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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.” So Page and Brin are different from such legendary venture capitalists as John Doerr at Kleiner Perkins and Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowtitz, the two founders of Andreessen Horowitz.

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Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

If your business has high velocity, high margins, and a huge market, venture may be a good road for you. When you are ready to raise money, scratch Sequoia, Kleiner, and maybe one or two other top dogs off your preview list. But raising venture capital is sometimes a great idea. Some of these might be surprising or seem hard to follow.

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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.