Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

Success sells. I talked recently with David Galenson , an economist at the University of Chicago who began studying prices at art auctions — an exploration that drove him to understand the nature of creativity over the course of one's career. Her focus was singular, and she attained professional success almost immediately.

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IPO Creativity Comparison Reputation 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” Then the CHRO paused for a moment and added, “Of course there is this issue of his executive presence. Take Jim, a front-runner CFO candidate for a leading medical device manufacturer on the verge of an IPO. The most successful candidates are clear about their individual contributions without overusing “I.”

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Career CFO Sample Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

But Ellison is of course chairman of that board (long-time chairman Jeff Henley will stay on as vice chairman). And of the remarkable tech IPO class of 1986, which included Adobe, EMC, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems, Oracle has been the best performer. Boards Leadership Technology'

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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.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2011

This is not a strictly either-or choice, of course. Now, I'm excited by the rise of Facebook, the IPO of LinkedIn, and all the latest successes from the startup world. Even the best groups have stars, and not all stars find it hard to work well with others. If we're building a company, what sorts of people do we want to recruit?

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IPO Engineering Taylorism Taylor 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Talented founders know that corporations simply cannot replicate the deep experience private VCs have in starting companies, nor their expertise in assisting startups with complex challenges such as deal making, business modeling, resolving disputes among founders, executing a successful IPO, and so on.

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Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Between now and the IPO, every bit of information about the company’s finances and other metrics will be closely scrutinized. Research shows that firms’ management teams influence the success of their IPOs. Is Wall Street a Good Judge of Leadership? But one key variable is missing from that list: people.

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IPO Execution Incentives Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

Your business is a success, but you feel like a failure. That’s because overload is a surmountable crisis—under the right leadership. In early 2013, Norwegian went public and became one of the most successful IPOs of the year, closing the year 87% above its IPO price. Make constant improvement a focus.

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Company IPO Price Loyalty 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Of course, there are other possible explanations for this. The three other CEO success stories, however, more clearly did not involve breakthrough innovation. For example, Qualcomm’s CDMA mobile technology was a breakthrough that led to its IPO in 1991. billion company in 1995 to an $11 billion dollar company in 2014.

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CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Unlike Mr. Icahn, I do not write to you as an Apple shareholder (I hold no Apple shares).

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Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10

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. Alibaba’s businesses are not completely diverse, of course.

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