Jeff Green, founder and CEO of The Trade Desk, reacts to the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Google, which alleges the company has used its market dominance to the detriment of ad buyers, publishers, and consumers.
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Jerry Neumann 1mos

Great article by my friend @jefftgreen

The optimal time to enter emerging industries is a key concern in strategy, yet scholars struggle to create a theoretical foundation that can integrate conflicting empirical findings. We incorporate categorical dynamics to industry life cycle theory to enhance existing entry timing theories. We intr
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Jerry Neumann 12mos

And then I would recommend Suarez, F., Grodal, S., & Gotsopoulos, A. (2015). Perfect Timing? Dominant Category, Dominant Design, and the Window of Opportunity for Firm Entry. Strategic Management Journal, 36, 437–448.

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Jerry Neumann 12mos

The classic paper is Suarez, F., & Utterback, J. (1995). Dominant designs and the survival of firms. Strategic Management Journal, 16(6), 415–430. Utterback's book "Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation" is also great

Based on author Sebastian Mallaby's unprecedented access to the industry, including three hundred hours of interviews, More Money Than God tells the inside story of hedge funds, from their origins in the 1960s and 1970s to their role in the financial crisis of 2007-2009. Wealthy, powerful, and pot
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Jerry Neumann 1y

I recommend More Money than God while we wait for the British to American translators to finish this one (I assume that’s why it comes out a week later in the states)

Ideas Want to be Shared
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Jerry Neumann 1y

Interesting @kevin2kelly piece, that I agree with morally. But the devil's advocate/economist rationalist, argument is interesting also: the commons argues for a longer period of IP protection

An essential guide to understanding the dynamics of a startup's board of directors Let's face it, as founders and entrepreneurs, you have a lot on your plate—getting to your minimum viable product, developing customer interaction, hiring team members, and managing the accounts/books. Sooner or later
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Jerry Neumann 1y

In fact, you should definitely read it.

What increasingly affects all of us, whether professional planners or individuals preparing for a better future, is not the tangibles of life--bottom-line numbers, for instance--but the intangibles: our hopes and fears, our beliefs and dreams. Only stories--scenarios--and our ability to visualize di
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Jerry Neumann 1y

This is from an actually really good book: Peter Schwartz’s The Art of the Long View

In Venture Capital at the Crossroads,William Bygrave and Jeffry Timmons examine in depth the venture capital industry and its role in the creation of new businesses. They provide original research on the dimensions of the industry and how risk-taking and the time perspectives of its practitioners ar
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Jerry Neumann 2y

But I’m going to double down on Bygrave & Timmons as the best book on early VC in the US ever written

"This is probably the single most valuable resource for the entrepreneurs aspiring to build successful companies" Ron Conway, Special Adviser, SV Angel, and investor in Facebook, Google, Twitter, Foursquare, PayPal, Zappos "I highly recommend Venture Capitalists at Work. This book captures the perso
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Jerry Neumann 2y

If you’re looking for stuff VCs say, then Tarang Shah’s _Venture Capitalists at Work_ is good, if a bit dated now

A major exploration of venture financing, from its origins in the whaling industry to Silicon Valley, that shows how venture capital created an epicenter for the development of high-tech innovation. VC tells the riveting story of how the industry arose from the United States' long-running orientati
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Jerry Neumann 2y

Lol, thanks. If you look at the footnotes on that and exclude all the newspaper articles I think it’s a pretty good bibliography. Since then I’d recommend Tom Nicholas’ _VC_

My guest today is Justin Singer, the founder and CEO of Caliper Foods and Stillwater Brands, two leading companies in the cannabis industry. We start our conversation with a fascinating discussion on how regulation creates or destroys business and investing opportunities, and then go on to discuss t
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Jerry Neumann 2y

I taught at Columbia with Justin for years. This is a must-listen

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