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. No 20,000 tech jobs. I know many smart investors didn't. But times change.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

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. No 20,000 tech jobs. I know many smart investors didn't. But times change.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

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. In the Bay Area, however, small venture capitalists, many of whom were ex-engineers themselves, invested in entrepreneurs.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Test Like an Entrepreneur (Not an Engineer). You also can’t think like an engineer and try to remove every possible risk or uncertainty. Venture capitalists, on the other hand, have a portfolio mindset, knowing that not every investment will generate a positive return.

Organization 11

Organization Company Venture Capitalist B2B 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Others see it as a giant economic engine spitting out startup after startup to capitalize on the region''s wealth of innovations. Yes, visit the venture capitalists and the startups, but don''t overlook this other reality. Some go away thinking they''ve seen a land of "technophilic gurus and futurists.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Innovation Incubator Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

But when I hit the road in 2008 raising capital for our fairly design-centric venture, The Grommet, I noticed that no investor ever remarked on my industrial design credentials. This lack of familiarity with design was bizarre, but also deeply familiar to me.

Kleiner 10

Kleiner Venture Capitalist Industry Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Moore’s Law ), smarter analytics engines, and the surge in data. Such mining of digitized information has become more effective and powerful as more info is “tagged” and as analytics engines have gotten smarter. For example, when IBM’s Watson computer played ‘Jeopardy!,’ ” Beyond the Quants.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist EVA Travel Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In traditional product companies, creating value meant identifying enduring customer needs and manufacturing well-engineered solutions. In a recent conversation, Renee DiResta, a Principal at O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures , noted: “Things that generate recurring revenue are actually more appealing to venture capitalists.

Business Model 15

Business Model Venture Capitalist Disruptive Innovation Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

One such firm, the Perkins Fund, has launched standouts like Goldieblox, a toy company founded by a woman engineer who captured mainstream attention with girl-centric advertising. A few VC firms that have a high percentage of female partners have invested in some well-known successes founded by women.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Sample Rate of Return 8

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?

Venture Capitalist 19

Venture Capitalist Sports Engineering Entrepreneur 19

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School urges companies to look beyond the usual R&D approach to consider becoming corporate venture capitalists themselves, a point he expands on in his article "Corporate Venturing" in the October 2013 issue of HBR. Gary Hamel will explore how companies build their innovation engines.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Hamel Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

Engineer or not, the managers and employees who understand new consumer technologies and can create value by deploying software as a solution will be those most valued by organizations young and old. Universities are rapidly growing their engineering courses.

Technology 15

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School urges companies to look beyond the usual R&D approach to consider becoming corporate venture capitalists themselves, a point he expands on in his article “Corporate Venturing” in the October 2013 issue of HBR.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Hamel Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Beyond shipping new features on a regular cadence and keeping the peace between engineering and the design team, the best PMs create products with strong user adoption that have exponential revenue growth and perhaps even disrupt an industry. Core Competencies. Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

In his essay, Graham posts email correspondence with Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist, in which Graham pleaded with Wilson two years ago to invest in Airnb. Created by Engineers without Borders (Canada), the site lets users submit stories of failures and browse those of others. But some are trying to change that.

Marketing 14

Marketing Venture Capitalist Incubator Travel 14

Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2011

’ In this case very few of these requested changes, which came at great expense in engineering time and cost, resulted in orders from the people who had passionately argued the case. And you can control it through continuous and open communication with every member of your team. About the Author.

Team 50

Team Leadership Venture Capitalist Objective 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

As venture capitalist Bill Gurley explained a couple of years ago , a 1908 Supreme Court ruling made it impossible to stop Netflix from buying and renting out any DVDs it wanted. One answer — probably the most important answer — is that it''s really good at software engineering.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Engineering Content Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

The key to making these organizations work is integrating the work of discovery-driven researchers, applied scientists, and engineers in the private sector. “Venture capitalists are looking for rapid exits and researchers are pretty much stuck with the idea that they came to the party with.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Thus, designing one is an engineering task. The term ecosystem actually refers to a self-organizing and self-regulating interaction of independent organisms; it is not a checklist of the local flora and fauna.

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Incubator Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. The subcontinent seems on the cusp of amazing developments, only beginning with broadband Net access, high-speed mobility, and e-commerce.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 14

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.

Industry 8

Industry Venture Capitalist Bond Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

I predict a heightened frenzy of venture capitalists rushing to fund the next Pets.com or Webvan. Attendees and startup employees could be heard talking about how freemium was here forever. Job hunters were rewarded for being at the right place at the right time. SXJapan panel.

Class 14

Class Venture Capitalist Trends Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

When we''re trying to implement a new idea, explore a dream, or disrupt ourselves , we often have to bridge a language gap: for example, the seemingly impenetrable dialect of technology, or the specialized lingo associated with a particular profession, jargon of venture capitalists, or even the patois of a different team within your firm.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Engineering Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2014

Deservedly vaunted venture capitalist Tom Perkins’ callous, arrogant and elitist recent comments should not serve as an expedient excuse to overlook an important “dirty little secret” about entrepreneurship, the acknowledged engine of economic growth: successful entrepreneurship always exacerbates local inequality , at least in the short run.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Real Estate Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

When it comes to consumer-facing service industries like e-commerce, media, and ride- or apartment-sharing, it’s not new to suggest that “software is eating the world,” to use the phrase of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Titans of capitalism such as venture capitalist John Doerr and GE CEO Jeff Immelt are speaking out in favor of a price on carbon, to drive energy innovation. Winston also noted that the public discourse about sustainability is changing.

Innovation 15

Innovation Succession Porter Venture Capitalist 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Its founder was not only a member of the National Academies of Science and Engineering but the Institutes of Medicine, as well. The second reason was proffered by the big companies and venture capitalists alike: they didn't want an agent like myself taking the initiative to set up a meeting.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Disintermediation Class Entrepreneur 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. — data from the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed that the vast majority of the 69 countries surveyed reported higher entrepreneurial activity among immigrants than among natives, especially in growth-oriented ventures.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

It's hard to argue with the assessment of Thomas Perkins , the legendary venture capitalist and a former HP director (who has hardly covered himself in glory during this mess), who told the New York Times back in August: "I didn't know there was such a thing as corporate suicide, but now we know that there is.

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist CEO Long-term Magazine 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venture capitalists have their radar out for and provide ample resources for the catalysts to scale up very quickly. Three years later, GE hired veteran software engineer Ganesh Bell to be chief digital officer of GE Power and Water. More such catalysts are entering the fray every day.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

But for an important subset of the business world — firms in pursuit of explosive growth — raising capital from angel investors or venture capitalists is an early step on a long and uncertain road to success. There is a reason venture-backed firms account for 11% of all US employment.

IPO 9

IPO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Venture capitalists are close behind. Go to office openings of new ventures, make a congratulatory call to those who raise money, write a thank you note to the entrepreneur who hired a few engineers or a high school summer intern. Even just one hour for entrepreneurship out of the 70 will go a long way.

Innovation 16

Innovation Real Estate Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Union Market has worked to overcome these issues through programs like Launch Pad, which enables aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch new restaurant ideas to a panel of renowned chefs and venture capitalists. Winners get the opportunity to launch their concept at Union Market under the mentorship of successful chefs and restaurateurs.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Thinking of her own cousin Guillermo Pombo, an engineer who had recently graduated from the University of Miami and was struggling to start his own business, Helena could see where Conrad was coming from. Successful UEs would be expected to become the next generation of local angel investors and venture capitalists.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalist Mark Andreessen, a target of Icahn’s attacks as a board member at eBay, recently likened the 78-year-old to a six-year-old. Write a letter to the company’s board demanding that it do something different from what it’s doing (buy back shares, break up, sell out to another company, throw out the CEO). Wait a while.

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

search engine company Inktomi in 2002. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank. In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million. Most of the companies we met with were publicly held, but Alibaba was still private.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10