Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

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. This new funding mechanism is already transforming the blockchain industry. And, of course, companies such as Goldman Sachs, NASDAQ, Inc.,

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

Amid the flood of social media IPOs during the last 12 months, another "old guard" tech company has quietly built one of the most dominant, fiercely loyal and profitable social media businesses to date. Fair or not, Microsoft has long had a reputation for being a fast follower.

Media 12

Media Company IPO Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2017

Marshall has specific procedural rules regarding trial speediness and a reputation for plaintiff-friendliness. Patent trolls are known to “shop” for favorable litigation venues. They bring 43% of all their lawsuits in a single jurisdiction: the sleepy town of Marshall.

IPO 8

IPO Incentives Proposal Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Two years have now passed, GM has repaid part of the bailout, and it just executed a successful IPO. Post-IPO, GM isn't seen as spending taxpayer money on advertising. GM acknowledges that it likely won't sell any cars because of the ad, but it ran it because of the presumed positive effects on its corporate reputation.

IPO 12

IPO Advertising Brand Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

If you're a conceptualist who makes a big splash, your reputation is secure. If you haven't been invited to the White House or launched an IPO or made the cover of a national newsmagazine before age 35, there's absolutely no reason to believe you can't still accomplish those goals later in life.

IPO 13

IPO Creativity Comparison Reputation 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Few things are more damaging to a brand’s reputation than a hack in the headlines, and in the event of a public security incident, it’s highly likely that the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the Chief Security Officer (CSO) will be the first people the CEO looks to and says “What do we do now? Investors take legal action.

Planning 8

Planning Company Crisis Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2013

They wanted to know what my plans were for IPO. While there was some interest in our plans for China's mobile market, their primary concerns were economic and reputational: how could I prove to them that they would become rich, and that our company would be famous?

Engineering 8

Engineering IPO Real Estate Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

For example, IMCD, now a global leader in specialty chemicals distribution, made some forty acquisitions and quintupled its revenues since its carve-out from IM twenty years ago, while having been owned by three different private equity investors prior to its IPO in 2014.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Take Jim, a front-runner CFO candidate for a leading medical device manufacturer on the verge of an IPO. They may break glass when needed to deliver results but over the longer term they build strong followership and the reputation for doing what’s right for the business.

Career 14

Career CFO Sample Execution 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

Goldman did have a reputation for looking out for its clients — and inspiring great loyalty in them. And since the investing public saw no real difference between Goldman Sachs and Goldman Sachs Trading Corporation, the harm done to the firm and its reputation was comparably horrific. Didn't Smith get that when he joined ?

Hedge 12

Hedge Long-term Banking Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Tech bloggers had jumped all over the story; many speculated that SimplePay had begun to slow its hiring and scrimp on security investments in an effort to spiff up its balance sheet for a potential IPO. We’ve got an IPO to prepare for, after all.” Some of that was true. They’ve set the precedent. ” Jake asked.

Case Study 8

Case Study Crisis IPO CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2011

For organizations like Groupon, a reputation for integrity and fair trading is much of what their business is predicated upon, especially now that others are nipping at their heels in the world of discount deals and looking so carefully at their corporate structure as Groupon prepares for its IPO. Social media is a frontline service.

Media 14

Media IPO Reputation Follow-up 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

However, after its IPO, Amazon’s losses were in the millions, not the billions. MySpace was quickly overtaken by upstart Facebook, whose founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has built his reputation on staying in close touch with the detail of the software and the front line of the business.

CEO 11

CEO IPO Energy COO 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

And both, in recent times, have disappointed the high expectations of their most loyal supporters (Obama with a stagnant economy and accusations that he didn't sufficiently fight for progressive values , and Facebook with its lackluster IPO, tanking stock price, and failure to develop a robust mobile strategy ).

Planning 8

Planning IPO Politics Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2011

Consider Zipcar, whose recent IPO valued the 11-year old company at over $1 billion. This post is part of Creating a Customer-Centered Organization. If American companies are to grow their way out of the doldrums, they will need to show some of the imagination of upstarts.

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Venture Funding Entrepreneur IPO 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

For universities, knowledge generation, reputation, and endowments from donations may be the benefits. I taught the first masters course on technological entrepreneurship in Israel at the Technion in 1987, 15 years after Israel’s first tech IPO on NASDAQ and when the entrepreneurial revolution in Israel was well underway.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Bureaucracy Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year. The Economist dubbed Block 71, “the world’s most tightly packed entrepreneurial ecosystem.”

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Look, Serna might have a reputation as an investor who meddles, but he's certainly a good businessman," Daniel said. Why would an IPO be so bad? And would you really be ready to sell the company or take it public in five years? I'm not a finance person, but that seems too soon to me.".

Case Study 12

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 12