Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. Meanwhile, because digital targets tend to be expensive, acquirers are limited in their ability to use stock to finance a deal.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Company Learning Curve Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

The CFO-GC alliance has always been important because the finance function and the legal function are truly the nervous system of the corporation—sending critical signals to all parts of the company about the accuracy of the financials and compliance with law. Compliance.

CFO 8

CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

LTCM was founded, in 1994, by some of the best minds in finance theory, including two Nobel Prize winners. It comprises a range of conceptual and analytical operations, including problem definition, signal processing, pattern recognition, abstraction and conceptualization, analysis, and prediction.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

The country’s urbanized and large middle class has maintained a strong preference for foreign-made products despite restrictions due to U.S. There are some exemptions for humanitarian-designated sectors, such as agriculture, food products, health care, and civil aviation.). sanctions and a fragile economy. For non-U.S.-based

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In each iteration, we spent a lot of time thinking about what might make the best use of our existing product. content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

What traditional investors don’t like about any of this is the regulatory uncertainty; the high valuations and over-capitalization; the lack of control over financials, strategy, and operations; and the lack of business use-cases. ICOs are the Wild West of financing — they sit in a grey zone where the U.S.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

Here’s a quick one-question quiz: What is the most important requirement for a successful product launch? A great product. A market that wants a great product (Product-Market Fit). And that means marginal products can outsell superior ones — just look at Microsoft vs. Apple. A great distribution plan to sell it.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Marketing Strategy Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

Crowdfunding of charitable donations, artistic projects, or cool product development in exchange for samples or royalties, can work and has worked. The conduct of due diligence in the ventures raising money will render crowdfunding prohibitively expensive and thus impractical. Due diligence is too expensive.

Due Diligence 13

Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 13