Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Cephalon's IPO was in 1991, part of the second wave of biotechnology companies to sell shares to the public. By 2010, sales exceeded $2B. Baldino passed away in 2010, but his actions offer an example for CEOs today. One CEO who had the ability to turn around a disaster was Frank Baldino of Cephalon.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Biotechnology IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Raising venture capital isn’t the be all and end all of entrepreneurial success. But for an important subset of the business world — firms in pursuit of explosive growth — raising capital from angel investors or venture capitalists is an early step on a long and uncertain road to success. It decreases your odds of success.

IPO 9

IPO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. Successful spin-offs tend to have a management team that comprises both insiders and outsiders. Whatever the motives, though, SBOs do enable successive waves of add-on acquisitions to the initial divested business.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

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. Finally, corporate VCs are unable to pitch the promise of a self-fulfilling prophecy the way successful private VCs can. A New Name and a Unique Brand Identity.

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Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

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. Having startup policies without taking care of access to IPO markets is like having a fast new ramp onto a pot-holed dirt road. Convene, celebrate, catalyze.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

And then we found Alibaba — and it found us — and that connection led to the partnership that ultimately proved to be remarkably successful. This success was built on what we learned from our prior efforts, as well as a resolve to take new risks to do what was necessary to succeed. A 2010 Harvard Business School case by Julie M.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

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.

Company 8

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The company started as a single store, but about a decade later it was a national chain on the heels of filing an IPO. In 2010 I spent an afternoon with one of CEO Mike’s highest-performing store managers, a person I will call Ethan. Several years ago I sat down with the CEO of a fast-growing retail business. “Say no!”

Creativity 8

Creativity Budgeting IPO Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Also, while China’s outward-bound foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown from an annual average of below $3 billion before 2005 to more than $60 billion in 2010 and 2011, only one third of Chinese companies have seen international revenue meet expectations, according to Accenture. That may say more about the xenophobia of U.S.

Brand 8

Brand Globalization Company Development 8

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 9, 2018

History is referenced as a guide to show that, in many areas, America’s success has relied on simple and elegant solutions. In 2004, Etienne helped start health care IT Accretive Health (now R1 RCM), growing it from the proverbial “blank sheet of paper” to a 2010 IPO valuing the company at $1.2

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Cost Health Care IPO Automotive 172

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

If you had asked Singaporeans in 2010 to identify a successful local start-up, they might have paused for a few minutes before mentioning Creative Labs. With the cautionary notes in mind, I arrived in Singapore in March 2010. Some successful Singaporean entrepreneurs are beginning to invest in the next generation of start-ups.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Alibaba, the Chinese internet titan that filed for an IPO in the U.S. last week, could be the largest tech IPO in history. With its success, Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma are making the case for a strategy approach that has fallen out of favor in the U.S. But Alibaba doesn’t look much like Facebook, Google, or even Amazon.

IPO 12

IPO Welch Strategy Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.” Venture funding for European digital groups in 2014 remained a fifth ($7.75 billion in 2014.

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Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8