article thumbnail

What Makes an Ideal Leader in a Startup Tech Company?

ReadWriteStart

No matter what, there will be many areas you don’t understand—and to be successful, you’ll need to lean on other experts to help you out. You can use it to negotiate with clients, and attract more customers to your brand. They listen to customers, allowing them to present a better solution to them when selling.

article thumbnail

Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Can the founders communicate well?