Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

Most executives know that the present value of an investment comes from projecting its cash flows and discounting those numbers into today’s dollars. The general rule is projects with positive net present values should get funded, and those with negative ones shouldn’t. They don’t.

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Net Present Value Entrepreneur Christensen Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

After all, if he were on a desert island without a capital market, the value of his skill goes nearly to zero. In research for we did for our forthcoming book, Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck , my co-authors and I were surprised at how many of the entrepreneurs and business builders we talked to attributed their success to Luck.

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Net Present Value Entrepreneur Strategic Fit Open-book 14

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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Consultative CAGR EBITDA CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2012

My last post described how Innosight follows a three-stage process to evaluate investment proposals from outside entrepreneurs. Note what isn't part of the decision: an idea's net present value or return on investment. But deciding how to invest in ideas at a corporation is a different beast.

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Company Net Present Value How To Proposal 14