hotspot.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

In Africa’s technology start-up scene, one of the most difficult challenges is attracting and retaining talent. Africa has a limited talent pool, particularly in technology fields. It is a core continuity management strategy in a market scarce on technology talent. Once in a while, after a great success, share profits.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 14, 2015

With a $50 million gift from venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, through their private family foundation, Rice University is planning an unconventional approach to developing students into leaders. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. Retired Brig. Mobile Leadership Reference Guides: .

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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. What''s next?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

A new restaurant or dry cleaner probably won’t end up hiring thousands of employees or commercializing new technology. To determine which new firms are likely to grow, Guzman and Stern developed an algorithm that predicts the chances of a startup going public or being acquired for a significant sum. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Intrinsic in entrepreneurship is a long period of living in a twilight fluctuating between breakthrough market success and breakdown (i.e. Of course, engagement with entrepreneurs can lead to innovative new products, lucrative investments, new supply chains, advanced technology, and a more creative corporate culture.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. Integration is key.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Venture capitalists are close behind. Develop an inclusive vision of high growth entrepreneurship. Boston's Mayor Menino and his staff developed and have repeated hundreds of times the mantra of the Innovation District: "Live, work, play." Best processes are more important than best practices.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Over the years, venture capitalists have been some of the most ardent students of disruptive innovation. Large pools of capital have been funding risky ventures since antiquity (for example, when the wealthy Marcus Crassus backed an upstart Roman general named Julius Caesar). He was right.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

But just like Autotune and other technologies that allow passable music talents to turn into global powerhouses, lower costs and increased understanding of the process of innovation can allow anyone to be a competent entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists filled the void in some sectors of the world economy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring. Defining and tracking success metrics. So, what should you consider if you’re thinking of pursuing a PM role? Core Competencies. Company Fit.

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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. Rebecca Knight. Herminia Ibarra.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2014

It’s also attracting large investments by established companies and venture capitalists. Samir Husni, Director of the Magazine Innovation Center, also points out that in recent years publishers have taken concepts from other media platforms, like All Recipes , HGTV , and Food Network , and turned them into successful print brands.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Even in the most well-oiled CEO succession processes, one piece is almost always missing: preparing the current CEO for the next phase in his or her career. “Within weeks of retiring I had opportunities to join a major board, and exciting invitations from venture capitalists to play an active role in FinTech companies.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skills. In my book, I recount an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. Thoroughly practical, day-to-day primer for achieving and maintaining their highest level of leadership, for today and for a lifetime. About the Author.

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