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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business Review

On February 13, 2018, the New York Times reported that Uber is planning an IPO. Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013. Uber’s value is estimated between $48 and $70 billion, despite reporting losses over the last two years.

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What Apple Should Do with Its Massive Piles of Money

Harvard Business Review

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. But they stand in opposition to Mr. Icahn’s determination to tear that model apart.

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60 Countries’ Digital Competitiveness, Indexed

Harvard Business Review

In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash. that help propagate new products, ideas and business models?). Within the digital entrepreneurship sector, IPOs and exits have not been keeping pace with the record sums of capital being pumped in.