If you think of the venture investment cycle as finding a deal, managing a deal, and then finally "monetizing" or exiting from a deal, then an interesting question is what is the most difficult part of this investment cycle? While critical to success, the first part of the cycle --...

There are few things as powerful as genuine culture in a company. In the venture business we are in, we thrill vicariously in the joy and passion of young companies who are trying to change the world. Start-ups have one great advantage in that they have a better shot at...

Yesterday, Tiger Woods, the world's undisputed number one golfer, lost a major after having the 54-hole lead for the first time in his career. His prior major record was 14-0 going into Sunday with a lead. He started yesterday with a two-shot lead and wore his symbolic Sunday victory red...

Legendary venture capitalist and Chairman of Greylock, Henry McCance, is a co-founder in Cure Alzheimer's Fund. Incorporated in 2004, the fund uses a venture approach to disease research. The results have been nothing short of extraordinary as their work linking new genes to Alzheimer's has been named by...

This second conversation with former Thomson Corporation CEO Dick Harrington looks at why small businesses need to understand their product line profitability. When Harrington was CEO of Thomson Corporation, now Thomson Reuters, cash flow grew by 4x.

Tony Tjan (TT): This is one of those common sense, not commonly done...

In this interview, medical expert Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks with Cue Ball's Tony Tjan on how the financial crisis is shaving years off of lives, and what you can do about it. Dr. Oz is Professor and Vice Chairman of Surgery at Columbia University, a world-renowned cardiologist, New York Times...

Dick Harrington was most recently the CEO and President of the world's largest information media company Thomson Reuters and is largely recognized for his transformation of the company from a diversified holding company to the information services juggernaut it is today. He currently serves as my Partner and...

One of the most pernicious tendencies companies fall victim to in downturns is to focus on and project out near-term data points. The result? An inaccurate reflection of the future. The current extreme economic conditions only exacerbate this tendency. Upon reading the comments from yesterday's post, I feel compelled to...

With just two months into this 2009, we already have a flood of big stories already unfolding for 2009 - Obama's first 100 days, new even lower market lows in this economic crisis, bailouts and stimuli, and just discovered scandals - and yet we may be too preoccupied and likely...