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Articles from the Venture Capital Category
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 …
Ortho Kinematics Enters Agreement with Medtronic for Promotion of VMA
Press Release | September 16, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Sector Specific, Venture Capital
Medtronic, Inc.’s Spinal and Biologics division will promote the VMA to spine surgeons, securing a leadership position in the growing area of spine diagnostics.
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.
A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Andy Rachleff
25iq | July 19, 2014
Category: Venture Capital
Andy Rachleff has frequently been named to Forbes magazine’s The Midas List as a top tech venture investor.
Why Venture Capital is So Much More Compelling Now
Both Sides of the Table | June 29, 2014
Category: Venture Capital
It’s not hard to find people willing to write the narrative that “venture capital is not an asset class” or “venture capital has performed terribly.” … They are wrong.
Know the Do’s and Don’ts of Pitch Preparation
Austin Business Journal | March 21, 2014
Category: Healthcare, TEXO GP Publications, Venture Capital
No plan survives first contact. This cautionary advice, conceptualized by German Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder in the 19th Century, is passed down to just about everyone who serves in the military. Von Moltke thought it was paramount …
TEXO Ventures Plans $75M-$100M Expansion as Portfolio Progresses
VentureWire | February 3, 2014
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Sector Specific, TEXO GP Publications, Venture Capital
TEXO Ventures, which has invested $16.5 million while building nine medical startups for the new era in U.S. health care, plans to expand by raising $75 million or more, VentureWire has learned.
Harvey Keitel, CEO, Or How To Pull Off The Impossible
TechCrunch | February 1, 2014
Category: General, Venture Capital
Over the years, I’ve noticed some patterns and methods that explain how great people manage to pull off the impossible.