Tag: innovative
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Public-private funding initiatives proposed to support long term investment in innovative UK businesses
The plans, which are open to consultation envisage a new public-private partnership arrangement whereby both public funds and money from institutional investors is used to help UK businesses achieve their growth potential. The government said that its investment fund “would likely need to be on equal terms with private investors” to comply with EU…
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The unconventional way the investor choose startup investments
Image Credit: chompoo09 / Shutterstock I recently retired after working for 40 years at publicly held companies where my fiduciary duty was to my shareholders. For those 40 years I was tasked with delivering the highest possible return to my investors, without engaging in anything illegal or unethical. While I balanced short-term results with long-term…
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The most innovative countries in the world in one map
HowMuch.NetThe U.S. is by far the most innovative country in the world. It may not be the most prosperous nor the smartest country on earth, but the U.S. leaves the rest of world in the dust in one important area—innovation. The map of the most innovative countries—as measured by the number of patents filed between 1977 to 2015—shows that when…