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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. Where are the charitable foundations, business schools, and hospitals named after the founder of GM?

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

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The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

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With my third business, I didn’t even try to be original—I purchased a custom framing franchise and piggybacked to success on someone else’s name. Don’t get focused on the tech or how to dominate the market, just identify a problem and set about solving it. reviews, reputation, Yelp!, In the end, the review?

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Monday night: HBS Angels of NY Investor Meeting and Company Presentations

David Teten

HBS Angels of New York is holding its first full investor meeting Monday night, June 13. For more information on HBS Angels of New York and how to join, visit hbscny.org/angels. All high quality applicants to IvyDate are reviewed by a Membership Committee. Click here to buy tickets. ." StyleMusée.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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The Adventures Of The World’s Greatest Negotiator

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Rich is the New York Times-bestselling author of several books of Tough Jews, Monsters, Sweet and Low. More About Rich Cohen: His new book — The Adventures of Herbie Cohen: World’s Greatest Negotiator. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! We're gonna talk about his new book today.

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