Steps on the road to being an adept venturer.

In last month's Global Corporate Venturing, I covered one of the two macro objectives: the financial effectiveness of corporate venture capital (CVC) programs. Now we'll turn to some principles and implementation guidelines for measuring the strategic effectiveness of the CVC unit.

The first of three articles in BMG's Corporate Venturing "How to" Series - part I by Patty Burke (pictured).

The effect of corporate VC investments on productivity turns out to be "negligible", according to the report, Venture capital: Policy lessons from the Vico project - a European Union-funded research of 8,370 European high-tech entrepreneurial firms.

Measuring investment effectiveness: first of two articles on how to track and measure a corporate venturing unit's success.

Global Corporate Venturing has researched the status of most of the corporate venturing-backed companies that have filed or been reported as eyeing an imminent flotation.

International study on the strategic use of venture capital in managing innovation

The concerns held by most entrepreneurs and other venture investors about corporate venturing units are outweighed by the positives they can bring.

Venture capital (VC) firms claim their connections are highly valuable to portfolio companies and there is evidence to suggest this is true. But, by working together, do close-knit VC communities collude to depress valuations and prevent new teams from entering the market?

research from The Founder Institute argues against ageism when it comes to entrepreneurs. the author is 39.