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The Importance Of Trademarks To Startups

The Horizons Tracker

In total, they assessed over 55,000 trademarks registered by firms that had received backing from VCs between 1985-2015. The data showed that trademarks often helped obtain better terms when raising finance, and were generally a good predictor of future success, both as a private firm and later on when they go public.

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Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45

Harvard Business Review

magazine as the founders of the fastest-growing startups in 2015, the average age at founding was only 29. The age finding is similar using firms with the fastest sales growth instead, and founder age is similarly high for those startups that successfully exit through an IPO or acquisition. For the people selected by Inc.

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GE’s Fall Has Been Accelerated by Two Problems. Most Other Big Companies Face Them, Too.

Harvard Business Review

GE’s fall accelerated on October 25, 2015, with activist hedge fund Trian announcing a $2.5 billion equity investment in GE stock, one that made it a top 10 shareholder. GE stock was trading at $25.47 at the time of announcement, with a dividend of $0.92

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A Few Unicorns Are No Substitute for a Competitive, Innovative Economy

Harvard Business Review

For instance, Snapchat’s recent IPO filing revealed that the company grew revenues by 600% (to $404 million) in 2016. While 38 companies joined the unicorn ranks in the second half of 2015, only 19 made it into the club in the first half of 2016. In 2015 global M&A volume surpassed $5 trillion — a record.

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The Best Platforms Are More than Matchmakers

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, Facebook’s Blueprint courseware initiative launched in 2015 champions new user capability. Before the company’s $155 billion IPO in 2014 — the largest initial public offering in history — he observed, “we want to help small businesses grow by solving their problems.”

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

From 2012 to 2015, the number of global corporate venture capital deals almost doubled, and their investments quadrupled, to $29.1 Among the 30 top companies in seven of the largest industries, almost half had a VC-fueled accelerator in 2015, up from just 2% in 2010. Harnessing Big Potential While Minimizing Risk.

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?Numbers Show Apple Shareholders Have Already Gotten Plenty

Harvard Business Review

Apple’s stated intention was to carry out this $130 billion distribution of corporate cash to Apple shareholders between August 2012 and December 2015. The only time in its history when Apple raised funds on the stock market was its 1980 IPO, which provided it with $97 million.