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February 2, 2009
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The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 5, 2005
Julie Hanna |
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities Venture investing has picked up from the post-dot-bomb era of a few years ago -- but does the comeback signal good times ahead or a mini bubble of misguided exuberance? Harvard professor Bill Sahlman discusses the issue. |
Fast Company
Vivian Giang |
Why The Few Women Venture Capitalists Often Give Up Only 2.7% of all venture-backed companies have a woman CEO. That's 183 out of 6,517 companies or $1.5 billion out of the $50.8 billion invested between 2011 and 2013. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 23, 2014
Carmen Nobel |
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose ethnic and educational backgrounds are similar to their own. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 21, 2012
Garry Emmons |
How to Sink a Startup Noam Wasserman, author of the recently released book "The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup," discusses ill-advised entrepreneurial behavior. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 29, 2006
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want? Entrepreneurs are often motivated by the potential of money and control, but very few ever achieve both. |
Inc.
October 2006
Chafkin & Gossage |
Need Money? The private financial markets are dynamic and at times difficult to navigate. A report on the latest trends. |
Entrepreneur
August 2007
Aliza Pilar Sherman |
Women 2.0 Where do women really stand in the tech industry? |
Entrepreneur
October 2004
C.J. Prince |
Minority Report VC firms are becoming more diverse--but does that mean more funding for minority-owned businesses? Not yet, perhaps, but an interesting shift is taking place. |
Entrepreneur
August 2008
Tracy T. Lefteroff |
High Rollers Venture capitalists showed entrepreneurs the big bucks in 2007. Could one of our top VC firms be looking for a business like yours this time around? |
Inc.
February 2006
Darren Dahl |
Facing the Capital Gap There's plenty of capital out there. So why are so many companies struggling to raise money? |
Entrepreneur
July 2006 |
Doing the Numbers VC funding had another fruitful year, nurturing young and established companies alike. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Carol Tice |
Small Towns, Big Money Looking for capital? a new study shows that small towns might just be a VC paradise. |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
Aliza Pilar Sherman |
Rare Commodity How some women are working hard for the money. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 30, 2014
Carmen Nobel |
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men Studies by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches is identical. And handsome men fare best of all. |
Bio-IT World
April 2006
Michael A. Greeley |
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly VCs will not support a sector where consistent compelling exits are not evident. Unfortunately, the bio-IT field still suffers from this. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 18, 2013
Sean Silverthorne |
Breaking Through a Growth Stall Many companies get stuck on a plateau, unable to grow and burning through cash at a frightening rate. Frank V. Cespedes discusses how focusing on the right customers can generate growth again. |
Inc.
March 2007
Amy Feldman |
Putting Founders First How one VC Firm coddles its CEOs. |
Inc.
May 1, 2010
Bobbie Gossage |
An Insider's Guide to Venture Capital Financing Jeffrey Bussgang, author of Mastering the VC Game and a principal at Flybridge Capital Partners, on how to get funded. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Brad Feld |
Know When to Walk Away Don't ask venture capitalists for referrals if they say they're not interested. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 15, 2006
Mallory Stark |
Women Find New Path to Work The swift current of modern business presents a challenge for any woman deciding to temporarily step out of the corporate rapids to tend to family or other concerns. Here, a Harvard professor discusses her program that helps such women regain their professional edge. |
Inc.
September 1, 2000
D. M. Osborne |
A Network of Her Own Women who are entrepreneurs have always found it tougher to raise money than their male counterparts have. New kinds of support and a new breed of investor are starting to even the score... |
Entrepreneur
February 2007
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
VCs Want in on Your Hot New Company The latest VC trend: Early stage investing is on the rise. |
Bio-IT World
January 13, 2003
Michael Greeley |
What Do We Do Now? Like it or not, the supply of capital is an important ingredient in the continued development of the bio-IT industry. Appreciating and understanding the forces currently at work in the VC marketplace can only help in raising capital. |
Entrepreneur
April 2009
David Port |
The Best Places for Entrepreneurs to Learn Business schools still hold the top spot, but there are other places for you to learn. |
Entrepreneur
May 2005
John F. Ince |
Back in Black The Venture Capital industry is fattening up again -- but what does this mean for the entrepreneur? For the short term anyway, an increase in the supply of available capital. |
Entrepreneur
July 2004
Aliza Pilar Sherman |
Let's Have Some Funds! Two women entrepreneurs sound off on the ups and downs of finding VC funding. |
Inc.
September 2007
Max Chafkin |
Who's Behind TheFunded.com? A new website lets entrepreneurs talk trash about their VCs. |
Entrepreneur
April 2009
Brad Feld |
Beware the Arrogant Venture Capitalist Their weaknesses may vary, but there's typically a common characteristic not-great venture capitalists share: arrogance. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 6, 2013
Carmen Nobel |
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School Professor Boris Groysberg discusses his new case, "Women MBAs at Harvard Business School: 1962-2012," which delves into the experiences of the School's alumnae over the past 50 years. |
Wired
November 15, 2007
Carlye Adler |
The Man Behind the VC Slagfest at TheFunded.com Reveals Himself to Wired This community site allows startups to anonymously review and rank venture capital firms. The founder of the site discusses the process and purpose behind it's creation. |
InternetNews
September 17, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
VC Resurgence Breathes More Life into IT Venture capitalists are raising and investing money again. What are they looking for and where? |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 3, 2003
Baker Library Staff |
HBS Entrepreneurs in Their Own Words The experiences and wisdom of twenty-seven leading entrepreneurs are captured on a new Web page from Harvard Business School. |
Bio-IT World
June 2005
Michael A. Greeley |
Who Wants to Be a VC? The objective is to stay relevant to a venture firm while the industry contracts. Develop the case that you can help create great companies (and great returns) because you have built a Rolodex and an ability to identify patterns of success. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 6, 2010
Jim Heskett |
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold? To the extent that climate change agreements alter the rules governing national policies and actions, they should represent opportunity for entrepreneurs. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 21, 2005
Sean Silverthorne |
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs The best way to become an entrepreneur is to jump into the water and get your feet wet, said several successful businessmen at the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference. |
InternetNews
March 30, 2007
Tim Scannell |
Jeff Glass, Partner, Bain Capital Ventures Strength and a little luck go a long way in securing funds to topple the YouTubes of the world. |
Entrepreneur
February 2009
Guy Kawasaki |
Top 9 Lies of Venture Capitalists Here's a look at the meanings behind what VCs say. |
Entrepreneur
March 2005
John F. Ince |
Signal Strength With stronger marketing efforts, venture capital firms are making sure their message gets heard. |
Entrepreneur
July 2006
Mark Henricks |
The Money Market From banks to VCs, there's plenty of cash out there for entrepreneurs. But that doesn't mean the road to finding financing has gotten any shorter or smoother. |
Entrepreneur
September 2007
Chris Penttila |
I Spy a Secret Got a skeleton in your closet? Bring it out before seeking VC. Be forewarned, before VCs invest in you, they'll probably investigate you. But hey, you can investigate them right back. |
Entrepreneur
May 2002
Chris Sandlund |
The Golden Egg Regardless of what term you use to describe the current economy, the fact remains that investors are sitting on a whole lot of cash. We know -- for 2 1/2 decades, we watched them make it... |
Inc.
December 2008
Max Chafkin |
What's Your Company Worth? Can an algorithm predict which start-ups will succeed? |
Fast Company
December 2000
Katharine Mieszkowski |
She Knows How to Play the Game The startup revolution is as much about the democratization of capital as it is about the creation of new technologies. So why do women-led companies still receive only 4.6% of all venture funding? |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2005
Stuck & Weingarten |
How Venture Capital Thwarts Innovation The tech bubble saw an explosion of VC-funded start-ups, but has more funding brought more innovation or less? You may be shocked, as they were, by what these researchers found. |
Bio-IT World
January 21, 2005 |
The Other Guy's Shoes The assessment of vendor risk is a process both investors and customers must go through. How the entrepreneur manages their questions will determine if the company gets the proper funding it needs to properly sell product. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 7, 2009
Sean Silverthorne |
Government's Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship Professor Josh Lerner, author Boulevard of Broken Dreams, wonders if its time for Uncle Sam to invest in new entrepreneurial firms. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 2, 2005
Roberts & Barley |
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities What makes for the ideal entrepreneurial opportunity? Four venture capitalists explain how they evaluate potential investments. |
Entrepreneur
April 2006
C.J. Prince |
All Aboard? Is your company's concept so cutting edge that investors won't touch it? There are ways to add credibility to a far-out idea, however, getting their attention -- and their money. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 13, 2004
Brush et al. |
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business Yes, it's a fact! Women generally have less cash to "seed" fund their own ventures. This excerpt from the book Clearing the Hurdles explains what women can do about it. |
