Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

To paraphrase from "The Music Man," I am a sadder but definitely a wiser girl after this first encounter with venture financing, as this experience has become a well of lessons from which I draw daily in my personal and professional life. As we moved from idea to execution, I asked another friend to take a key role in the project.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

One of the most stressful things about being self-employed is managing your cash flow. This requires due diligence, says Younger. Before you start working on an assignment, you need a contract that lays out the scope of the project , the payment terms, and enumerates the expectations for both sides.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. The best way to identify new partners involves in-person due diligence. But managing expectations about the country’s trajectory is crucial for building an effective strategy. However, remaining U.S. financial system for bank transactions related to Iran.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

The challenge is convincing all those talented individuals seeking finance and consulting positions to take the leap into starting a new venture. Employees there learn hard skills, such as project management, but also softer skills, such as politics and networking. Experience at top tech companies predicts success as a founder.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Yet most remain uneasy or uninvolved when it comes to talking about and managing money. When she's not at work managing a portfolio that consistently outperforms relevant benchmarks, you can find her at home buying and bearing bonds. Some of the dreams I finance are close to home. — USA Today.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Focus on the specific opportunity, and do the necessary research, due diligence, and soul-searching to figure out whether that particular job is right for you. Observation will “give you a better data set,” but if possible, you might also “do a project with the startup on the side” before you formally commit.

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