Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Major organizational changes, covering everything from recruiting and branding to regulatory approvals and marketing, happened in rapid succession, with a hard deadline of 12 months to get it all done for the IPO — and 18 months from the IPO until our full separation from GE. At the same time, we needed to do it in our own way.

Management 11

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher. It does and executives shouldn’t be silent about it.

Execution 8

Execution IPO CFO Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. But now, with the impending IPO, the stakes were much higher. It does and executives shouldn’t be silent about it.

Execution 8

Execution IPO CFO Diversity 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. Conglomerates resist this approach, combining more diverse businesses and allowing them separate decision-making structures. Alibaba’s businesses are not completely diverse, of course.

IPO 12

IPO Welch Strategy Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

When Google introduced a controversial dual-class share structure at the time of its IPO in 2004, I had reservations (as you would expect of someone whose specialty is corporate governance). Similarly, countries as diverse as South Korea, India, and Russia now allow only a one-share, one-vote structure.

Planning 11

Planning IPO Proposal Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

That is, only around 10% of board members of firms that IPO’d since April 1, 2018 are women! However, when we consider the board composition of firms just going public, things do not look all that good for gender balance. Only 51 women have been appointed to the boards of firms that went public relative to 455 men.

Company 11

Company IPO Public Relations Media 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Then the banks decided to turn the associations into for-profit companies, IPO them, and cash out. MasterCard IPO’d in 2006, and Visa followed two years later. Many have supermajority voting that essentially requires their diverse members to reach consensus. Now they are very focused on making money.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

is generating plenty of high-potential startups, they argued, yet there is a problem: These companies don’t seem to be scaling or reaching an exit, such as an IPO or an acquisition. The second is that VCs have a terrible record when it comes to diversity.

Venture Funding 9

Venture Funding IPO Finance Constraint 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

Mason decided to pitch a total rebranding — a new logo, new tagline, and new copy and photography for ads and communications — to the new executive team brought in to prep the company for an IPO. And in short order, the company achieved consistent double-digit sales growth — and a successful IPO. The price tag?

IPO 10

IPO Audience Chief Information Officer Case Study 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

In addition, native Chinese tech companies such as Alibaba, Weibo, and Momo are having some of the most successful IPOs in U.S. The sheer diversity of this population – culturally, economically, geographically – has heightened the demand for English training tools that can be accessed easily and inexpensively.

Innovation 8

Innovation Globalization IPO Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

What’s needed is a concerted effort to invest in design thinking systems, and support for diverse and inclusive cultures that bring together people with divergent perspectives to share ideas and new approaches. The financial services industry is still in the early stages of digital transformation.

Industry 13

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

And of the remarkable tech IPO class of 1986, which included Adobe, EMC, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems, Oracle has been the best performer. But while corporations might on average be better off abiding by their governance recommendations, I actually think we should want some diversity in how companies are run.

Company 8

Company Chief Technology Officer IPO CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

The only way out of this innovation gridlock is an expansion in founding team diversity. They say, "this 'think small' attitude is driving entrepreneurs who may otherwise build the next Google or Microsoft to create something much less interesting instead." And this has implications for the whole ecosystem because, "then everyone loses.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

The only way out of this innovation gridlock is an expansion in founding team diversity. They say, "this 'think small' attitude is driving entrepreneurs who may otherwise build the next Google or Microsoft to create something much less interesting instead." And this has implications for the whole ecosystem because, "then everyone loses.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year. The Economist dubbed Block 71, “the world’s most tightly packed entrepreneurial ecosystem.”

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Beyond risk mitigation, taking a strategic approach to diversity and inclusion can have tangible payoffs. Research by i4cp suggests that in higher-performing organizations, leaders more often see diversity and inclusion strategically, as supporting organizational culture and innovation.

Compliance 12

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

There are over two thousand consumer-focused subscription businesses capitalizing upon customers’ diverse tastes. went public in June, then saw its stock price fall 70%, making it the worst performing IPO of a major company so far in 2017. Business-to-consumer subscription businesses have attracted more than 11 million U.S.

IPO 8

IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

A123 Systems promised to be a clean tech success with a soaring IPO in 2009. It took more than two years for 23andMe to secure a green light from the FDA to screen for 10 diseases, the first such approval for a direct-to-consumer test. A portfolio approach can take many forms.

Innovation 13

Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 13