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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Today billions of dollars that companies could have invested in innovation are sitting in the hands of private equity funds.

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’15 is Gonna Be a Good One

Growthink Blog

In so many of the growth industries of the 21st century - Mobile, BioTech, HealthcareIT, Robotics, Social Media, Internet of Things - U.S. In addition to the massive flows of capital and wealth created and distributed by the top tech. private equity firms and $515 billion on the balance sheets of leading tech.