26 Thought Leaders found for subject: Entrepreneurship

Jim Clifton, chief executive of Gallup Inc., has a robust theory about entrepreneurialism and economic recovery.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Art Kleiner, Jim Clifton | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Economics, Entrepreneurship

The Silicon Valley startup factory that birthed Airbnb and Dropbox has grown even more ambitious under its new leader.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Max Chafkin, Sam Altman | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Entrepreneurship

He cofounded PayPal, helped launch Yelp, and his new startup wants to make the credit card obsolete.

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Austin Carr | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Entrepreneurship | Industry: Finance / Banking

A Silicon Valley VC shares his thoughts on persistence, the importance of believing, and when to ignore the spreadsheet.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Bill Snyder, Vinod Khosla | Source: Stanford University | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Graham’s tech accelerator, Y Combinator, has minted many big hits, including Dropbox, Reddit, and Airbnb. Here’s a conversation with the start-up guru.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Issie Lapowsky, Paul Graham | Subject: Entrepreneurship

The author of The Lean Startup is thinking big about the challenges facing companies in an economy driven by innovation.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Eric Ries, Paul Michelman | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

Entrepreneur Jim McCarthy on why online innovations succeed — or fail.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Jim McCarthy, Laura W. Geller | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Customer Related, Entrepreneurship, IT / Technology / E-Business | Company: Goldstar Events Inc.

During a recent visit to Wharton’s San Francisco campus, Tom Perkins, co-founder of the fabled Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, talked about risk-taking, his mentor David Packard, the downside of corporate VC, ethically challenged Wall Street, and networking vs. “cronyism,” among other topics.

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Tom Perkins | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

This social entrepreneur pioneered a new model for mentoring startups in emerging markets. Now she’s replicating it around the world.

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Paula Margulies | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, International, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Bill Nguyen launches startups with haste, never researches the competition, and makes the same mistakes “again and again.” So why do people keep giving him so much money?

Editor’s Note: This is the guy behind Color. I don’t find the portrait of him flattering nor does he seem especially worth emulating, but some of the discussion about Silicon Valley, funding and entrepreneurship is indeed interesting … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Danielle Sacks | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Entrepreneurship | Company: Color

Paul Graham’s business school and investment fund, Y Combinator, has launched 145 companies — for a lot less money than you would think.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Max Chafkin, Paul Graham | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Entrepreneurship

As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last, what we might expect in the next 30 years. His answer: uncertainty, chaos, turbulence, and risk. In other words, it’s not a bad time to be an entrepreneur.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Bo Burlingham, Jim Collins | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

Engineer-scientist, early Internet developer, and now venture capitalist: Bob Metcalfe has seen it all in 40 years on the front lines of technology. In this far-ranging interview, he waxes eloquent on the future of the Internet, the rise of the blogosphere, the demise of print media, why engineers should not become venture capitalists, and how to solve the energy crisis.

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Patrick Mannion | Source: EE Times | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

Ronald Conway is the founder and managing partner of Angel Investors LP, whose two funds total more than $150 million. Holdings in their Angel I and Angel II portfolios include Ask Jeeves, Google, and Paypal. Ron is the subject of the book The Godfather of Silicon Valley by Gary Rivlin and is considered one of the most influential and strategically important investors in the Valley’s … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: The USF Entrepreneur | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

founder of private-equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

partner in Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

VC, Charles River Ventures

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

comb through the archives of Red Herring’s VC P.S. column to find a large number of VCs profiled and interviewed (usually in two parts)

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

Venture Partner with Mohr, Davidow Ventures

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital