Venture Catalyst: The Five Strategies For Explosive Corporate Growth

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A practical framework for sparking explosive growth by turning your company into an entrepreneurial powerhouse. In today's high-stakes environment, the question is not whether to venture but how far and fast can your company grow through new business creation. In Venture Catalyst, Don Laurie offers an insider's perspective on the explosive world of corporate venturing through interviews with such pioneers as former Corning Chairman Roger Ackerman, David Wetherell of CMGI, and Mitch Kapor of Accel. Moreover, he offers a practical framework for identifying new sources of growth, launching and managing ventures, balancing the tension between established discipline and entrepreneurial creativity, and maximizing the value of ventures. For executives, managers, entrepreneurs, and investors alike, Venture Catalyst is a powerful guide to thriving in the volatile new economy.

Donald L. Laurie is founder and mana ging director of Laurie International Limited and of Oyster International, a strategy-consulting fir m that focuses on strategies for growth, new busin ess creation, venture investing, and technology sp inouts. Author of The Real Work of Leaders, he adv ises industry leaders worldwide and serves as an i nvestor in and director of a number of early-stage ventures. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.