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Female Only VC Funds Don’t Necessarily Help Female Entrepreneurs

The Horizons Tracker

This represents a growth in global GDP of 6%, which to put that into context is slightly higher than the recent economic forecast from the World Bank of the hit to global GDP from COVID-19. It argued that if the rates of entrepreneurship were equal between men and women that the global economy would grow by $5 trillion.

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Is Entrepreneurship As Popular As We Think?

The Horizons Tracker

Entrepreneurship has seldom been sexier, with the press overwhelmed with stories of technological disruption and the tremendous changes emerging across society as a result of the bold and courageous innovators that are bucking the norm. Are we all entrepreneurs now? in 1985 to just 5.3% A decline in disruption.

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The U.S. Startup Economy Is in Both Better and Worse Shape than We Thought

Harvard Business Review

We’ve long known that new businesses matter to the economy and that it’s a small group of fast-growing firms that matter most, because of the jobs and innovation they bring. in GDP 11 years in the future,” the authors report. What Guzman and Stern add is a method for identifying the firms that are trying to grow.

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The Disruption of Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

An organization's capabilities become its disabilities when disruption is afoot." – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Solution. In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze." Over the years, venture capitalists have been some of the most ardent students of disruptive innovation.

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Bringing Global Philanthropy Closer to Home

Harvard Business Review

growth in GDP. In some ways, they resemble Silicon Valley venture capitalists. For example, Vox Capital — founded in Brazil in 2008 by three young social entrepreneurs — invests in innovative, high-potential businesses that serve low-income populations and contribute to the reduction of poverty.

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China Can’t Be a Global Innovation Leader Unless It Does These Three Things

Harvard Business Review

When the Chinese Communist Party’s central committee wraps up the Third Plenum on November 12, 2014, a shift from efficiency to innovation will likely be one of the major planks in its vision for China. Some argue that China is already well on its way to becoming a global innovation power that will rival the US and Europe.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. At nearly 4% of GDP , Israel spends more on R&D — public and private combined — than any nation in the world.) That’s the good news.