2010 Business Model IPO Operations 
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 26, 2011
It's easy to see why VCs have soured on the sector: the traditional VC model is based on high-risk, capital-efficient business models with the potential for huge exit valuations. A star example is Google, which raised a mere $40 million in private funding before its IPO at a $23 billion valuation.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 6, 2014
With the ad market under $70 million, many of our local competitors were rapidly experimenting with new types of revenue and business models and were far ahead of us. By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 5, 2011
FailCon 2010 took place on October 25th in San Francisco. And consider: can you imagine being in a large company hallway and hearing one manager ask another, "What's your business model?" The biggest risks taken by entrepreneurs are not product, service, or process innovations, but business model innovations.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 27, 2017
Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Only around 20% of technologies funded by CVC&A grab enough attention of business units to start co-innovation pilot projects with portfolio startups.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. Investors are involved for the long haul, understanding that startup managers will have to experiment and fail along the way to a successful IPO. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out.
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