Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

In terms of exit strategy , our goal is an IPO but at the right price and the right partner, we won’t exclude the acquisition option. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) There is actually a simple cure for this Buzzword Bingo.

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Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

A star example is Google, which raised a mere $40 million in private funding before its IPO at a $23 billion valuation. While there has not been a defining exit in clean energy akin to the "Netscape moment" for the internet, there have been numerous recent IPOs in the biofuels sector.

Energy 11

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

The quote comes from author, tech thinker, and now public-TV personality Steven Johnson: “The history of the Internet suggests that there have been cool Web sites that go in and out of fashion and then there have been open standards that become plumbing,” he told David Carr of The New York Times in January 2010. billion in less than a year.

Marketing 9

Marketing IPO Venture Capitalist Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2011

billion to Google just a few short months ago, in November of 2010. The smart money went along, with Groupon valued at $15-20 billion, according to some observers anticipating rich pickings in the IPO-to-come. One of the fastest growing of the recent hatch of Internet darlings, the deal-a-day company was worth $5.3 But not so fast.

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Business Model Discount IPO Customer Loyalty 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. ” When it comes to divestitures, bad economics usually get discounted in the transaction price. ” When it comes to divestitures, bad economics usually get discounted in the transaction price.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

So Puerto Rican entrepreneurs hire consultants to badger government procurement to pay up, and in parallel they jack up their prices to finance the long receivables cycle. For example, it is nearly impossible for scaling ventures in many countries, including Brazil and Denmark, to count on an IPO for a successful exit.

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Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

FailCon 2010 took place on October 25th in San Francisco. But we also bet it isn't your usual perspective on the world of VCs and IPO lawyers. Lisa Gansky , in her new book The Mesh , provides a forty-page list of organizations designed for resource sharing. The startup sector has its own growing newspaper (online, of course): Xconomy.

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