Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 20, 2014
If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management. How Google innovates. Bala Iyer and Tom Davenport attempted to “reverse engineer” Google’s innovation machine in 2008. The first step to innovating like Google, they argue, is patience.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 21, 2016
When financial services company Square priced its IPO at $9 a share last November, well under the $15+ price that private investors paid the year before, it was a cold shower of reality for the 6-year-old company. Until the IPO, Square had been one of more than 130 unicorns: privately owned tech companies valued at $1 billion or more.
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Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 16, 2014
In August 2013, Icahn bought more than $1 billion worth of Apple shares. Here’s an update of some key numbers in that article: In 2004-2013, 454 companies in the S&P 500 Index that were publicly listed over the decade expended $3.4 Apple Economy Innovation' trillion on buybacks (51% of net income) and another $2.3
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 2, 2017
When we began collecting data in 2013 to explore differences between startup acceleration in emerging markets and in high-income countries, we expected stark differences. entrepreneurs, just over $50,000) they typically seek more modest amounts of outside investment and are not typically working towards an acquisition or IPO.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 5, 2014
2013 had all the signs of being a comeback year for venture capital. Booming public equities and a recovered IPO market generated record portfolio company exits and distributions from VC funds. The VC industry has failed to innovate. The industry realized its highest returns since the Internet boom.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 21, 2014
Generating over $80 billion in sales in 2013, Amazon’s business model, with its ability to capture growth through disruption of retail stores, has proven to be very successful. One the most interesting challenges that 2014 is going to bring is the IPO of Alibaba in the United States. China Disruptive innovation Strategy'
Harvard Business Review
MAY 16, 2016
For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.
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