QAspire

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

This book journals growth of MindTree from idea to IPO. That is a million dollar advice for anyone who is building teams and organizations. A Round Up of My Writing in March 2010 Other Links to this Post QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life! Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

Process 84

Process IPO Directory Creativity 84

The Practical Leader

JANUARY 25, 2012

participation in decision making and autonomy, along with supervisory career support (information, advice, and encouragement). “ Structural cohesion is an employee-generated synergy — essentially a close-knit, high-energy culture — that propels the company forward.”

Company 53

Company IPO Ethics Magazine 53

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

A study on CEOs giving IPO road-show presentations found that even hardened financial advisors judge a leader’s “competence and trustworthiness” within as little as 30-seconds. These snap judgments are so powerful, CEOs who rated the highest for their executive presence in the study enjoyed higher IPO valuations.

Audience 8

Audience Project IPO Kahneman 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

How should leaderships invest to make their users – not just their platforms – measurably better? Giving its hosts customized information, insight and advice about pricing their property, Coles observed, would lead to better outcomes for Airbnb’s ecosystems. That’s platform leadership.

IPO 8

IPO Human Capital Insurance Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2012

One of our most striking findings was that of the entrepreneurs we surveyed who had a successful exit (that is, an IPO or sale to another firm), about 70% did NOT start with a business plan. Instead, their business journeys originated in a different place, a place we call the Heart. The team is more important than any idea or plan.

Planning 21

Planning Mintzberg IPO Entrepreneur 21

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The news had just hit that Danny Lewin — the co-founder of Akamai Technologies, its charismatic CTO, a former commando in the Israeli Special Forces, and MIT mathematics genius who led the company from a math class to an IPO and a market cap of $30 billion — had suddenly died. They think.Danny.was.supposed to be.,"

CTO 10

CTO Lewin IPO Mentor 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Talented founders know that corporations simply cannot replicate the deep experience private VCs have in starting companies, nor their expertise in assisting startups with complex challenges such as deal making, business modeling, resolving disputes among founders, executing a successful IPO, and so on. Creating the Venture Client Model.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8