Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Major organizational changes, covering everything from recruiting and branding to regulatory approvals and marketing, happened in rapid succession, with a hard deadline of 12 months to get it all done for the IPO — and 18 months from the IPO until our full separation from GE. What values drove them? What made them proud?

Management 11

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

a company specializing in presentations and corporate messaging workshops. 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. The price tag? An 8-fold increase in the marketing budget.

IPO 9

IPO Audience Chief Information Officer Case Study 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

A survey that we conducted earlier this year, of 319 executives around the world as well as 12 CEO workshops with leaders of over 100 of the most promising growth companies, indicates that the most troublesome challenges cluster in four areas. However, after its IPO, Amazon’s losses were in the millions, not the billions.

CEO 12

CEO IPO Energy COO 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2015

With limited exit opportunities via initial public offers ( IPOs ) and acquisitions, smart young people understand that stock options rarely bring a big payday. The tools used by Silicon Valley, London, and Paris to hire top talent — namely stock options — seldom work in Africa.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist IPO Entrepreneur Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

For example, it is nearly impossible for scaling ventures in many countries, including Brazil and Denmark, to count on an IPO for a successful exit. Having startup policies without taking care of access to IPO markets is like having a fast new ramp onto a pot-holed dirt road. At an entrepreneurship ecosystems workshop I ran in St.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur IPO Incentives Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

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. But this does not mean that they are right. Whether in Boston, Tel-Aviv, Reykjavik, Milwaukee, St.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incubator Bureaucracy Banking 9