Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Booming public equities and a recovered IPO market generated record portfolio company exits and distributions from VC funds. A VC firm is, first and foremost, an investment vehicle created to generate returns for investors that exceed those available in the fully liquid, low cost public equity markets.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Asset Management Rate of Return Industry 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

After all, China produces 600,000 engineering graduates each year, and as a former Google product manager I thought knew how to attract them. They wanted to know what my plans were for IPO. I thought hiring good engineers would be easy when I launched my startup, Julu Mobile , in Shanghai in early 2011.

Engineering 9

Engineering IPO Real Estate Price 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

With limited exit opportunities via initial public offers ( IPOs ) and acquisitions, smart young people understand that stock options rarely bring a big payday. He invested in training his staff, but that backfired as those individuals then became more marketable and moved on.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Entrepreneur Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

And I recall well, at the start of my career, how flattered I felt to be asked for a meeting or some advice — thrilled to be looked at as enough of an expert to be of help. Kathryn Minshew may simply be a better time manager than I am. A message that random is easy to ignore. The guy doesn't know anybody?

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Career Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

Since at least the 1980s (the era of deregulation, that is, over which Alfred Kahn presided) managers of big companies have been upbraided for their intolerance to risk. Perhaps not surprisingly, managers of mega corporations remain largely unsold on that notion. Certainly, that's a fair accusation. First, why is it a sector?

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Innovation Intellectual Capital Mission Statement 14

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 9

CTO Lewin IPO Mentor 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. And these often have to be significantly better than what’s on the market (in other words, breakthroughs) due to the high cost of R&D. tax jurisdiction.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The company started as a single store, but about a decade later it was a national chain on the heels of filing an IPO. ” He told me he regularly said no — to more staff, to bigger marketing budgets, to additional equipment. It’s a sign that our projects aren’t valued and our careers are stalling out.

Creativity 8

Creativity Budgeting IPO Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

Lawrence Market. Do you define your own standards of career excellence? If you are counting upon that Life Changing Event (an IPO, M&A, or that hot investment tip), you are not working towards plan achievement. Do you define your own standards of career excellence? You are wishing for statistically unlikely events.

Succession 15

Succession IPO Comparison Career 15

Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 12, 2017

Monster is the most iconic of those that brought the service to market, and the first to do it at scale. Careerbuilder hit the market in 1996. Careerbuilder was initially a service that helped companies launch job listings and then managed the inbound application volume. They had revenue, after all.

Price 101

Price IPO Content Marketing 101