Comment from Paddy Willis, chief executive and co-founder, Mission Ventures
During the 19th century it was a common expression among British parents that “children should be seen, but not heard”. Offspring would be tolerated as the heirs apparent but, until they had graduated from Oxford or Cambridge and could hold a conversation at dinner amongst erudite guests, most parents would outsource their development to nannies, tutors and governesses, occasionally being reacquainted at bedtime.
Perhaps there is a lesson for corporate venturing here?
Chief executives of corporate businesses are, after all,…
