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- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
But certainly, I think, in thinking about the VC profile, I think even if you have a cool technology and you think it's going to change the world, I think you have to make a business case for it. But I think sometimes potentially... View Details
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relevant topics such as IP strategies, VC funding, non-dilutive funding sources, etc. Receive feedback and counsel from outside business advisors, who either advised you in the Fall Q1 course or are new connections to your team. Practice... View Details
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
Vivek Khuller has built Smartix by attracting classmates to co-found it with him, learning how to pitch it to top VC firms and potential strategic partners and honing the concept and business model by testing it in smaller venues. Now, he... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
next-gen aerospace and defense projects. “Bootcamp truly supercharged our startup's development,” said the Hue Beauty team. “We went from an idea to a prototype with real paying customers in a matter of weeks. The final pitch presentation gave us invaluable insight... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
calls the yellow brick road of agtech capital. It will no doubt look different from the typical VC model, with more modest returns over a longer horizon. Maybe it’s debt capital. Maybe it’s a version of venture philanthropy, or at least... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
scientists, and engineers, Koehn says, the legal and financial expertise quickly follows. Soon, Sand Hill Road, which cuts through Palo Alto and Menlo Park, was lined with eager VC firms. Koehn: That's essential, because you can't make... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
he's thinking about starting a VC fund. He actually said this to me, he said, "This program absolutely changed my life and open my eyes to what's really possible." And so, I think every day we're just seeing people who ... They're... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
spent about ten years in venture capital, working with various companies involved with health care, plastics, and packaging — all very useful experiences for running SmartPak. While they received their initial infusion of cash from various angel investors, two rounds... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
Churn Through Greater CHI F. Asís Martínez-Jerez, Thomas Steenburgh, Jill Avery, and Lisa BremHarvard Business School Case 110-052 HubSpot, a web marketing startup, is under pressure from VCs to rapidly acquire new customers and to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
hand and exposing areas that will never be competitive on the other. The pool of capital may be more limited. But I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. The VC industry went through a phase where it expanded enormously in capital and attracted... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
Since 2010, the FIL has signed up 43 institutional partners and roughly the same number of entrepreneur mentors and venture capitalists. More importantly, it has helped birth 47 companies that have gone on to raise $531 million in VC... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
do this alone.” (courtesy Flashpoint) “I don’t think we’ve really fully solved how that relationship plays out between the federal government and the private sector. It’s very much a work in progress.” —Josh Lefkowitz (MBA 2008) Longtime tech View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
from her $260,000 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation grant examining the decision-making and network behaviors of VCs. The Lab focuses on understanding and solving funding inequities in the VC industry through data-driven research,... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
failure rate may indicate that the fund is playing it too safe. Stick to your commitments. If a company is seen as a fickle investor, professionals will be wary of joining its venture unit, entrepreneurs will be reluctant to accept its funds, and independent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
benefits than possession of power. However, status puts greater constraints on mobility than power does, as it is harder for a high-status actor than for a high-power actor to acquire the high-power, high-status position. Empirical test in the American View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
more patents, and have more citations to their patents. Our results suggest that VCs invest in riskier and more innovative startups in hot markets (rather than just worse firms). This is true even for the most experienced VCs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
insurance issues—quickly seemed insurmountable. “There are so many variables to make these devices tow us around,” says Rogers. “I mean, I almost cried uncle 10 times in the first month.” Chief among the hurdles? Funding. “The VC meetings... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
the analogy of the force field that used to protect Jurassic Park. It goes down, and the raptors run loose. You're the raptors, and I'm a raptor trainer. The VCs are a bunch of raptor feeders out there, and they're attacking all the... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
with (i) a new venture's affiliations with venture capitalists (VCs) that have prominent positions in syndicate networks and (ii) a new venture's prominent position in alliance networks resulting from previous alliances offer redundant benefits. As a result, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Past Issues - Alumni
boom The Fight Beyond James Holt Green was sent to lead a secret mission in 1944 that the United States thought could end World War II. When the plan fell apart, a new challenge began: survive the Slovakian wilderness—and keep up the fight The One That Got Away View Details