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Should Everyone Be Allowed to Invest in Private Tech Companies?

Harvard Business Review

While most of the private equity companies are private, a few like Blackstone Group, KKR, Carlyle Group, and Apollo Global Management are traded on stock exchanges. Thus, the most lucrative investment opportunities, with the highest payoff potential, never see the light of public market.

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Why the Real World Will Matter More in 2014

Harvard Business Review

Kleiner Perkins analyst Mary Meeker showed in her influential 2013 D11 address that “wearable computing is coming on strong, faster than the typical 10 year cycle” of tech trends. A simple example is LocationList , a smartphone app that uses your grocery list to help you navigate market aisles in the most efficient route possible.

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