Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

There are three pieces of data that are particularly shocking to internet, software, and biotech entrepreneurs who are on the verge of committing their firms to starting firms in secondary startup markets (and, in particular, outside of the San Francisco Bay). Not focused on new marketing campaigns. Not hiring new employees.

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IPO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

In the tech space, Etsy became so popular so quickly not only because of its unique product selection but also because of its commitment to the humanity and authenticity of craft. billion IPO valuation in 2013) can be attributed to its continued focus on that target. Branding Marketing Strategy' Who — target customers.

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Brand IPO Marketing Strategy Airlines 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber, the ride-sharing giant, proudly declared on September 10 that “very few brands become verbs” The same week Upwork, a platform for hiring freelancers, filed for an IPO, as did Fiverr , which boasts that it offers a “freelance services marketplace for the lean entrepreneur.”

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Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2016

To borrow an analogy from our Harvard Business School colleague Shikhar Ghosh, their firms aren’t murdered by the market; they commit suicide because the founders can’t or won’t adapt to the organizations’ changing needs. Often, our research shows, the biggest obstacles are the entrepreneurs themselves.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

At the time the merger negotiations began, AOL was enjoying intense investor interest, to the point where a company that was only 15 years old and had been public for only 8 years had a higher market capitalization than media powerhouse Time Warner. Some (12) of the firms had an IPO, and collectively enjoyed valuation that at its peak was $5.4

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Icahn later reduced his buyback request to $50 billion, and in April 2014 Apple’s board approved a $30 billion program to be carried out by repurchasing its shares on the open market — either by just buying shares outright or doing it indirectly via accelerated share repurchases. trillion on buybacks (51% of net income) and another $2.3

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Cephalon's IPO was in 1991, part of the second wave of biotechnology companies to sell shares to the public. Baldino moved aggressively to bring Provigil to market. Baldino sought to convince thought leaders of the therapeutic benefit, prove the drug worked, and then market it to the needy community. By 2010, sales exceeded $2B.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Strategic alignment, for us, means that all elements of a business — including the market strategy and the way the company itself is organized — are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. But corporate leaders today seem to agree that strategic alignment is high on the list.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

For instance, Snapchat’s recent IPO filing revealed that the company grew revenues by 600% (to $404 million) in 2016. The explosive growth of ride sharing is a big reason why Hertz reported dismal quarterly results in November 2016, leading to a 23% drop in its market value. Many of them have been growing at a ferocious pace.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2010

So at the Cancun climate talks , one country has already committed to updating it for the 21st century — by including the costs of environmental damage to make the numbers a little more meaningful. That's why the traditional understanding of everything from GDP to " jobs " to " profit " to " IPO " is limited. That country?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

The first category is exogenous factors over which the business has little control: the growth of the markets into which it sells; the competitive intensity and thus the average profitability of the industry in which it operates; or the fragmentation of its industry and thus the scope for a growth-by-acquisition approach.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

If you remove the barriers, then you don''t need to incentivize entrepreneurs to commit their natural act. For example, it is nearly impossible for scaling ventures in many countries, including Brazil and Denmark, to count on an IPO for a successful exit. Not" is not a typo. Convene, celebrate, catalyze.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

After five years, in 2004, Tickle was profitable with more than $20 million in revenue; it received an acquisition offer for $100 million, as well as IPO entreaties. Alternatively, if you’re committed to founding a company immediately, pick an area of specialization up front and craft your job to emphasize that domain.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Multi-stage financing is usually seen as benefiting the investors: It allows them to commit only a fraction of the money upfront, preserving the option to abandon the investment if the idea does not pan out, but allowing them to reinvest if things continue to go well. Today, Ethereum’s market capitalization is $24 billion.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

A good management team will be dedicated to creating product market fit, otherwise the business will flounder. Investors are involved for the long haul, understanding that startup managers will have to experiment and fail along the way to a successful IPO. In a good start-up, these characteristics are not hard to find.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Shortly before Facebook's turbulent IPO, GM announced that it was pulling its $10 million advertising budget from Facebook. Even though GM remains committed to Facebook through earned, owned, and shared programs, it appears to carry a traditional philosophy and approach to its everyday community strategy. Controversy erupted.

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Advertising Storytelling IPO Automotive 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Shortly before Facebook's turbulent IPO, GM announced that it was pulling its $10 million advertising budget from Facebook. Even though GM remains committed to Facebook through earned, owned, and shared programs, it appears to carry a traditional philosophy and approach to its everyday community strategy. Controversy erupted.

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Advertising Storytelling IPO Automotive 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

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. Meanwhile, Lars Sorensen was CEO of Novo Nordisk as the company’s core market, diabetes care, experienced growth beyond expectations. tax jurisdiction.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

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. Rather, they trade in outstanding shares in the hope that their market price will increase.

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Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

She'd mentioned her business, Calidad de Vida, a group of day care centers for the elderly, and he'd peppered her with questions, explaining that he was interested not only as a doctor (he was the leading cardiothoracic surgeon at Madrid's best hospital) but also as a potential investor (he'd unloaded his stocks just before the market collapsed).

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Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

So far this year, the stock market has been anything but stable. the Federal Reserve finds it difficult to commit to a plan for 2016. I joined HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company, as the fourth employee and first salesperson in 2007. The correction for tech companies appears to be well underway. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

Huawei’s revenue from overseas markets exceeded that from the Chinese market for the first time in 2005. There’s a shared belief within the company that an IPO would result in only a few people getting very rich, and the majority losing their motivation. billion and net profits of $4.49 billion (both in U.S.

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Succession Golden Handcuff IPO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

You develop minimally viable products, keep testing different market and product hypotheses, and pivot based on the market feedback you get. You expect to fail repeatedly and hope to eventually get to a product-market fit. You get your technology into the market and see who wants it. It enables the product to function.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2017

as the most attractive market worldwide for renewable energy investment, this year downgraded it to third , behind China and India. ” Perhaps that’s because VCs got distracted by the siren song of social media companies, especially after Facebook’s incredibly successful 2012 IPO. Perhaps it’s because the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. ” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year.

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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. Subsequent investment and growth would lead to an IPO in 1999. The early 2000s saw Careerbuilder and Monster going head-to-head for market leadership – largely in a race for distribution.

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Price IPO Content Marketing 101

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

Its IPO in 1999 was a sensation ; by autumn 2000 its market capitalization topped $65 billion and the ratio of its stock price to the next year’s projected earnings was a staggering 483. Its high-end Internet routers were gaining share on market-leader Cisco, and the sky was the limit.

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