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Calculating the Market Value of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. But recently, these financial outcomes have been found to predict only about 50% of a firm’s market value. Financial markets Performance measurement Leadership'

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Should Your Business Be Nonprofit or For-Profit?

Harvard Business Review

The for-profit arm, Embrace Innovations, would raise money from venture capitalists — though our first screening criteria would be investors who were aligned with our social mission. Such stakeholders generally expect a "social return" on capital. It would license the technology by paying a royalty for every product sold.

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The Right Way to Plan an Innovation Tour

Harvard Business Review

Don’t just make a beeline to the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists; get a broad multi-disciplinary cross section. Seek out entrepreneurs who are trying to grow their companies from $1-$10 million rather than startup entrepreneurs (who are often first-timers) pitching ideas that aren’t yet on the market.

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‘My Years with General Motors’, Fifty Years On

Harvard Business Review

Ford still may have produced the best car for the money, but Sloan’s GM trounced Ford Motors by producing the best product lines for the market. Ford, an inventor with no formal training, had a brilliant mind for mechanical invention. A central office kept track of finances and the allocation of resources.

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How Israeli Startups Can Scale

Harvard Business Review

Only a handful of so-called unicorns — companies that have achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in the last 10 years — come from Israel, and only one Israeli firm, Teva, ranks in the world’s 500 largest companies by market capitalization. to assist with the local go-to-market approach. But is all of that changing?