HR Digest

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The startup had been well on its way to initiating an IPO back in 2019 but the pandemic drove the idea completely out of the works. After its first failed IPO attempt, the company struggled to bring its valuation up at all. After the company’s initial launch in 2010, WeWork has faced many uphill battles in its journey.

IPO 40

IPO CEO Report Insurance 40

CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Monday, November 15, 2010 Early Exits Angel investors and VCs all like to sell one of their portfolio companies. This is called the exit. Basil Peters, a famous angel investor wrote a book Early Exits - Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors (and maybe not VCs).

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CEO Blog Blue Ocean Strategy Exit Strategy 189

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

But back in 2010, Chris Trimble criticized 20% time both for being expensive and for emphasizing ideas over execution. Writing last year, amid reports that the company was ending the policy, Michael Schrage took a slightly different view , arguing that 20% time is great for some employees but not for others.

IPO 14

IPO Management Engineering Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

In 2010, J.P Morgan projected up to $1T in investment would be deployed this decade — which would make impact investing twice the size of official development aid to the world’s less develop countries (as defined by the United Nations) , presuming historic levels of aid stayed constant since 2010.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

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

MARCH 6, 2012

When big business leaders think about social media they tend to focus on three things: innovative technologies, marketing applications, and IPOs — the three factors that make Facebook and Twitter so hot. In fact, they're taking over what used to be a central function of the downsized news industry: watchdog reporting.

White Paper 10

White Paper IPO Media Film 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In managing the fallout from BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster in 2010, company Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg had to take over from CEO Tony Hayward, whose gaffes and public blaming of partners had only exacerbated the crisis. Take the case of BP. Hayward’s leadership had contributed to BP underplaying safety its U.S.

CFO 8

CFO Crisis Mass Marketing IPO 8