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101 Things I Learned in Business School

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B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. perpetually exceed the cash receipts from the previous, smaller sales volume.

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Should Companies Retain "Strategic" Cash?

Harvard Business Review

Politicians have claimed that retaining cash balances is hurting the global economy—even characterizing the practice as unpatriotic —and many investors have argued that excess cash rightfully should be returned to shareholders through dividend payments or share repurchases. Arguments for Strategic Cash. Facilitate Investments.

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How the Next Generation Is Approaching Society’s Biggest Problems

Harvard Business Review

Second, changes in technology have dramatically lowered the cost of experimentation and create unprecedented transparency into problems, solutions, and results. How did Sal Khan finance his venture? First, Sal Khan could have continued in finance and made far more money than he does in a nonprofit.

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Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return. But they are too small in size and too few in number to make up for the vast majority of funds that fail to generate attractive returns (or any returns) for investors. Finance Venture capital'

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The Disruption of Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

There are parallels with the music, publishing, and movie industries where returns are still largely driven by blockbusters rather than the long tail. To disrupt the larger ecosystem, accelerators will need to evolve their models to push companies through later stages of the business lifecycle.