The Horizons Tracker

JULY 21, 2021

They argue for a €100 billion fund that recruits from both public and private sources and aim for a long-term focus. The €10 billion fund aims to back startups with a mixture of grants and equity investments. The report reveals that 22% of startups fail not through a lack of investment but rather through poor marketing.

Venture Funding 130

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Proposal Media 130

CEO Blog

MAY 3, 2012

Klout is a scoring system that weighs influence in social media. There is a great book Return on Influence - The revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing by Mark Schaeffer that inspired this post. My Klout score is 43 and in reading what I have influence in I surprised myself.

How To 140

How To Venture Funding Influence Media 140

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2017

There is an enormous gender gap in venture capital funding in the United States. Female entrepreneurs receive only about 2% of all venture funding , despite owning 38% of the businesses in the country. In fact, for every additional prevention question asked of an entrepreneur, the startup raised a staggering $3.8

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Venture Funding Quality 14

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 12

Company Venture Funding Banking Education 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

For marketers, this of course changes everything. As part of an awards program that one of us (Cara) created and the other (Mark) helped judge, we had the opportunity to see how hundreds of top marketers in Silicon Valley are engaging customers and growing revenue in this new era. 2) Don''t push products, solve problems.

Venture Funding 9

Venture Funding Brand Marketing Content 9

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.

Porter 8

Porter Power Competitive Advantage Film 8