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 15

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 15

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. The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. I call this one Beta ,” explains corporate anthropologist Dana Ardi. shared mission.

Venture Capitalist 56

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Books Idea Generation 56

Strategy Driven

MAY 16, 2014

Where a business is headquartered can make a huge difference in the skill level of your employees, raising capital and attracting customers. Venture capital and private equity firms tend to congregate in certain areas—notably Silicon Valley, New England and New York.

Company 52

Company Real Estate Strategic Planning Venture Capitalist 52

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

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Urbanization (the concentration of startups and venture capital investment in cities — predominantly large, globally connected ones), and a Winner-Take-All Pattern (with the leading cities pulling away from the rest). Startups and venture capital increasingly take on a winner-take-all pattern geographically. The Great Expansion.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Globalization Entrepreneur 8

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 11

Education Venture Capitalist Business Model Technology 11

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. Founders may lack the skills and interest to lead those activities effectively — what they typically love is dreaming up and building products. Insight Center. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Sample IPO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

But in fact, experience and research show that the mindsets and skills, as well as social and economic implications, of high growth entrepreneurship and self-employment are cut from different cloth. At present there is scant rationale for either assumption, although the jury is still out. Thus, designing one is an engineering task.

Venture Capitalist 15

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Incubator Innovation 15

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. These are character traits, not matters of skill, practice, knowledge, or experience. About the Author.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Coaching Tip

MAY 14, 2015

With a $50 million gift from venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, through their private family foundation, Rice University is planning an unconventional approach to developing students into leaders. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. Retired Brig. Mobile Leadership Reference Guides: .

Venture Capitalist 70

Venture Capitalist Self-aware Diversity Education 70

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. While graduate unemployment is very high, companies struggle to find new hires with the right skills.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Entrepreneur Banking 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. In my book, I describe an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. These are character traits, not matters of skill, practice, knowledge, or experience. About the Author.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

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. Executives from Shell call sustainability a "TINA" issue — "There Is No Alternative.". trillion by 2020.

Innovation 15

Innovation Succession Porter Venture Capitalist 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

".most often the very skills that propel an organization to succeed in sustaining circumstances systematically bungle the best ideas for disruptive growth. In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze." He was right.

Disruptive Innovation 15

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

All things being equal, of course, you'd rather have a skilled entrepreneur than an unskilled one. But just like Autotune and other technologies that allow passable music talents to turn into global powerhouses, lower costs and increased understanding of the process of innovation can allow anyone to be a competent entrepreneur.

Innovation 15

Innovation Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Gilbert 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

One might need a bank loan while the other might need a patient equity investor like an angel or venture capitalist. Setting up an innovation ecosystem around a university or an emerging technology helps potential high-growth entrepreneurs, while downtown revitalization can help local businesses from the Main Street category. (In

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Banks are now adequately capitalized and are beginning to lend, and venture capitalists are as hungry as ever. If you didn''t cut the budget for innovation, technology, and product development over the past five years, good. Upgrade skills. Even gridlock in Washington has not stopped the economy from progressing.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

While urban areas continue to afford new opportunities to employees and businesses from all walks of life, they are increasingly split between wealthy, high-skill knowledge workers and low-paid service workers. Most cities fall well short of that ideal. Exploring opportunities to integrate workforce training can help close this gap.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 14

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

DECEMBER 13, 2017

These core competencies are the baseline for any PM and the best PMs hone these skills over years of defining, shipping, and iterating on products. In fact, it is taking these skills and personality traits and applying them to the right company that will ultimately guarantee success. Pricing and revenue modeling. Not necessarily.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. — data from the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed that the vast majority of the 69 countries surveyed reported higher entrepreneurial activity among immigrants than among natives, especially in growth-oriented ventures.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skills. In my book, I recount an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. About the Author.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

In some ways, they resemble Silicon Valley venture capitalists. New philanthropists are using their capital in very specific ways to implement their plans; in a similar way they did in the world of technology or business. So far, over 240,000 trainees have graduated the FiKA program.

Globalization 8

Globalization Venture Capitalist Class GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

When we''re trying to implement a new idea, explore a dream, or disrupt ourselves , we often have to bridge a language gap: for example, the seemingly impenetrable dialect of technology, or the specialized lingo associated with a particular profession, jargon of venture capitalists, or even the patois of a different team within your firm.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Engineering Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz kicks off an inspired post on scaling by quoting the rapper Dorrough, who tells anyone with “a dollar in your pocket, a twenty in your wallet” to focus on one thing: “Get big. Yet scaling is also a problem of less.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital, told the Economic Times of India in October , “We could not be more thrilled. Buoyed by economic growth, New Delhi also has a lot of money to invest in infrastructure, in medical services, in technology and more.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Further, venture capitalists are jumping in with both feet. $4 As corporate strategy advice is increasingly disrupted by algorithms and artificial intelligence, corporate advisors could coach leaders on the best approach to success using their EQ skills. —are making substantial investments in AI as well.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

Zhou departed in 2005 and went on to found Qihoo 360 Technology, a $12 billion company that now trades on NASDAQ. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements. Although he didn’t have a U.S.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

We spent time with established digital players, midsize companies (including Box and Palantir), and startups, particularly those focused on FinTech and technology services. We met with leaders at private equity funds, venture capitalists, and incubators, including Andreessen Horowitz and Playground.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

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. My take is that technologists can, actually, be taught these skills.

Incubator 18

Incubator Business Incubator Real Estate Venture Capitalist 18

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

If you want to see how mobile technology can disrupt the very basics of business models and habits established over hundreds if not thousands of years, look at what’s happening in India. By July 2016, virtually every Indian had a mobile telephone and access to text messaging, primarily using 2G technology.

Strategy 8

Strategy Banking Venture Capitalist Bottom-up 8

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. This is why it makes sense for venture capitalists to obsess about disruption).

Innovation 8

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Depreciation 8

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

CO2

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Externally, examine societal trends, political implications, technological advancements, and competitive forces. Many leaders have been beaten over the head by financial owners like venture capitalists, equity funds, or hedge funds to believe that both the vision and all objectives should be financial.

Strategic Planning 78

Strategic Planning Planning Balanced Scorecard Mission Statement 78

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared that “software is eating the world.” And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.”

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

Most of the digital giants in both countries are investing in artificial intelligence and other technologies that will facilitate their entry into yet other industries. Indeed, from 2011 to 2017, the GAFAM companies (Google/Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft) acquired more than 65 leading-edge European technology companies.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Mind you, I am not unsympathetic to the argument for MOOCs and their derivatives — that many people who need knowledge and skills don’t have the resources to acquire them in those expensive and inefficient bundles called “universities.” Business education Technology' I am not immune to flattery either.

Education 12

Education Venture Capitalist Technology Learning-by-Doing 12