
How does sustainable leadership work?
This episode takes you behind the scenes of a recent gathering led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development together with IMD, where David Bach sat down with two sustainability leaders....
12 December 2023 • by Karl Schmedders, Raphaël Grieco in Capital Conversations
In episode one of Capital Conversations, Olivier Laplace, Managing Partner at VI Partners, discusses the evolving landscape of the technology investment market...
Apple Google SpotifyOlivier Laplace explores the nature of the current crisis, drawing parallels to previous downturns and highlighting the unique features of the current situation.
His advice to founders centers on building a robust business, conducting thorough due diligence on investors, and navigating the changing dynamics of talent acquisition and fundraising.
Key points include the impact of a 2020 bubble on startup valuations, the transitional phase in 2021 marked by a decline in IPOs, and the influence of long-term interest rates on venture capital dynamics.
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17 April 2025 • by David Bach, Felix Zeltner in Podcasts
This episode takes you behind the scenes of a recent gathering led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development together with IMD, where David Bach sat down with two sustainability leaders....
11 April 2025 • by Jim Pulcrano in Podcasts
IMD's Jim Pulcrano interviews Ruchita Sinha, General Partner of venture capital firm AV8 Ventures, and explores her approach to early-stage investing. ...
8 April 2025 • by Adrian Dellecker in Podcasts
Join Mariana Sarmiento of Terrasos and Adrian Dellecker, a Senior Researcher at IMD, as they discuss commercial prospects in environmental innovation and voluntary biodiversity credits....
8 April 2025 • by Adrian Dellecker in Podcasts
Discover the future of biodiversity research with Kristy Deiner, CEO of SimplexDNA, in the latest IMD podcast. Learn about Environmental DNA (eDNA) science, its promises, and its advances with IMD Senior Researcher...
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