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gone down. We’ve seen some odd behavior in venture capitalists trying to revalue a company they’ve already backed. There also are companies raising lots of money without much traction—in that sense, it’s still very much the pattern of, ‘I... View Details

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04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights

from there. Thus outnumbered, women can find themselves at odds with tech’s “cowboy culture,” Kostova says. She recalls the immature antics of some of the young male engineers she worked with in Silicon Valley, including at the... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

26 Nov 2019
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The Ritual Effect

socks in your drawer sideways, just so, like so many toppled snails, can spark joy; why French children aren’t picky eaters; why brands like Starbucks benefit from encouraging their customers to “Take Comfort in Your Rituals”; why a single handshake can reduce the... View Details

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15 Feb 2024
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Startup Shepherds

themselves. “Our purpose is to improve the odds for any startup,” explains Sherman. The pair came to entrepreneurship via different paths. Sherman spent his first years after graduation from HBS working in media corporations, yet he had... View Details

Keywords: April White

31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection

friend Dan Lovallo, Tim Koller and others, some of whom worked with McKinsey on something called the risk-aversion tax, sometimes abbreviated as RATs. And what they showed is, even when presented with the odds of a particular investment... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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