Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

And yet when companies suddenly decide to “get more innovative,” starting hackathons, idea competitions, and accelerator programs, they typically forget to address all those things that kill perfectly good ideas after they hatch. Sometimes that requires creating a separate operating structure. Start with a survey.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

If you have assessed the risk of your strategic options in terms of brand risk, operational risk, market risk, and so on, do the same for the current strategy. It is a delicate situation when new products risk cannibalizing existing businesses, but that’s the reality of innovation.

Strategic Planning 8

Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. What’s more, the demand for rapid growth often comes with a push from investors to enter new markets or ramp up product innovation.

CEO 8

CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The platform allows the exchange of digital information, services, and products across the power grid, allowing much greater efficiencies industrywide. This should be the dominant theme of discussions at the highest organizational levels in place of things like product quality and sales. Make the tough calls on people. billion stake.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

Strength of productivity program. This means improving productivity at a rate sufficient to put you in at least the top 30% of your industry. For business model innovation and pricing advantages to raise your chances of moving up the power curve, your gross margin needs to reach the top 30% in your industry.

CAGR 8

CAGR Due Diligence Industry Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Things are never quite the way the due diligence report claimed. Many articles dissect the keys to successful operations and projecting future growth levers in China. So productively channeling this ambition, and coaching for long-term capability, is the key to success. Few countries offer as many surprises as China.

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence Brand Long-term Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

But he could not shake his newfound awareness of the amount of money Egan was losing with Westmid — the account's ratio of operating income to sales was a negative 28%. With three efficient plants staffed by 3,000 employees, it had reinvented itself to become an innovative manufacturer of modular steel staircases and fiberglass doors.

Case Study 14

Case Study P&L Cost Due Diligence 14

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. These “bitcoin whales” are currently the ones who make or break many of the ICOs.

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