Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Given their size and appetite for diversification, these gigantic investors are a significant source of financing for many companies and governments in the developed world, and their investment activities can and do move markets. How is this state of affairs possible?

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

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.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

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. After using borrowed money in the 1980s and 1990s, then opening up a hedge fund in 2004, he has since 2011 basically just been managing his own money. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck'

Hedge 8

Hedge Venture Capitalist Letter Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. GAAP and FASB standards require financial reporting of earnings, cash flow, and profitability – all measures that investors have traditionally examined.

Marketing 8

Marketing Leadership Venture Capitalist GAAP 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Further, venture capitalists are jumping in with both feet. $4 Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. It seems only logical that they would extend into corporate strategy and finance.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Venture capitalists, who generally have been standoffish to the ICO phenomenon, are now becoming more interested in it for a number of reasons. ICOs are the Wild West of financing — they sit in a grey zone where the U.S. Just as venture capitalists are taking a hard look at this new phenomenon, so should we all.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

So if you feel uncomfortable as an investor, here are two bullets to pack in your pistol: Investing is about financing dreams. Some of the dreams I finance are close to home. Investing also finances the kind of world we want. To wit, a study by Hedge Fund Research Inc. Investing is about taking stock in you.

Finance 8

Finance P&L Due Diligence Hedge 8