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Innovation dies on the vine unless somebody make a human-to-human connection.Last week’s New Yorker magazine includes an article by Atul Gawande describing how innovation spreads. While we are accustomed to think of technology as “changing the...
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By the time most entrepreneurs think about so-called founder economics, it’s much too late.Writing as The Deal Professor for The New York Times, Steven Davidoff has been examining the many cases in which a venture backed company is “successfully” sold, yet the...
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A California company asked its workers this question and their answer prompted a green investment that’s paying both financial and cultural dividends.Sure, you could call them hippies. The 120 bakers, buyers, and executives who run Alvarado Street Bakery —...
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Any of these mistakes will kill a deal. And they’re easy to avoid.According to the Kauffman Foundation, women-founded businesses account for four to nine percent of venture capital investments. Guys get the rest.The gender gap is startling, but there’s actually...
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Jeff Bezos wasn’t the first mogul to buy a print paper. Here’s a look at five other magnates who did the same thing.Yesterday, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, bought The Washington Post Co. from the Graham family — who owned the paper for 80 years —...
