Investment

VCs are active investors and strive to add value to their companies after they invest. 

VCs are critical in the professionalization of startups: they will improve governance through strategic guidance, by structuring the boards of directors and by helping in hiring outside managers and dire...

In Benjamin Graham's book, he defines two types of investors based on the aggressiveness of their portfolios:

1. The active / enterprising investor; and
2. The passive / defensive investor

The former requires continuous researching o...

Big companies develop technology, but not quickly. Their size makes them slow and prevents them from rewarding employees appropriately.

They are better suited to develop technology in fields where large capital requirements prevent startups from competing. And even in those fi...