Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

What clinched the deal for me was the almost instant friendship I had developed with the CEO of the acquiring company. Then, only two months into the deal, the venture capitalists that controlled our board pushed out my friend and replaced him with a total stranger. And it relied on a leadership lesson I learned from the monks.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

European venture capitalists are increasingly focusing on how well founders manage these traits, as it can significantly impact a startups ability to scale. ego is often seen positively, associated with bold leadership, confidence, and risk-taking, as demonstrated by entrepreneurial icons. In countries like the U.S.,

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 30, 2013

I believe the most relevant question to ask in assessing Ballmer’s leadership and why Microsoft missed the tidal shifts in tech is: did Ballmer and his leadership team develop a culture of control, a culture of indifference or a ” connection culture ?”

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Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

VCs rely on their pattern recognition skills, developed through numerous meetings with entrepreneurs and hundreds of hours spent flipping through pitch decks and industry studies and connecting the dots in the vague universe of startup facts and outcomes. What is the way out of this idea? Execution matters. Experiment with small bets.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 5, 2024

They need to think like a venture capitalist (VC). Do you regularly interact directly with entrepreneurs, executives, and experts to deepen your insights on developments in your industry? Transforming an organization to become venture-minded takes time. The challenge?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 23, 2020

Eric George, a renowned hand surgeon, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist, shares in We: Ditch the Me Mindset and Change the World that in his field, he frequently sees “a spirit of absolute independence. Almost anything of importance was accomplished by connecting with others. We can leverage who we are by enlisting others.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

He is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer, and venture capitalist and founder of the startup accelerator Play Labs @ MIT. For more information, please visit ZenEntrepreneur.com and follow the author on Twitter. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

As both an individual investor and venture capitalist, I’ve taken a lot of remote pitches since the shelter-in-place order started. He is also a venture partner at several VC firms. N OW that almost everyone is working from home, startup founders looking to raise money from investors will need to do so remotely.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 16, 2018

I loved this line: “Venture capitalists have one of the greatest jobs in the world. It’s not uncommon for your competition to sell below cost in order to buy customers with their capital. And employees tend to act more like mercenaries than comrades in arms. Try to act normal. There is nothing normal about being an entrepreneur.”

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Do You Have a Balanced Reading (and Learning) Diet? Reading a variety is fundamental to being a well rounded individual. I currently read one book a week and scan hundreds of articles and tens of journals each month.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

To help you develop. Harvard Business School Professor, Paul Gompers found that among venture capitalists that shared work history the company results decreased by 17%, 19% if they shared an alma mater, and 20% if they shared ethnic backgrounds. If you have taken venture capital you probably have a few of these on your board.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 26, 2018

T REN GRIFFIN, who writes the well-read 25iq blog , has assembled a collection of insights for entrepreneurs from some of the most successful venture capitalists and coaches of business founders in the world. 302). * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 14, 2015

With a $50 million gift from venture capitalist John Doerr and his wife, Ann, through their private family foundation, Rice University is planning an unconventional approach to developing students into leaders. Mobile Leadership Reference Guides: . Can't Get Enough Leadership. Retired Brig. Ask the Coach .

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 16, 2021

According to Stanford Graduate School of Business Lecturer and venture capitalist Robert Siegel , this is false – nothing in life or business is ever that simple. I describe System Leadership as the the ability to lead on both digital and physical areas. What are some ways to cultivate and develop this skill? Rob Siegel.

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CO2

JULY 12, 2011

He didn’t let the failures consume him, and he’s now one of the most successful Venture Capitalists in Silicon Valley. It is about finding FLOW , developed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi , so that your challenge and skills align. My dear friend Arjun Gupta had two start-ups fail before he launched Telesoft Partners.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2023

Developing a Business Plan and Funding A robust business plan sets the roadmap for your venture. Numerous funding options are available, from personal savings, bank loans, and venture capitalists, to government grants. Funding your business is one of the most crucial challenges for many budding entrepreneurs.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Recently, I interviewed my friend Dan Levitan, venture capitalist and managing partner of Maveron. Dan’s approach to life and leadership, coming at them from a venture capitalist’s point of view, is very different. It’s a great lesson that applies to both life and leadership!

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

Digital Leadership. Leadership Tip: make change a core competence. agile development, DevOps) and modern technology practices (e.g., As we are a site dedicated to leaders and transformation, I would love you to tell us more about strategic adaptability and strategic nimbleness: how to develop and achieve it.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 23, 2020

HR tech firms are flourishing as venture capitalists’ love affair with standard-setters in HR SaaS offering continue to grow. According to HRWins by LaRocque LLC, venture capitalists invested $1.741 billion in HR tech companies during the first quarter of 2019 and $1.448 billion in the second quarter.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 20, 2017

And, to be a category king you need to be good at category design : Category design is the discipline of creating and developing a new market category, and conditioning the market so it will demand your solution and crown your company as its king. How category kings have changed the way Venture Capitalists invest in new companies.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

And, to be a category king you need to be good at category design : Category design is the discipline of creating and developing a new market category, and conditioning the market so it will demand your solution and crown your company as its king. How category kings have changed the way Venture Capitalists invest in new companies.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 28, 2016

And, to be a category king you need to be good at category design : Category design is the discipline of creating and developing a new market category, and conditioning the market so it will demand your solution and crown your company as its king. How category kings have changed the way Venture Capitalists invest in new companies.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2024

In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman reports on a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European leaders whose careers derailed, “the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.”

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2011

Unusually Excellent : The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2019

Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Mike Troiano, a venture capitalist and former executive. Do you want the corner office someday?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

After working in a fast-growing company as COO, he accepted an offer from venture capitalists to start his own company. Those selected for development have one universal trait in common: They are by definition high achievers. A chief executive had a dilemma. It's a good question, one I'm often asked.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2011

Networks are essential for collaboration , innovation, and career development. Get in touch with a venture capitalist. Find out how he or she thinks about leadership and innovation. But too many executives have networks that, while they may be large, don't have enough diversity to be effective. Learn from your students.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In a recent conversation, Renee DiResta, a Principal at O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures , noted: “Things that generate recurring revenue are actually more appealing to venture capitalists. In his classic book Competitive Strategy , Michael Porter describes three generic strategies: differentiation, cost leadership, and focus.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

We believe that a next step for investors is to analyze the predictors and drivers of these intangible factors, which means focusing on leadership. Wise, long term investors recognize that leadership affects firm performance. But too often, assessments of leadership are haphazard and narrow.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Like a venture capitalist, he said if these experiments delivered on their goals, more funding would follow. Over the next few years, he provided small amounts of money to seed experiments and to challenge the institution to come up with innovative approaches to address his question.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

So Acumen finds entrepreneurs on site in the developing world, funds them, teaches them and pushes them to build really big organizations. As a result, stores in the developing world tend to be stocked with the classic, the tried and true, because people buy refills of previous purchases, not the new.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 4, 2010

One new leadership expert available each day – when you want to hear them most. Yes, I am one of the experts, as is Guy Harris, my teammate and co-author for the upcoming book From Bud to Boss – the Secrets of a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership. This is an opportunity to learn from top experts at no cost.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

In a parallel development, the number of companies listed on U.S. The number of listed firms can decline because of three developments: 1) bankruptcy, failure, or closure of listed firms, 2) delisting of firms going private or acquired, and 3) decrease in number of initial public offerings (IPOs). westend61/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s insight was that the key to overcoming these challenges and to improving corporate co-innovation is not for companies to compete more effectively with private venture capitalists or accelerators, but to focus on what they can offer to top startups that others cannot.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

We met with leaders at private equity funds, venture capitalists, and incubators, including Andreessen Horowitz and Playground. Use strong leadership to enable true collaboration. Yet while that kind of leadership is crucial, it’s the ability to tap the collective minds of the organization that drives the business.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2013

In the early stages, incubation and launch, historically venture capitalists and angels (in addition to the "friends, families and fools" beloved of the entrepreneurship literature) have provided seed funds for organizations to develop an idea. The venture capital industry has now become fairly large and robust.

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