Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School urges companies to look beyond the usual R&D approach to consider becoming corporate venture capitalists themselves, a point he expands on in his article "Corporate Venturing" in the October 2013 issue of HBR.

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Innovation Venture Capitalist Hamel Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Josh Lerner of Harvard Business School urges companies to look beyond the usual R&D approach to consider becoming corporate venture capitalists themselves, a point he expands on in his article “Corporate Venturing” in the October 2013 issue of HBR.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Hamel Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

“Within weeks of retiring I had opportunities to join a major board, and exciting invitations from venture capitalists to play an active role in FinTech companies. .’” “It was surprising how quickly opportunity came my way,” agrees Doug Hodge, former CEO of PIMCO. I have rebooted myself.”

Simon 13

Simon CEO Venture Capitalist Planning 13

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

JULY 26, 2018

To venture capitalists and the financial market, no business model is more attractive than a platform. For example, Uber and Grab link riders and drivers, Airbnb links hosts and travelers, and Amazon links shoppers and sellers. And what can Grab teach us about the future of platform businesses? job websites Indeed and Glassdoor.)

Transportation 10

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

Companies and venture capitalists chase hot markets. Venture capital magnified this boom and bust cycle: firms were especially likely to enter markets that had recently attracted VC funding, and VCs moved into markets that had recently attracted VC funding (especially those that had attracted attention from large, high-status VCs).

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Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. Granted, only 11 percent of Indian online users are transacting online. billion e-commerce sector, says Avendus). Still, Amazon lookalike Infibeam is growing sales handily.

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Conference Wireless 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

When Dietrich Mateschitz traveled to Thailand in the 1980s, he observed the popularity of a cheap energizing drink called Krating Daeng among truck drivers and construction workers. The business opportunities they came up with were rated by four venture capitalists and industry experts blind to the source.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Shervin Pishevar, a venture capitalist and an investor in Couchsurfing, Getaround, Uber and other startups in this space, believes these services will have a major impact on the economics of cities; “This is a movement as important as when the web browser came out.”.

Business Model 9

Business Model Hotels Venture Capitalist Transportation 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Venture capitalists are close behind. Tomorrow it may be space travel. The centripetal force of today's cities is pulling the ambitious and educated back in, and increasing cities' innovative capacity, without sacrificing (at least some would argue) their inclusiveness. But you should ask, not tell.

Innovation 15

Innovation Real Estate Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

But our recent research has taught us a lot about how management innovations can travel — in this case, from Silicon Valley tech sector companies known for their experimentation and agility in information technology (IT) management to the much older Bay Area companies who are their neighbors. Innovation is always infectious.

Innovation 8

Innovation CIO Agility Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

Venture capitalists are head-over-heels in love with platform markets these days. The count’s protection even extended to those traveling to the fair. He also encouraged traders to settle all debts and credits by notary bill instead of cash, so that the merchants could travel without the burden of a great deal of money.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Long-term Marketing Travel 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

OCTOBER 23, 2013

But for an important subset of the business world — firms in pursuit of explosive growth — raising capital from angel investors or venture capitalists is an early step on a long and uncertain road to success. There is a reason venture-backed firms account for 11% of all US employment. Not focused on new marketing campaigns.

IPO 9

IPO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Successful UEs would be expected to become the next generation of local angel investors and venture capitalists. Although she was based in Manhattan, she traveled constantly and was a frequent keynote speaker. Put simply, Unamano aimed to build entrepreneurial ecosystems where none had existed before.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Executives and entrepreneurs from all over the world have traveled to Silicon Valley to learn the secrets of its success. We met with leaders at private equity funds, venture capitalists, and incubators, including Andreessen Horowitz and Playground. vincent tsui FOR HBR. Know that money only gets you so far.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

As the venture capitalist Mike Maples, Jr. Ever tally the hours you spent planning your last trip abroad if you didn’t use a travel agent to cut through the research?) put it to me, “middlemen connect nodes in a network to increase the value of the network.” Middlemen can help with information overload.

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Middle Management Management Venture Capitalist Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2011

Get in touch with a venture capitalist. Find out who reads it and how far it travels. Start a LinkedIn or Facebook group. Be the connector for this group of people. Spend a day with a millennial in your company. Learn more about how he or she uses social media. Find out how he or she thinks about leadership and innovation.

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Venture Capitalist Innovation Travel Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

These well-intentioned professionals travel the world in pursuit of the secret sauce of innovation. Don’t just make a beeline to the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists; get a broad multi-disciplinary cross section. Talk to venture capitalists and they, too, will tell you how essential they are in leading the charge.

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Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8