How new companies are founded, funded and sometimes abandoned. Quick lessons on the founders, ideas and decisions behind them, with the articles and books that tell the stories in full.
Tech entrepreneurship is about creating or extracting economic value by finding and commercializing opportunities to deliver products or services. In economics, an entrepreneur is an entity able to translate inventions or technologies into products and services. The lessons explore venture ideas, resources and teams, and how startups learn whether a business model may have value.
Women entrepreneurs influence tech by launching ambitious high-technology businesses, expanding their social networks, and making pitches more relatable to the male-dominated VC industry. A study using data from MIT Venture Mentoring Service found that women with strong human capital were still less likely to pursue their high-growth business ideas full-time. The lessons connect these experiences with women's visibility in technology.
Startups and innovation are typically characterized by an innovative stance, potential for rapid growth, external funding, and vulnerability. How can people understand uncertainty and failure in startups, and respond to them? The lessons consider how setbacks, decisions, and planning shape the experience of building and restarting a startup.
Steve Jobs influenced modern technology through Apple's products and the popularization of graphical interfaces navigated by a mouse, and he founded Apple with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976. How did NeXT shape Apple's software future, and what can that connection help readers understand about Apple's direction? The lessons trace the influence through operating systems, software design and development tools.
Steve Jobs is the authorized biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, written by Walter Isaacson at Jobs's request and released in the United States by Simon & Schuster in 2011, 19 days after Jobs's death. How can a candid portrait help readers understand the person beyond the legend? The lessons consider how a more human account can shape understanding of a life and legacy.
How Amazon's growth reflected Jeff Bezos's management style is a book that was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller and has been translated into more than 35 languages. It won the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award in 2013.
Cannabis startups face challenges in a rapidly emerging legal market shaped by restrictions, with governments legalizing medical and adult use. What barriers stand in the way of growth, and how do they affect who can enter the industry? The lessons trace how opportunity meets regulatory, financial, and social barriers.
Financial modeling for startups means building a mathematical, simplified representation of a business's financial performance. The lessons answer how models can serve as testable business assumptions, helping readers understand what projections depend on and how different conditions may affect them. They consider the role of assumptions, uncertainty, and scenarios in assessing a startup's financial outlook.
Elizabeth Holmes, born in 1984, is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with Theranos, the health technology company she founded in 2003, whose valuation soared after claims about blood testing with very small samples. How did investigative reporting expose Theranos, and what can readers understand about its collapse?
Venture capital is a form of private equity financing where firms or funds invest in early stage companies for an ownership stake, despite high uncertainty and frequent failures. The lessons answer why a few startups drive venture capital returns and help readers understand how those outcomes shape a fund's overall results. They connect startup risk with the way investors think about returns across a portfolio.
Noam Wasserman's Founder's Dilemmas is an overview of key decisions entrepreneurs face, including whether to have co-founders, how to split equity, and whether to raise money. The lessons answer how founders can think through choices about equity and control, and understand the personal tradeoffs involved. They connect early decisions with the longer course of building a company.
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