Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

I personally blame my MIT classmate Aileen Lee, formerly with Kleiner Perkins, who coined the term Unicorn , a private company valued at over a billion dollars. To do that, you have to show how your market is big enough (a multi-billion dollar market) to support that kind of valuation. Why does it need to be a small market?

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LDRLB

MARCH 11, 2013

This post is adapted from a larger interview conducted by Ken Favaro and Art Kleiner. That question needs a compelling answer every day of a firm’s existence, an answer that’s relevant as the business evolves, and as markets and customers evolve. To read the full article, click here.]. This is not a soft, philosophical question.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 24, 2017

This has left a skills gap among today’s leaders that heavily contributes to the downfall of company attempts to execute their strategy, resulting in loss of market and shareholder value. Every university offering a business degree has on their faculty a professor teaching strategy but almost none have a professor teaching its execution.

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Execution Strategy Kleiner Norton 211

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 6, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Customer CEO: How to Profit from the Power of Your Customers Chuck Wall The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself John Jantsch Disney U : How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, [.].

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This candid admission comes from Beth Comstock, GE's Chief Marketing Officer. GE and its venture capital (VC) partners such as Kleiner Perkins and Rockport Capital have invested $134 million (of $200 million allocated) in a small selection of these businesses. "We're looking for new models of innovation.

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Innovation Kleiner Entrepreneur Brand 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

If your business has high velocity, high margins, and a huge market, venture may be a good road for you. When you are ready to raise money, scratch Sequoia, Kleiner, and maybe one or two other top dogs off your preview list. But raising venture capital is sometimes a great idea. Some of these might be surprising or seem hard to follow.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In addition, given their quest for organization leanness, digital startups seek investors who have the expertise to help outsource their noncore business functions, such as production, distribution, marketing, and payroll processing. By the time, those opportunities reach public markets, if at all, they are fully priced.

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