Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Back in her Verizon days, one of Karin’s favorite questions to ask a team member whom she was encouraging to think like an entrepreneur was: “If this was your company, would you _ (make this decision, hold this meeting, spend money in this matter, invest in this project)?” 5 Ways to Help Your Team Think Like Entrepreneurs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

The most successful, visionary entrepreneurs dream not of millions of dollars, but of a world where their products change culture. But analysts are judging EBITDA, P/E ratios, quarterly growth, and cashflows – which don’t always correlate with long-term value creation.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

But the annual cash compensation only provides part of the pecuniary payoffs of the purchase of a small business because the entrepreneur also has a significant ownership interest in the company. We’ll also assume the entrepreneur acquired a $1.5 million EBITDA company for 4x paying $6 million and using 50% debt financing.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2014

In truth, publishing is flourishing, creating massive new fortunes for entrepreneurs and more choices for consumers. Last year, News Corp’s newspaper division reported EBITDA of $795 million on $6.7 If publishing is a viable model, why aren’t publishers making money? These sentiments are common, but they are not based in fact.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. billion in revenue, over $1 billion in gross profit and $500 million in EBITDA.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

But consider this equally inscrutable language: The value is multiples of EBITDA, assuming the back-office cost synergy targets are achievable. The result is a veteran who has the tools and confidence to immediately contribute, whether as an entrepreneur or in a company. he explains.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

In fact, one of the social entrepreneurs in Fast Company's League of Extraordinary Women shared with me that she chose to designate her business a non-profit because women were willing to make donations hand-over-fist, but they wouldn't invest. Each of these businesses is thriving, in part, because people were willing to invest in them.

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