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- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
skills," he continued. "But most venture capitalists will not be spending time in the trenches because that's not how they're structured, they don't have the people for it." Incubators Vs. Vcs Divine Interventures'... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
advise/prevent you against doing something completely stupid." Another experienced VC suggests that some founders may simply not know what their funding options really are: "The reason people usually go to [family and friends]... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- Research Summary
Research
The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- Research Event
Venture Capital
Date: January 9-10, 2008 Faculty Chairs: Josh Lerner, William Sahlman Faculty Summary Report: Colloquium: Venture Capital What were the overall goals of the colloquium? The VC Conference is one in a series of 14 alumni and practitioner... View Details
- 19 Feb 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Amazoned: Is Any Industry Safe?
obvious—igniting a revolution in retail—to the more subtle—how Amazon's web development services resulted in more startups receiving VC funding. What will be the next shoe to fall? Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1982531 2006 pub How to Negotiate with VCs By: Malhotra, Deepak Abstract—VC-entrepreneur partnership agreements often contain flaws that become highly damaging as the parties come up against issues of power,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
When Noam Wasserman (HBS MBA 1999) spent his MBA summer internship working for a VC firm, he observed important universalities in the decisions that founders faced. He also saw that the "fundamental implications of those decisions were... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
managers, and VCs. “Whom you take money from has broader implications beyond just the capitalization of the company,” Bernstein says. “It also holds reputation consequences. We show that it affects your ability to attract talent.” Flagging View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
developing Wily's technology, landing some important sales, and leading a strategic transformation of the company, David Strohm (MBA '80), a VC advisor on Wily's board, requested that Cirne step down to CTO and clear the way for an... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
who enter an industry at precisely the wrong time end up suffering too badly: resilience and decision making on the fly are two traits we try to inculcate in students before they graduate. Describe your version of an ideal relationship between entrepreneur and venture... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
push the bottleneck to the second phase, similar to the "Series A crunch" occurring in the early stage financing of startups today. After all, even with traditional VC financing, investors in startups lose their shirt up to 75... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
how we thought about online opportunities one year after the dot-com bubble burst. In retrospect, many of my thoughts about the internet’s future evolution missed the mark. If you think history repeats itself, then these forecasting errors might be germane, since... View Details
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
Perlman knew that, while VCs might have been willing to make small investments in his new firm, they were, at the time, quite wary of making major financial commitments to consumer electronics plays such as WebTV. To better understand the... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 23 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Status: When and Why It Matters
the venture capital industry between 1995 and 2009 to determine how firms can create a distinct identity by setting themselves apart from high-status organizations within their industry. Specifically, he examined how a VC firm's position... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
who gets to be CEO is no longer up to the founders alone. My results show that whenever founders raise a new round of financing, the chances that they'll be replaced as CEO go up dramatically. It's precisely at this point that the founders are very susceptible to the... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
provide a track for professionally trained VCs; the Kauffman Fellows program brought top flight MBAs, both men and women, together with sponsoring VC firms. Its primary goal was to provide a new avenue for recruiting and training young... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
depends on the personal connections of a few people and can be scaled up to include many mechanisms and managers networking on behalf of numerous companies. This advantage is important when comparing networked incubators with venture capital firms. A huge influx of... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
economy of the '90s brought a golden age and aura to VC firms in the United States. In 1999, venture capitalists controlled more than $46 billion, with skyrocketing returns to match the risks of their early-stage investments. Europe,... View Details
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
mainstream option for entrepreneurial companies, which was highlighted during a panel discussion in class that included a local venture capital investor and recent HBS entrepreneurs. Several students inquired how the VC viewed and... View Details
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
case we used to teach about Onset Ventures. In that context, it refers to what VCs look for in the entrepreneurs they might want to back. VCs invest in a company in order to maximize their financial returns... View Details