https://www.lukeliang.uk/tags/venture-capital/Recent content in Venture-Capital on Luke's BlogHugoenSun, 06 Sep 2026 15:20:14 +0800https://www.lukeliang.uk/posts/20260906-1520/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:20:14 +0800https://www.lukeliang.uk/posts/20260906-1520/<p><em>On organizational imprinting, strategic pivots, and what business research is actually for</em></p> <hr> <p>I spent the last few days reading six papers on organizational imprinting and strategic change. This is preparation: I am about to start a PhD in management focused on strategic redirection in Chinese deep-tech ventures, after a decade of investing in exactly those companies. Before I let the field&rsquo;s vocabulary reshape how I think, I wanted to record how I think now — as someone whose undergraduate training was in electronic engineering, with a later detour through strategic marketing at Cardiff, and with a portfolio of hard-tech companies whose founders I have watched pivot, refuse to pivot, and occasionally run out of cash while deciding.</p>