Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

9, armed with about 1% of Apple’s outstanding stock, the hedge-fund activist published an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, urging him to accelerate the company’s stock repurchases by making a tender offer. The only time in its history when Apple raised funds on the stock market was its 1980 IPO, which provided it with $97 million.

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Safe Harbor Hedge EPS Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance. No board would allow a finance function to focus exclusively on investor reporting or risk hedging, but this type of mistake is all too common when it comes to HR.

Compliance 9

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This clause automatically converts a superior voting share to a low-vote class at a fixed time after IPO. We calculated the years after IPO when a growth company becomes a mature company in its lifecycle for the stocks listed on U.S. But how can one argue against a mandatory sunset clause? stock exchanges.

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Class Maturity IPO Short-term 9

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. The second reason VCs are becoming more interested in ICOs is because of the liquidity of cryptocurrencies.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

But the solution to this innovation logjam has emerged: blockchain. Traditionally, companies target angel investors in the early stages of a new business, and later look to venture capitalists, eventually culminating in an initial public offering (IPO) on a stock exchange. Distributed Database.

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Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8