http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205 thoughts on [ economics | finance | technology ] Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-308 The Park Paradigm - Can big companies adapt? Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:05:01 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-308 [...] large companies. And with some reason. The history of ‘corporate venturing’ is indeed (as Azeem Ahzar eloquently writes) riddled with failure. My view is that this is because it is exceeding hard to do this in house: the [...] [...] large companies. And with some reason. The history of ‘corporate venturing’ is indeed (as Azeem Ahzar eloquently writes) riddled with failure. My view is that this is because it is exceeding hard to do this in house: the [...]

]]> http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-261 The Park Paradigm - One (more) reason big finance is broken. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:23:03 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-261 [...] do this, you will inevitably fall victim to the problems Azeem enumerates in his great post on why corporate venture capital (almost always) doesn’t work. Before all the serious, “pragmatic” people out there roll your eyes all at once (if [...] [...] do this, you will inevitably fall victim to the problems Azeem enumerates in his great post on why corporate venture capital (almost always) doesn’t work. Before all the serious, “pragmatic” people out there roll your eyes all at once (if [...]

]]> http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-357 azeemazhar Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:50:19 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-357 Agreed. It depends on your corporate culture. Unilever did this with some life sciences funds but only when the funds were on iteration 2 or 3, and then they remained the largest (but not majority) GP. Agreed. It depends on your corporate culture. Unilever did this with some life sciences funds but only when the funds were on iteration 2 or 3, and then they remained the largest (but not majority) GP.

]]> http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-92 azeemazhar Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:50:19 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-92 Agreed. It depends on your corporate culture. Unilever did this with some life sciences funds but only when the funds were on iteration 2 or 3, and then they remained the largest (but not majority) GP. Agreed. It depends on your corporate culture. Unilever did this with some life sciences funds but only when the funds were on iteration 2 or 3, and then they remained the largest (but not majority) GP.

]]> http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-230 azeemazhar Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:50:19 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-230 Agreed. It depends on your corporate culture. Unilever did this with some life sciences funds but only when the funds were on iteration 2 or 3, and then they remained the largest (but not majority) GP. Agreed. It depends on your corporate culture. Unilever did this with some life sciences funds but only when the funds were on iteration 2 or 3, and then they remained the largest (but not majority) GP.

]]> http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-270 azeemazhar Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:50:19 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-270 Agreed. It depends on your corporate culture. Unilever did this with some life sciences funds but only when the funds were on iteration 2 or 3, and then they remained the largest (but not majority) GP. Agreed. It depends on your corporate culture. Unilever did this with some life sciences funds but only when the funds were on iteration 2 or 3, and then they remained the largest (but not majority) GP.

]]> http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-91 Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-29 - azeem.azhar Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:48:26 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-91 [...] Why corporate venturing fails ($GOOG) http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205 [...] [...] Why corporate venturing fails ($GOOG) http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205 [...]

]]> http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-90 Florian Dargel Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:48:49 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-90 9. Consider bringing in external capital into your best practice separate legal structure. Hopefully they will only do it if you're real enough and thereby signal quality. 9. Consider bringing in external capital into your best practice separate legal structure. Hopefully they will only do it if you're real enough and thereby signal quality.

]]> http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-229 Florian Dargel Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:48:49 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-229 9. Consider bringing in external capital into your best practice separate legal structure. Hopefully they will only do it if you're real enough and thereby signal quality. 9. Consider bringing in external capital into your best practice separate legal structure. Hopefully they will only do it if you're real enough and thereby signal quality.

]]> http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205&cpage=1#comment-269 Florian Dargel Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:48:49 +0000 http://azeemazhar.com/?p=205#comment-269 9. Consider bringing in external capital into your best practice separate legal structure. Hopefully they will only do it if you're real enough and thereby signal quality. 9. Consider bringing in external capital into your best practice separate legal structure. Hopefully they will only do it if you're real enough and thereby signal quality.

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