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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. When raising institutional financing, you are better off finding your tribe and focusing on investors who are more likely to invest in your particular market, stage or team.

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Best HR Software Providers: Standard-setters in performance tracking to 401(K) management

HR Digest

The talent acquisition software helps hiring teams collaborate, build talent pipelines and communicate with applicants through email templates and interview scheduling featured. It offers a 15-day trial which allows hiring teams plenty of time to decide if the software works for the organization. Gusto is super ease to use.

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How the Most Successful Teams Bridge the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business Review

.” In their seminal HBR piece , Paul Leinwand, Cesare Mainardi, and Art Kleiner outlined what senior leaders must do to close the strategy-to-execution gap. We built on this research by going beyond the lens of the individual leader to investigate how the most successful teams bridge the gap. framework, as detailed below.

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The Best Entrepreneurs Are Missionaries, Not Mercenaries

Harvard Business Review

The big news in the venture capital world is that John Doerr, legendary partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is moving into a new role as the firm’s first chair, where he’ll be what he describes as a “player coach” to support the firm’s next generation of leaders.

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The One Thing VCs Could Do Immediately to Increase Returns

Harvard Business Review

Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, was recently invited to discuss race and investment in technology. And so all ears were tuned in when well-known VC Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins started talking… but Ted denied there was a problem. By venture capitalists’ individual actions, they are limiting growth and innovation.

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Be an Information DJ

Harvard Business Review

In building support for tough, difficult issues such as deficit reduction and tax policy, the Obama team will want to know more about how buzz works in the brain.

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Successful Startups Don’t Make Money Their Primary Mission

Harvard Business Review

For investments to have a chance of becoming unicorns — billion dollar companies — they need management teams and talent that will persevere through the tough times and not sell out early in the good ones.