Squaring Venture Capital Valuations with Reality

Historically, most successful venture capital-backed companies went public within three to eight years of their initial venture capital (VC) funding.

More recently, many successful VC-backed companies have opted to remain private for substantial periods and have grown to enormous size without a public offering. Companies such as Uber, Airbnb, and…

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Fewer and Less Skilled? Human Capital, Competition, and Entrepreneurial Success in Manufacturing

Young firms are considered to be the engines of growth and dynamism in an economy and the United States has long been considered to be a nation of entrepreneurs with the best institutions for young firms to flourish. Recently however, there has been mounting anecdotal evidence and academic research to…

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The Life Cycle of Corporate Venture Capital

Recent decades have witnessed non-financial firms’ forays into venture capital by creating Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) divisions. That is, these firms create internal CVC divisions to make systematic minority equity investments in innovative startups. As an illustration, consider GM Ventures, the CVC unit initiated by General Motors in 2010. On…

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