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Startups Could Fundamentally Change the Way Big Investors Operate

Harvard Business Review

Rather, they begin by tackling other pursuits, such as using satellites to track rainforest destruction or predicting social-media sentiment for brands. An influx of that scale would dwarf the approximately $78 billion invested in startups by venture capitalists in 2015.

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” That’s not how Vox Media does it. Venture capitalist Chris Dixon has called this approach the “full-stack startup.” ” Its appetizer seems to have been smaller companies.