TechCrunch
JANUARY 6, 2022
When startup founders think of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), we tend to think of “Mad Men”-esque processes, involving dramatic office reshuffling and expensive rebranding. The reality though, is that M&A isn’t limited to flashy corporate businesses nor does it have to bulldoze through company culture.
Innovation 2 Enterprise
JUNE 28, 2020
” In the McKinsey report, companies in the top quartile for ethnic/cultural diversity on executive teams were 33% more likely to have industry-leading profitability. ” Only 1% of venture capital dollars went to Black startup founders in 2018, according to a study by Silicon Valley Bank and others.
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StartupNation
OCTOBER 3, 2021
Venture capital is driven by relationships and many investments are sourced via personal referrals, usually through one’s direct networks. Investors’ networks tend to mirror themselves. So, if your own network lacks diversity and you rely on your network for deal flow, how can you expect to see startups led by diverse founders?
Revolution
OCTOBER 4, 2022
GM, Ford, and Chrysler benefitted from the broader network around them as much as members of the network benefitted from being proximate to the nation’s automobile behemoths. Where will they be able to tap into a supportive entrepreneurial network? And the city of Detroit benefited from being home to a major industry cluster.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. You also need to establish a culture of sharing and collegiality.
Paul G. Silva
AUGUST 9, 2023
If you run a global network of widget factories then presumably you know a lot about the costs, risks, and expected revenue of opening a new widget factory. The only way to truly succeed is to ensure you have the people, culture, and processes to create a continuous pipeline of innovations. So too with innovation.
NZ Entrepreneur
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward.
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