Book Review by Andy Ghillyer Venture capital funds commit hundreds of millions of dollars annually in search of disruptive technologies that promise “paradigmatic shifts in the business landscape.” Insatiable demand for these unicorns can drive
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When Startup Founders Should Consider Venture Capital (and What to Do Next)
by E. Keller Fitzsimmons In Silicon Valley in the 90s, the catchphrase was definitely “Go big or go home.” Stories abounded of entrepreneurs sketching an idea on a napkin and getting funded on the spot.
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If you’re analyzing companies to invest in, certainly one item you’ll want to take into consideration is their strategy for innovation. Next week’s Soundview Live webinars have got you covered on both the investment and
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THE DEMOGRAPHIC CLIFF How to Survive and Prosper During the Great Deflation of 2014-2019 Economist Harry Dent was almost a lone voice in the wilderness as he predicted that by the 1990s, Japan’s economy would
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In our latest Executive Insights video, Soundview’s Senior Editor Andrew Clancy interviewed Laura (L.J.) Rittenhouse, President and CEO of Rittenhouse Rankings. She is also the author of Investing Between the Lines. The key to the
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RISKY IS THE NEW SAFE In his latest book, Risky is the New Safe, prosperity guru Randy Gage offers a fast-paced, high-energy take on the future and what will be required to succeed. Gage, who
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So you finally got that promotion and today is your first day attending the management meeting. As you sit down among your new peers a thick report is passed out filled with numbers. These are
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There’s a reason I tend to conclude my posts by telling everyone to visit Soundview’s Web site, Summary.com. The site is regularly updated with information about newly released executive book summaries, book reviews (1,000 FREE
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You’ve got to give credit to Warren Buffett for a good turn of phrase. While sourcing this quote is a bit tough, America’s most famous investor is credited with saying, “When people are greedy, be
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According to John Wiley & Sons’ Winter 2009 business catalog, we can finally have something else than the Jeff Foxworthy-hosted Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? to makes us feel a little dim between
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Panic is too mild a word for what many investors are experiencing right now, with banks closing or being bought at an alarming rate, the stock market dropping drastically, and the success of the government
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