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Articles from the General Category
Silicon Valley CEOs Swear By This Super Simple Meeting Technique
Business Insider | December 23, 2014
Category: General
How does one become awesome at running a startup? Like anything else that’s relationship-based, it’s a matter of communication.
What Airbnb, Uber, and Alibaba Have in Common
Harvard Business Review | November 20, 2014
Category: General, Venture Capital
The bottom line: begin your evolution today and create the multiplier effect in your own organization. Activate your dormant networks by reaching out to your customers, employees, partners, suppliers, employees, and investors and figure out how you can co-create value …
On Building Teams: Experience or Talent?
DZone | September 10, 2014
Category: General
Obviously when you hire, you want to find a good mix of experience and talent. But a perfectly balanced straddle between the two is impossible. So when forced to choose between them, which do you choose: experience or talent?
How an Entrepreneur’s Passion Can Destroy a Startup
Wall Street Journal | August 25, 2014
Category: General, Venture Capital
Call it the paradox of entrepreneurship: The very thing it takes to start a business often ends up destroying it.
Every CEO Must Do 3 Things … Yes, Just 3
Entrepreneur | August 25, 2014
Category: General, Venture Capital
A CEO does only three things. Sets the overall vision and strategy of the company and communicates it to all stakeholders. Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Makes sure there is always enough cash in …
Do Entrepreneurs Make the Best VCs?
Austin Business Journal | August 22, 2014
Category: General, TEXO GP Publications, Venture Capital
The balance between the responsibility to command subordinates and the accountability of duty to superiors lies at the essence of leadership, but there are no guaranteed prerequisites for being a great leader.
Your Secret Weapon in Business: Culture
Forbes | June 8, 2014
Category: General
Why do some companies stay competitive, while others fall behind? The answer used to seem clear: great companies simply harness the best people, and invest in the most innovative ideas. Today, however, merely having great talent, ideas, and capital no …
The Power and Opportunity that is Medical Tourism, International and Domestic
Corporate Wellness Magazine | March 24, 2014
Category: General, Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Sector Specific
The good news is that those who have made medical tourism more than an afterthought, but instead a reality are finding an innovative path to sound, inexpensive care that has left them healthy and happy.
Reshaping Healthcare
Towers Watson Report | March 1, 2014
Category: General, Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Sector Specific
The 18th Annual Towers Watson/National Business Group on Health Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care tracks employers’ strategies and practices to provide and manage health benefits — and the results of their efforts.
Hospitals Look to MedTech for New Services and Solutions
L.E.K. | February 24, 2014
Category: General, Healthcare
US hospital systems are going through a challenging period and, just as species must adapt to environmental changes, hospitals are evolving to survive.