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What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns

Harvard Business Review

But is there something about these specific companies that others can learn? For instance, Snapchat’s cofounders, Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, started working together on a website for students called Future Freshman, among other projects, while at Stanford University.

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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business Review

Should Alice go to graduate school, or keep learning on the job? Cofounders are crucial. So, the crucial skill is learning how to form a founding team that can cover the gaps. ” However, a few respondents made a strong case for learning about finance. And what’s the best way to acquire that know-how?

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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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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. A move allows the business to get close to the customer, learn their pain points, and adapt accordingly. It took some time to gain momentum and learn how to attract local talent.”

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

Harvard Business Review

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. Soon after, she and her technical cofounder also received a grant from Cyclotron Road. This is a dangerous mindset.