Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

More of these productive, young firms would mean faster economic growth. is generating plenty of high-potential startups, they argued, yet there is a problem: These companies don’t seem to be scaling or reaching an exit, such as an IPO or an acquisition. Allocating more resources to the startup economy probably is a good thing.

Venture Funding 9

Venture Funding Finance IPO Constraint 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. ” This ended up being the “true north” our employees rallied around.

Management 10

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Early adopters of microfinance wanted to prove that it was a commercially viable product, deserving space in an investor’s portfolio alongside real estate and the stock market. It was one of the world’s highest-grossing IPOs in a year when the market was otherwise in chaos due to the mortgage lending crisis.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2013

"Free" product competition strikes again and the latest casualty is Weight Watchers, whose CEO recently left the company in the midst of the onslaught of free weight loss and fitness applications. Meanwhile, Quicken did the right thing when they bought Mint.com , a free threat to their personal finance software.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Advertising Discount IPO 8

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. It is incredibly hard to hold an IPO. Entrepreneurship Finance' For as long as it has been an industry, these have been the only two ways for a venture capital-backed company to succeed.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Mezzanine Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

If the finance person frets about keeping expenses under control, discuss expense numbers,” says Sheen. “If Mason decided to pitch a total rebranding — a new logo, new tagline, and new copy and photography for ads and communications — to the new executive team brought in to prep the company for an IPO. Address your audience’s concerns.

IPO 9

IPO Audience Chief Information Officer Case Study 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

Design at its best is more than just a beautiful interface, it synthesizes complex technology with a deep understanding of end users' motivations and abilities into a unified, intuitive product experience. I see people building productivity apps who have never heard of GTD, or more importantly Energy Management. No 20,000 tech jobs.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

The consummate loner, Harano would likely have stayed off our radar screen, except that one day his unpredictable behavior led to a fantastically successful product. In fact, the idea for the product itself came from a female secretary at Altus. Nonconformist thinking has the best potential for genius.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 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

JULY 18, 2012

Design at its best is more than just a beautiful interface, it synthesizes complex technology with a deep understanding of end users' motivations and abilities into a unified, intuitive product experience. I see people building productivity apps who have never heard of GTD, or more importantly Energy Management. No 20,000 tech jobs.

Venture Capitalist 17

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Many small businesses don’t require the sort of financing required by firms in pursuit of s-curve growth. It’s time spent not building product. Tech companies see engineers move to and fro frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Not hiring new employees.

IPO 9

IPO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Our research indicates that many emerging market entrepreneurs prioritize building their skill set or refining their product and marketing strategy over connecting with potential investors. Accelerator programs are most successful when they provide the right help to the right people. Related Video. Think about consumers' jobs-to-be-done.

Marketing 8

Marketing Venture Funding Entrepreneur IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

So Shai Bernstein, an assistant professor of finance at Stanford’s GSB, and Arthur Korteweg of USC’s Marshall School of Business devised an experiment to identify what characteristics do distinguish startups. The authors have two hypotheses for why the founding team is so highly valued.

Long-term 8

Long-term IPO Human Capital Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

These preparatory steps are of particular importance for carve-outs that are not full-fledged business units with profit & loss responsibility, such as R&D centers or production units whose only customer is their parent. The outsiders provide new blood in support functions such as finance, legal, or administration.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2018

The number of listed firms can decline because of three developments: 1) bankruptcy, failure, or closure of listed firms, 2) delisting of firms going private or acquired, and 3) decrease in number of initial public offerings (IPOs). Furthermore, as production shifts to Asia and more and more U.S.

IPO 10

IPO Company First-mover Advantage Intangible Assets 10

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.

Company 9

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Between now and the IPO, every bit of information about the company’s finances and other metrics will be closely scrutinized. You can expect to see endless discussions in the press about revenue, valuation, user growth, and product. Research shows that firms’ management teams influence the success of their IPOs.

IPO 8

IPO Execution Incentives Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This would mean, for example, working in R&D to lead pharma innovation, new product development for high tech, and product design or merchandising for fashion retail.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Rather than tying up vast amounts of funds in a unicorn startup and waiting for the long play — an IPO or an acquisition — investors can see gains more quickly, and can pull profits out more easily, via ICOs. ICOs are the Wild West of financing — they sit in a grey zone where the U.S.

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Previously dominated by the likes of newspapers, magazines, gyms, utilities, and telecommunications firms, more products and services are being offered to more people through subscriptions than ever before. went public in June, then saw its stock price fall 70%, making it the worst performing IPO of a major company so far in 2017.

IPO 8

IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

This was largely a product of the firm's near-death experience after the 1929 crash. That may just be because some of the partnership ethos lived on nine years after the IPO, meaning that the firm is unlikely to do so well in the next financial crisis. It had spawned a closed-end fund, the Goldman Sachs Trading Corp.,

Hedge 13

Hedge Long-term Banking Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Since positioning is vital in new markets, today’s boards must include Chief Marketing Officers, not just directors with operations or finance backgrounds. Government measures intended to cool an overheating economy, such as tightening loans and freezing IPOs, are holding back companies that need capital to grow.

Brand 8

Brand Globalization Company Development 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

As I pointed out in my earlier post , the only funds that Apple ever raised on the public stock market was $97 million (about $274 million in today’s dollars) at its IPO in 1980. Public shareholders, including Carl Icahn, do not invest in Apple’s productive capabilities. But what is the economic logic for this use of buybacks?

EPS 10

EPS Innovation Incentives Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

With products that rely on network effects, these players enjoy economies of scale and dominant market share. They have deep resources for innovation with the ability to accelerate the penetration and adoption of digital products. that help propagate new products, ideas and business models?).

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I'm not a finance person, but that seems too soon to me.". Why would an IPO be so bad? Beatriz Muñoz-Seca is a professor of production, technology, and operations management at IESE Business School, University of Navarra. And would you really be ready to sell the company or take it public in five years?

Case Study 13

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2012

That the job of managers isn't just to "deliver product" — but to impact lives. And then not just package it neatly, sell it cheap, and finance it cheaper — you're going to have co-create it with them, instill it in them, and imbibe it from them. Is it "productivity"? Here's what I do mean. Let me put it like this.

Media 8

Media Fashion IPO Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

In 2014, for example, 18 IPOs raised a record-breaking $9.8 We selected this benchmark because it reflects the phase in which companies have proven product viability, achieved initial product/market fit, and are now expanding sales and growing more complex operations. billion, compared to just $1.2 billion in 2013.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

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. Attempts to branch out into new product areas (security and enterprise switching) haven’t gone well. Finance Tech industry Technology'

Hedge 8

Hedge Chief Technology Officer Maturity IPO 8