First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 4, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview conducted by Art Kleiner for strategy+business magazine, published by Bain & Company. Bain & Company Ceramics Process Systems Corporation Clayton Christensen CPS Technologies Corporation Curtis W. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, learn [.].

Christensen 90

Christensen Kleiner Disruptive Innovation Health Care 90

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Water, water, everywhere. Is water the solution to one of the biggest shortcomings of renewable energy? When the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine, these renewable energy sources don't source much energy, so during those times home owners and businesses using alternative energy must instead draw more power from the grid.

Energy 111

Energy Power Kleiner Technology 111

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

As Art Kleiner described in the The Age of Heretics , Wack had “a lifelong preoccupation with the art of what he called ‘seeing.'” Companies across sectors facing global competition and rapid technological change are continually struck with such strategic surprises.

Scenario Planning 15

Scenario Planning Strategic Planning Kleiner Management 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Kleiner Perkins analyst Mary Meeker showed in her influential 2013 D11 address that “wearable computing is coming on strong, faster than the typical 10 year cycle” of tech trends. Consider the sporting goods industry, a pioneer in innovating offerings that users perceive as filling a dual role.

Trends 10

Trends Kleiner Supply Chain Sports 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

This new entity could bring together human talent, technology scale, and long-horizon venture and investment approaches to construct business models that could pose a formidable challenge to those designed and perfected in the industrial age. The second era requires larger scale in technology and deeper R&D expertise.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Kleiner Business Model Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

"We're looking for new models of innovation. Comstock was telling me about the company's growing innovation platform, the GE Ecomagination Challenge which inspires collaboration between GE and entrepreneurs. The Ecomagination Challenge, now in its second year, is GE's foray in to the fast-growing world of "open" innovation.

Innovation 14

Innovation Kleiner Entrepreneur Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

By venture capitalists’ individual actions, they are limiting growth and innovation. Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, was recently invited to discuss race and investment in technology. And who can forget that only two years ago, Vinod Khosla said that only the young can innovate. But bear with me.

Venture Capitalist 13

Venture Capitalist Kleiner Entrepreneur Innovation 13