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What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns

Harvard Business Review

Snapchat, an idea conceived in 2011, is now valued around $16 billion, with more than 100 million active users who send an average of over 400 million snaps per day. Brian Chesky, one of the cofounders of Dot & Bo, once said, “Initially, each idea and mock-up we developed for the company was completely and utterly wrong.

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Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model

Harvard Business Review

Corporate executives seek to inject “Silicon Valley DNA” into their cultures, and policy makers point to venture-funded entrepreneurship as a solution for all manner of problems. Soon after, she and her technical cofounder also received a grant from Cyclotron Road. This is a dangerous mindset.