Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

Drawing on her vast experience as a venture capitalist, organizational design expert, and management consultant, Ardi argues that the future belongs to the Betas. resulting in vastly higher levels of productivity, efficiency, and loyalty.” The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive.

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Venture Capitalist Decentralization Books Idea Generation 56

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

A venture capitalist there was essentially running an imitation fund. For instance, pioneers can command strong market loyalty that could be difficult for copycats to overcome. And I have also supported the notion that innovation is central to economic prosperity. He invited me to help evaluate potential ideas for investment.

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Innovation Incubator Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2012

Rather, what will make them go above and beyond is their relationship and loyalty to you — and you'll never get that if you don't let them know you as a person. But you want your employees to at least like you and understand where you're coming from — because, as copious research has shown , money isn't a good motivational tool.

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Venture Capitalist Leadership PR Blog 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

I predict a heightened frenzy of venture capitalists rushing to fund the next Pets.com or Webvan. Companies such as Bizzy , which builds loyalty programs for local businesses, start with checkouts — where the app sends your location only when you leave an establishment — as the norm. SXJapan panel.

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Class Venture Capitalist Trends Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Third, invest-tech that can mine social media and other “semantic” data streams is enabling sharper evaluation of companies’ intangible assets, such as customer loyalty and brand reputation. An influx of that scale would dwarf the approximately $78 billion invested in startups by venture capitalists in 2015.

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Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

To assess such risks to your business, consider the following six questions: Is customer loyalty decreasing? Are venture capitalists making significant and lasting investments in your industry? While start-ups fail all the time, long-term investments create conditions that support the creation of viable disruptive entrants.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2013

The result was a city governing class clueless about and to a certain extent disdainful of economic reality and a regional economic elite with few ties and little loyalty to the region''s main city. and venture capitalist. Among America''s ten biggest cities in 1950, two others — Cleveland and St.

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