Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

While the joint CEO structure was one of the key factors that helped us navigate the economic crisis," explained Chairman Azim Premji , "with the market exploding now, there is a need for a simpler, leaner organization. We hope the organizational change will result in faster growth." It's time to focus."

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Entrepreneurs trying to make a business idea work will do anything within their power to buy extra time: run up bills on personal credit cards, take out home equity loans, or find consulting projects to cover a few more months of experimentation. ” By June 2017, all three had been cut loose and their projects shelved.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Innovation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

If this new crop of Chief Innovation Officers, company-bred venture capitalists, and creative catalysts can’t prove that they’re moving the needle on things that actually matter to their employer, their jobs will almost certainly evaporate. Number of projects in the innovation pipeline. stage to the next. The result?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

By my reckoning, Ben Horowitz is the most thought-provoking blogger on leadership and strategy today. As one of the two name partners at Andreessen Horowitz , he is one of the most influential venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. He's also a lot more than a blogger. billion, he built a track record as a hands-on executive.

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CEO Venture Capitalist Sharpe Environment 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Banks are now adequately capitalized and are beginning to lend, and venture capitalists are as hungry as ever. Position yourself in market segments that will grow. The recession eliminated some market segments and redefined others. Your leadership is crucial. Economy Execution Leadership' Upgrade skills.

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Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. Our work with dozens of companies teaches us that individuals on the leadership team often have very different targets in mind.

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Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Performing market assessments. ” Self-awareness: PMs must be self-aware so as to remain objective and avoid projecting their own preferences onto users of their products. Managing tight deadlines, revenue targets, market demands, prioritization conflicts, and resource constraints all at once is not for the faint of heart.

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Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

We met with leaders at private equity funds, venture capitalists, and incubators, including Andreessen Horowitz and Playground. The kind of innovation that creates new markets always goes against the grain. Use strong leadership to enable true collaboration. Here are the ones that struck us most: Lace audacity with grit.

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Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role.

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How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Today, Seth Godin examines the challenge of marketing to the world's poor. Its success will depend on the ability to create a market for the idea. Acumen creates these markets using patient capital. Each post will examine the challenge from a different perspective, including design, technology, urban planning and more.

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Marketing Mass Marketing Early Adopters Venture Capitalist 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

But the ways we do business have changed dramatically over the course of the last decade, and it’s become more necessary to reach outside of your expertise – or industry — to gain perspective on your business and leadership style. Venture capitalists never expect their work to be repaid evenly.

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Execution Venture Capitalist Software CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2011

Remember, collaboration is overrated if you haven't got the right project. Without a broad network, you will be tempted to keep staffing your project with the "usual suspects." ) recently gave me a great example of how this works. "I Get in touch with a venture capitalist. Learn more about your market value.

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