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GE's Eco-Innovation Platform

Harvard Business Review

Now this strategy/brand hybrid has evolved into an umbrella idea to cover everything from operational improvements — such as eco-efficiency "Treasure Hunt" events that have saved GE a whopping $150 million in energy costs — to innovation initiatives, both internal and external. Most definitely.

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Should Everyone Be Allowed to Invest in Private Tech Companies?

Harvard Business Review

They therefore seek investors who understand their initial losses and can facilitate secondary rounds of funding when their operations grow. The median age of technology firms, backed by venture capitalists, doing an IPO has reached eleven years and is increasing. Digital startups often seek to grow quickly and so report large losses.

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The One Thing VCs Could Do Immediately to Increase Returns

Harvard Business Review

Ted Schlein, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, was recently invited to discuss race and investment in technology. And so all ears were tuned in when well-known VC Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins started talking… but Ted denied there was a problem. By their collective choices, they are risking our very lives. But bear with me.