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Why Companies are Not Startups

Steve Blank

20 th century Management Tools for Execution In the 20 th century business schools and consulting firms developed an amazing management stack to assist companies to execute. These tools brought clarity to corporate strategy, product line extension strategies, and made product management a repeatable process. StageGate Process.

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A trial balloon: How large corporates can coinvest with their employees’ angel investing

David Teten

Why couldn’t a large company offer 1:1 or greater matching of the angel investing of their senior management? Angel investing is an exceptionally high-return asset class; I have collected twelve studies on angel returns in the US and UK, which show median internal rate of return (IRR) between 18 and 38 percent.