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A Story on Importance of Processes: From Subroto Bagchi

QAspire

This book journals growth of MindTree from idea to IPO. Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Story on Importance of Processes: From Subroto Bagchi Subroto Bagchi ’s book “ The High Performance Entrepreneur ” has shaped up my entrepreneurial thinking to a very large extent.

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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

That''s the question Michael Dell has been asking himself since 2007, when he retook the top job at the computer company he founded in 1984. By 2007, most had merged (HP and Compaq) or sold some or all of their PC businesses to foreign competitors (IBM to Lenovo; Gateway to Acer). Dell returned as CEO in 2007.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

For example, Alibaba was listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange in November of 2007, raising $1.5 billion — the world’s biggest internet offering since Google’s IPO in 2004. capital markets in what is estimated to be one of the largest IPOs ever. The company subsequently went private in early 2012.

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Five Sources of Start-up Ideas

Harvard Business Review

Twitter and Zulily popped more than 70% and 80% respectively on the day of their recent IPOs. Just one example: Roughly 16% of Stanford’s MBA Class of 2011 chose to start their own companies at graduation, eclipsing the previous high of 12% during the dot-com bubble. I met someone talented, and we started a company together.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

But it was founded in 1981 and hit its revenue peak about a decade ago before delisting from NASDAQ in 2007 and shrinking substantially. Today, there’s an investment seemingly every week; venture-capital investment in the tech sector increased from less than $30 million in 2011 to more than $1 billion in 2013.