Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

I personally blame my MIT classmate Aileen Lee, formerly with Kleiner Perkins, who coined the term Unicorn , a private company valued at over a billion dollars. Like Jerry Yang who started Yahoo, as investors we are looking for entrepreneurs who are obsessed with a new technology. So how do billion dollar companies get built?

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Finance Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Kleiner 373

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

I didn’t take their interest seriously until I saw the news in December that John Maeda, the former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, joined venerable VC firm Kleiner Perkins. I’m sure I speak for design-oriented entrepreneurs everywhere when I say that it’s about time. He’s the Valley’s first-ever Design Partner.

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Kleiner Venture Capitalist Industry Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In addition, given their quest for organization leanness, digital startups seek investors who have the expertise to help outsource their noncore business functions, such as production, distribution, marketing, and payroll processing.

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Venture Capitalist IPO Company Kleiner 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Comstock was telling me about the company's growing innovation platform, the GE Ecomagination Challenge which inspires collaboration between GE and entrepreneurs. It started as a business strategy that wrapped a handful of greener products into one brand story about helping both the environment and customers.

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Innovation Kleiner Entrepreneur Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Kleiner Perkins analyst Mary Meeker showed in her influential 2013 D11 address that “wearable computing is coming on strong, faster than the typical 10 year cycle” of tech trends. Entrepreneurs who don’t want to buy a 3D printer can always try out one of the new DIY fabrication studios popping up. HISTORIC GROWTH IN WEARABLES.

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Trends Kleiner Supply Chain Sports 8