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3 Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

Leading Blog

I personally blame my MIT classmate Aileen Lee, formerly with Kleiner Perkins, who coined the term Unicorn , a private company valued at over a billion dollars. a game, we are looking for a product that ends up becoming wildly popular, more popular than anyone thought it could be in the early days.

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Can Design Save Silicon Valley?

Harvard Business Review

I didn’t take their interest seriously until I saw the news in December that John Maeda, the former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, joined venerable VC firm Kleiner Perkins. He’s the Valley’s first-ever Design Partner. That’s a serious step into the mover-shaker circle for the design profession.

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Should Everyone Be Allowed to Invest in Private Tech Companies?

Harvard Business Review

In addition, given their quest for organization leanness, digital startups seek investors who have the expertise to help outsource their noncore business functions, such as production, distribution, marketing, and payroll processing.

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Successful Startups Don’t Make Money Their Primary Mission

Harvard Business Review

Sometimes people stop because there’s no more money, or customers don’t like the product. Would Facebook have connected everybody with social news feeds and a constant flow of new mobile products? After all, starting a new institution from scratch is really, really hard. Other forms of quitting are less obvious.

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GE's Eco-Innovation Platform

Harvard Business Review

It started as a business strategy that wrapped a handful of greener products into one brand story about helping both the environment and customers. GE and its venture capital (VC) partners such as Kleiner Perkins and Rockport Capital have invested $134 million (of $200 million allocated) in a small selection of these businesses.

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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. The second trend is the historic growth in “ wearables. HISTORIC GROWTH IN WEARABLES.

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