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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

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One of the most influential books of my career is The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clay Christensen. Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts.

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The Future of Corporate Venture Capital

500

How has corporate venture capital changed? Conventional wisdom dictated that incumbents should focus their innovation efforts on R&D and growing their cash cows while investing in a few startups. As one of the most active, early-stage investors in the world¹, 500 Startups has a unique perspective on the innovation economy.

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What To Do When Your Competitor Gets Funded?

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announced they raised $9 million from Sequoia , arguably the best venture capital firm that exists. years it was hard to get other investors to see this unsexy market as ripe for innovation. And our competitors are not really each other but the incumbent businesses that have 99.9% This morning Clutter.io Congratulations.

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The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win

TechCrunch

Steve Sloane is a partner at Menlo Ventures where he invests in inflection-stage companies. Derek Xiao is an investor at Menlo Ventures focused on soon-to-be breakout companies at the inflection stage. For these industries, digital enablers, rather than disruptors, constitute the next wave of supply chain innovation. Derek Xiao.

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Why your company requires both brains and brawn to succeed

Entrepreneurs' Organization

He’s also a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, sits on the boards of several startups, is a many-time entrepreneur himself, and was previously an exec at GE and Intel. As a venture capitalist who frequently works with tech startups, what are some of the traditional competencies that startups typically overlook and underappreciate?

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses. Market Structure.

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Revolution co-founder talks Living Social, ZipCar, Steve Case & GroupOn Super Bowl Ads

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The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. We are a venture capital growth equity fund in Washington DC with about $500m invested.

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