This week’s columnists cover stimulating venture capital, targeting companies for job hunting, and using competition to your advantage.
• Clear Venture Partners managing general partner Michael Gurau: It’s time for a stimulus package for venture capital
Whether it’s finding the cure to cancer, the next renewable energy advance or the technology infrastructure that will help drive health care costs down, reliance solely on large corporations’ R&D investment just won’t cut it.
• Polachi partner Rebecca Foreman-Janjic: Keep your sights on the right employers
Regardless of what size or type of company you pursue, it is important that you are accept the organization’s corporate culture, and that you feel confident about being productive in such an environment.
• 7 Steps Ahead president Stephen Balzac: Strengthen your business by knowing your competition
Even James Bond, whose movies routinely feature some pretty outrageous ski stunts, never tried skiing blindfolded. When you’re trying to dodge obstacles and avoid being shot by enemy agents, the last thing you want to do is not be able to see where you are going.
Despite that, many businesses choose the blindfold.
Posted by Brendan Lynch
Tags: 7 Steps Ahead, Clear Venture Partners, Polachi, Rebecca Foreman-Janjic, Stephen Balzac
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