Entrepreneurship Management Technical Cofounder 
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 31, 2016
Similarly, some people move from technical to managerial positions in order to advance in their careers. Those jobs often demand less technical knowledge but can offer more pay, more responsibilities, and chances to develop new skills. Another possible reason for this higher rate of entrepreneurship is opportunity costs.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 21, 2017
The survey results show that no single management skill stands out above the rest. Respondents indicated that founders need to be management jacks-of-all-trades, so to speak. The non-MBA founders shared the view that it is very important for future leaders of technology ventures to build a wide range of management skills.
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 3, 2016
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.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
But if these two companies took business incubation seriously, and instead of just offering technical guidance on building apps, also offered business guidance, the impact on global GDP would be tremendous. Kirk and his two cofounders Neehar Giri and Nathan Krishnan had earlier done a venture-funded startup called Nextance.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 14, 2016
The small size of unicorns allows the top management teams to be directly and deeply involved in most of the strategic decisions, which are then implemented through a flat organization. This is makes it easier to take decisions and put them into practice very swiftly.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
to build the satellite office and to personally oversee the recruitment and management of American executives who can lead the sales and marketing efforts. Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S. to assist with the local go-to-market approach.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 5, 2018
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.
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