Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Of course, anyone who really knows the history of platforms may recall the many that aspired to make gobs of money but never did and quickly died (think of the many B2B exchanges that never made it to the other side of dot-com bust). Then the banks decided to turn the associations into for-profit companies, IPO them, and cash out.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. We hired roughly 1,000 new employees in approximately 15 months to build our operations, human resources, compliance, and technology teams. (We Change management can be a test for any organization.

Management 10

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 10

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.

Marketing 9

Marketing IPO Venture Capitalist Fashion 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

By positioning the brand between value-oriented mass brands and exclusive boutiques, the company attracted the attention of a certain type of shopper — and its success (consistent double-digit growth and a $2.6 billion IPO valuation in 2013) can be attributed to its continued focus on that target. How – personality.

Brand 10

Brand IPO Marketing Strategy Airlines 10

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.

Chief Financial Officer 10

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2011

Consider Zipcar, whose recent IPO valued the 11-year old company at over $1 billion. Unfortunately, Microsoft tied its tablet concepts to its Windows operating system and made them merely pen-enabled personal computers, so these products remained a tiny niche of the computing industry. Necessity truly is the mother of invention.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Entrepreneur IPO 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

I met Slovenian entrepreneur, Sandi Cesko, in 2007 when his Ljubljana -based multi-channel retail operation, Studio Moderna , had about $70 million in sales. 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. Even better.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8