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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

For the fund, it is critical to demonstrate impact to secure its place in the corporation’s long-term priorities. When it comes to governance, putting operating heads on portfolio company boards hasn’t worked. Conventional R&D can only address so many areas and it’s not exactly lean or fast.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

From who we hire to the way we go to market, from how we engage with our limited partners to how we engage with founders, it’s all about being very focused on quality and consistency so as to affect strategies to generate meaningful carry for ourselves and our limited partners. On Deciens’ Lean Operation.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

McMicking and Terman introduced Ampex to the National Security Agency, and Ampex sales boomed when their audio and video recorders became the standard for Electronic Intelligence and telemetry signal collection recorders. to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. In response, one of the many U.S.