The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Entrepreneurship has seldom been sexier, with the press overwhelmed with stories of technological disruption and the tremendous changes emerging across society as a result of the bold and courageous innovators that are bucking the norm. in 1985 to just 5.3% A decline in disruption. Hype run wild.

Venture Capitalist 52

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Incubator GDP 52

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 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. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Dana Ardi, Ph.D.

Venture Capitalist 78

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 78

LDRLB

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

high technology). CEOs could enlist individuals who posses these traits for their top management teams and could give them prominent roles in specific strategic domains…Venture capitalists could use these personality measurements in predicting the success of SMEs operating in dynamic industries and thus, in making investment decisions (p.

CEO 118

CEO P&L Company Venture Capitalist 118

Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 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. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Dana Ardi, Ph.D.

Venture Capitalist 61

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 61

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. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Dana Ardi, Ph.D.

Venture Capitalist 56

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Books Idea Generation 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible. But right now that’s not happening.

Operations 8

Operations Intangible Assets Venture Capitalist Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation.

Technology 14

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Although US firms had pioneered and dominated the technology for two decades, they were now getting pummeled by cheaper Japanese imports. At the same time, the marketplace has become so fiercely competitive—and investors so demanding—that few are willing to take a flyer on an unproven technology. Dr. Mukesh V.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

It seems beyond debate: Technology is going to replace jobs, or, more precisely, the people holding those jobs. Here are four ways to think about the people left behind after the trucks bring in all the new technology. ” The point of technology, she argues, is to boost productivity, not cut the workforce.

Creativity 15

Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2014

They cite papers finding that patent trolls tend to file suits in innovative industries and that during the nineteenth century, new technologies such as the telegraph were sometimes followed by lawsuits. Patent trolls tend to sue cash rich companies, and innovative new technologies generate cash.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Innovation Comparison Sample 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Many public traded companies, such as Alphabet, Intel, and Apple are, in part, venture capitalists in disguise. They therefore seek investors who understand their initial losses and can facilitate secondary rounds of funding when their operations grow. Digital startups often seek to grow quickly and so report large losses.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Company Kleiner 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

Many governments have been focused on both making themselves more efficient through digital technology (such as making it easier to renew passports through online portals) and making their countries more attractive to digital technology companies (by reducing the cost of doing business within their borders). in 2011 to 2.9%

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies. Moreover, it forgot that it will continue to do well in China and India not just by keeping costs low but also by developing new technologies.

Globalization 13

Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

When investing in new growth businesses, corporate leaders are commonly advised to behave more like venture capitalists. The operative question for them is, not “How confident am I that this investment will yield a positive return?” All of this is right, as far as it goes.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Discounted Cash Flow Parcell Project 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

As a result, first time entrepreneurs frequently feel that they have been taken to the cleaners by venture capitalists. This exemplifies the famous golden rule of venture capital: "Whoever has the gold sets the rules." One of them claims, for example, to screen ventures using the "same criteria as venture capitalists."

Due Diligence 13

Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

opened in 1959 and is still operating. Charles D''Agostino, executive director of the Louisiana Business & Technology Center at Louisiana State University, offers some analysis: "Incubators do work, but they must be more than a real estate entity offering executive suite services. Most of them fail. Many of those efforts failed.

Incubator 17

Incubator Business Incubator Real Estate Venture Capitalist 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Venture capitalists tout their latest investments as potential disruptors. Its fortunes have been built upon its successes in pushing the technological frontier of the microprocessor. Well, since 1985, Intel has generated cumulative operating income before depreciation of $287.4 How has this strategy worked? Absolutely.

Innovation 8

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Sometimes that requires creating a separate operating structure. One area of focus: how technologies like virtual reality and augmented reality will be able help consumers visualize the end result of their home improvement projects. Venture capitalists meet every Monday to review deals in the pipeline.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Venture capitalists are increasingly interested in emerging markets, and in working with local funds based in those markets (despite the fact that reverse innovation in venture capital seems counterintuitive). Editor's Note: This post was written with Justin Chakma, an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto (Canada).

Marketing 15

Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology IPO 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

A new business model will only emerge through continuous discovery and experimentation and will be defined by market demands, start-ups, a Silicon Valley mindset, and young technology experts. There is a significant opportunity to help reduce the lecture portion of expenses using technology innovations.

Education 10

Education Venture Capitalist Business Model Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

In Africa’s technology start-up scene, one of the most difficult challenges is attracting and retaining talent. Africa has a limited talent pool, particularly in technology fields. It is a core continuity management strategy in a market scarce on technology talent.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Entrepreneur Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Setting up innovation outposts in global technology clusters, such as Silicon Valley, Boston, and Tel Aviv, is highly popular among Fortune 500 corporations. The company no longer has any operations at all in Silicon Valley. They worked with little coordination and control from HQ.

Innovation 9

Innovation Social Capital CRM Tacit Knowledge 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

When it comes to consumer-facing service industries like e-commerce, media, and ride- or apartment-sharing, it’s not new to suggest that “software is eating the world,” to use the phrase of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. Second, a number of important inputs have gotten cheaper.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

This approach is successful for some ventures — mostly for software-related companies with modest initial operating expenses. You get your technology into the market and see who wants it. Technology is almost always best applied as a solution to a defined market problem. It enables the product to function.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur IPO Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player. A year later, Uber admitted defeat in another region, selling its operation in Russia to Yandex.

Transportation 10

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2016

But as a venture scales and becomes more complex , more operational and commercial sophistication is required to manage it. Historically, venture capitalists have bypassed founders’ limitations and desire for control by swapping in new CEOs who have more professional experience. Insight Center.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Sample IPO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

By venture capitalists’ individual actions, they are limiting growth and innovation. Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, was recently invited to discuss race and investment in technology. That VC might not even take the meeting. By their collective choices, they are risking our very lives. But bear with me.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Kleiner Entrepreneur Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2012

It was quite popular to established research laboratories and skunkworks operations that would allow employees to focus on technologies and offerings intended to grow the business. This take on risk/reward doesn't really take advantage of all the advancements in business and technology over the last 20 years.

Productivity 13

Productivity Products Venture Capitalist Innovation 13

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. But it sets the precedent for repeatedly using these tactics at critical moments – not to mention a kind of ‘mission creep’ by which corner-cutting begins to invade operations even when they aren’t at a critical crossroads.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

These are the dry cleaners, restaurants, car repair operations, and local retailers that are part of the fabric of our daily lives. These businesses are often focused on growth, domestically or through exports, and operate with a higher level of management sophistication than Main Street firms.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

Since their founding less than a decade ago, Uber and Airbnb have wrangled with regulators, challenged the taxi and hotel industries, earned extraordinary valuations from venture capital investors — and fundamentally transformed the way people think about urban transportation and travel. The irony is many VCs just passed on them.

CEO 8

CEO Hotels Venture Capitalist Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Alternative energy technologies have become big business. Titans of capitalism such as venture capitalist John Doerr and GE CEO Jeff Immelt are speaking out in favor of a price on carbon, to drive energy innovation. These partnerships are focused on finding and implementing operational and policy-level sustainability solutions.

Innovation 15

Innovation Succession Porter Venture Capitalist 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

India has numerous small retailers and service providers who are shining examples of scrappy entrepreneurship at its best, but the information technology startups that are my primary interest typically require outside funding. India has done well in the last twenty odd years to build its technology industry through services.

Incubator 8

Incubator Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist How To 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. But it sets the precedent for repeatedly using these tactics at critical moments – not to mention a kind of ‘mission creep’ by which corner-cutting begins to invade operations even when they aren’t at a critical crossroads.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50