Terry Starbucker
JANUARY 13, 2013
In his IPO letter Mark Zuckerberg wrote: “I started off by writing the first version of Facebook myself because it was something I wanted to exist. At Facebook, allegiance to the hacker way permeates every aspect of the business, from product innovation to organizational structure to management and training.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 20, 2014
How Google innovates. Bala Iyer and Tom Davenport attempted to “reverse engineer” Google’s innovation machine in 2008. The first step to innovating like Google, they argue, is patience. Another look at part of Google’s innovation strategy comes from a 2013 piece on DARPA , the government research agency.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
For instance, Snapchat’s recent IPO filing revealed that the company grew revenues by 600% (to $404 million) in 2016. Airbnb has nearly doubled its user base every year since 2012 and is now worth $30 billion — nearly as much as Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain. Considering the following.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 2, 2013
With Facebook’s $115 billion market cap on its IPO day, Mark Zuckerberg created wealth nearly equivalent to half of Nigeria’s GDP in 2012. The value created by Facebook and a few other tech IPOs exceeds the GDP of most African regions. Through my experience, I’ve seen how a university could improve its community.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 16, 2016
After all, the legislation, passed in 2012 but stuck in SEC rule making until now, was intended to boost America’s entrepreneurial economy. New, growth-hungry businesses are disproportionately likely to innovate and to create jobs. I’m skeptical that it will succeed.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 27, 2017
In 2012, one of us — Gregor Gimmy, a California-based serial entrepreneur and former IDEO consultant — accepted a new role at BMW’s corporate R&D headquarters. Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 16, 2014
Apple’s stated intention was to carry out this $130 billion distribution of corporate cash to Apple shareholders between August 2012 and December 2015. Since August 2012, Apple has been on a buyback binge, expending a total of $53 billion on stock repurchases through the third quarter of 2014, the last figures it has disclosed.
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