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4 Factors That Predict Startup Success, and One That Doesn’t

Harvard Business Review

This isn’t surprising, given other research about the performance of diverse teams; it’s a timely reminder of the importance of increasing female entrepreneurship and of the opportunity that VCs may be missing by continuing to disproportionately fund white men. Female-founded startups outperformed all-male teams.

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In Praise of Going it Alone

Harvard Business Review

The photography market is highly competitive, populated by famous brand names, and dominated by powerful sales channels. Square , a financial services start-up created by Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, markets its transaction processing services directly to consumers and small businesses via the Internet.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S. Alan Feld, cofounder and managing partner of Vintage Partners, cautions Israeli entrepreneurs not to define their product category too narrowly. as early as a year or two after founding.