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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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

It was basically an open-source enterprise, and seemed to owe most of its remarkable success to that openness. Of course, that “success” didn’t come with a lot of revenue. billion in its 2013 IPO) that investors have plowed into it. It’s just a company, trying to make some money.

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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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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

Their ongoing success pushes incumbents to alternately revisit core business assumptions and seek regulatory relief. Successful platforms empower their users. Needless to say, they can share success stories on Facebook. The power of digital platforms to profitably disrupt industries continues to impress.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2013

At the very least, it can buy time while management sorts out the right comprehensive response. But if in reaction to Pandora, SiriusXM would instead have launched a free, advertising-supported version of their content for online and mobile, they might have permanently delayed Pandora''s IPO by denying them the ability to grow users.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

As the book’s title suggests, the people I talked to ended up becoming CEOs of successful companies: one became chief executive of a publicly-listed company, Infosys; another of a large private company, The Weather Company; and a third of a successful startup, Plumbee. billion, $100 million shy of its IPO valuation.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Years of development, energy, and, of course, money have gone into it. Having observed management teams for decades as a mutual fund and portfolio manager, I have watched numerous companies vanish after a disastrous launch of a product or service. Hype and excitement behind the launch pushes it into high gear.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2011

For HBR's April issue on failure, I penned a piece on the experience of going through a failed IPO. The fact is, highly capable people are often driven to success standards that are extrinsically measured — e.g. they provide external credentialization — but have little in common with what they truly wanted to accomplish.

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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. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

For you entrepreneurs, the challenges of scale-up are first and foremost the responsibility of managements and boards. It is hell to manage.". Of course, no one likes to pay taxes, but the Danes don''t complain as much as you might expect in part because they receive a high quantity and quality of public services for their taxes.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Booming public equities and a recovered IPO market generated record portfolio company exits and distributions from VC funds. There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return. LPs pay VCs like asset managers, not investors. The industry realized its highest returns since the Internet boom.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. 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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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

The problem with the effort, of course, was that building both the necessary African infrastructure and the logistics network needed to transport the non-indigenous crops was going to be a very expensive proposition indeed. A good management team will be dedicated to creating product market fit, otherwise the business will flounder.

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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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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Most of the big successes followed this pattern. A new competency started to appear in the DNA of this generations successful founding teams: Design. And if you need a few successful companies who consider design a key competitive differentiator you don't have to look hard: Mint , Square , Quora , Asana and Path , just to name a few.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Most of the big successes followed this pattern. A new competency started to appear in the DNA of this generations successful founding teams: Design. And if you need a few successful companies who consider design a key competitive differentiator you don't have to look hard: Mint , Square , Quora , Asana and Path , just to name a few.

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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. Senior Management & the Board of Directors. Is Wall Street a Good Judge of Leadership?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

Your business is a success, but you feel like a failure. He’s just trying to manage the chaos and avoid catastrophe. When they confront overload, managers often react in ways that put distance between themselves and the front line. His mission has changed. There are plenty of signs that overload has arrived.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2014

Andy O''Connell Four Calculations Keep an Eye on the Wild Cards When Playing Alibaba's IPO Financial Times Unless you were hiding under a rock this week (or, in my case, deadlines), news of Alibaba''s IPO filing likely filled your reading list and Twitter feed. Right now it''s about 2.7%; eBay, in contrast, has a take rate of 8%.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. Of course, there are other possible explanations for this.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

.” Senor and Singer also cite immigration policy and a culture that tolerates risk-taking and failure as contributing to Israel’s startup success. The final reason for Israel’s entrepreneurial dynamism is based on the logic of innovation clusters: Early success breeds continued success. billion in 2013.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

Managers at companies like General Motors, Sears, and Eastman Kodak simply didn't have the tools to spot and respond to would-be disruptors. The New York Times called 2012 the "year of the MOOC," demonstrating the mainstream appeal of massive online open courses that make education more accessible and affordable.

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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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