Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

While it may not be intuitive to global readers, I see many similarities between Samsung's transformation from local leader in Korea to major player on the world stage and our own journey in building the United Bank for Africa into a group that operates in 20 countries and on three continents.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

Sensible in theory, this strategy almost always destroys value in practice. Frequently, VCs disagree with a key element of strategy, often how aggressively monetize the company at the expense of other growth. The CEO, the VC reminds us, serves at the pleasure of the board. The downsides to doing so are several-fold.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. It crashes the latest version of the operating system that just got installed. We tried it at the NewSchools Venture Fund, where I used to work.

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