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The founders supported through Felecia Hatcher’s ecosystem have gone on to raise more than $280 million in capital. Yet Hatcher has never argued that funding is the real problem. She believes...
Most entrepreneurs spend years chasing a billion-dollar exit. Once they reach this goal, many move away from the demands of building companies. The typical approach is straightforward: invest quietly...
Richard Parsons took over a company struggling from one of corporate America’s worst mergers. By the end of 2002, AOL Time Warner reported what was then the largest annual corporate loss in U.S...
Christopher J. Williams recognized an opportunity where others saw a closed market. In 2001, he founded The Williams Capital Group with a strategy focused on institutional transactions, with expertise...
Finding a grant is one thing. Finding the right grant is another. A restaurant owner looking for funds to buy kitchen equipment should not spend three days applying for a technology accelerator. A...
Few corporate leaders take control of a global company just months before a crisis threatens its business. Kenneth Chenault’s Leadership Journey can be traced to when he became CEO of American Express...
Few technology executives have helped create multibillion-dollar results at two of the enterprise software industry’s biggest companies. When Charles Phillips joined Oracle as co-president in 2003...
Few venture capital firms were built to address one of the industry’s biggest funding gaps. By the late 2010s, Black women founders consistently received less than 1% of U.S. venture capital...
For decades, Red Lobster was one of America’s most popular restaurant chains. By 2024, it faced significant challenges. Falling sales, expensive leases, and years of poor strategic...