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Alphabet Isn’t a Typical Conglomerate

Harvard Business Review

Interestingly, Alphabet is now competitively positioned against GE with its new focus on the “industrial internet.” Venture capitalists help entrepreneurs to scale their companies for an IPO or acquisition by another company. ” A longer time horizon. A talent magnet.

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Does Silicon Valley Still Care About Climate Change?

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this month, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins began the process of separating its cleantech investing from the rest of its fund. Ten years after Kleiner star John Doerr was moved to tears during his TED talk about climate change , there’s no longer any question that VCs’ interest in clean energy is waning.