Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2023

Many companies go about investor relations all wrong, pitching their companies and plans to whatever audience they can and hoping some shareholders will buy in. This approach wastes time and valuable resources building relationships with the wrong shareholders who do not bring the right competencies, connections, and commitment to a business.

How To 16

How To Audience Strategy Commitment 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

If your business has high velocity, high margins, and a huge market, venture may be a good road for you. There are some helpful resources out there on venture terms , good venture funds vs. bad ones , and questions you may want to ask a venture capitalist if you meet one.

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Venture Capitalist Advice Venture Funding Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. They estimated it would take $1–$3 million to build out a working prototype, money they didn’t have and had no idea how to get.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

” Here are some tips on how to make that transition as seamlessly as possible. “Talking to peers, coaches, and mentors about your feelings and fears of inadequacy” will help you feel less alone and may also give you ideas on how to handle the situation, says Wallace. Face your fears. Wallace agrees. Don’t.

Management 8

Management How To CTO Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2011

While entrepreneurs are grasping for venture capital, the nation's leading firms seem puzzled about how to spend their money. If big companies are to seize more fast-growth opportunities, they can learn from the venture capitalists that back the most successful entrepreneurs. Their lack of imagination stunts economic growth.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Entrepreneur IPO 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Seeing the world through the same lens means you can’t anticipate critical questions, factors and influences that should be considered as you think about the market, the product or service you’ll offer, and how to pivot intelligently as your company faces new or unexpected pressures.

Company 13

Company Venture Funding Banking Education 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2022

How to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans.

Long-term 18

Long-term Management Planning Venture Funding 18

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Where accelerators fall short is in leading investment rounds deep into the company's lifecycle, the purview of traditional venture funds.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work. In 2015, at age 21, he founded a venture-funded for-profit start up, Stasis Labs , focused on proactive patient care. . “I wanted to discover a more meaningful purpose in life,” he said. Further Reading. Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

Some people line up lunches and coffee dates because they’re in search of a job, venture funding, or clients for their company. Here’s how to do it successfully. How do you build an immediate connection? Arrive with a hypothesis on how to help. Research in order to find a commonality.

Cialdini 8

Cialdini Venture Funding Conference Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

So please trust me when I say that one of the biggest roadblocks to job creation is the huge logjam at the patent office that prevents entrepreneurs from getting the patents they need to obtain venture funding. Sincerely, Henry R. Manufacturing will be the subject of Mr. Nothhaft's next "Memo to the President.".

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies Offshoring 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Just yesterday, on the front page of the New York Times , came a report about how "low-level engineers, product managers and prominent managers" from the executive ranks are leaving the company for high-profile companies such as Facebook as well as venture-funded startups of the sort that dot the technology landscape.

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Tacit Knowledge Long-term McKinsey Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

Amid the rubble of the dot-com bust in 2001, Michael Porter weighed in on the question of how to gauge which businesses “active on the internet,” as he put it, were real and which were destined to go the way of Pets.com when their venture funding dried up. It’s still worth a look now.

Porter 8

Porter Power Competitive Advantage Film 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

In their quest to upend industry rules, they learn how to distinguish “immutable laws” from “ingrained beliefs.” Executives read the same trade magazines, go to the same conferences, and talk to the same consultants. After a while, they all think alike. Innovators, by contrast, are contrarians.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2013

We need to teach them how to build businesses that can become sustainable — profitable — and create jobs. We need to also teach them to grow by applying the same kinds of methodology and discipline that, traditionally, a venture-funded company may use. I have studied some of the reasons behind this mortality.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Incubator How To Venture Funding 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

In 2011 81 digital health startups received venture funding; with consistent year-over-year increases, 296 startups were venture backed in 2016. The venture industry is betting big on digital health, with $4–$5 billion invested annually.

Health Care 9

Health Care Trends Venture Funding Technology 9