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Three Headwinds for Facebook's IPO

Harvard Business Review

While this is a surmountable problem, it puts the media company in a very different position than that of Google in 2004 - the company that Facebook is most often compared against. For every 10 investments, a good firm may have one defining investment, returning hundreds of percent in IRR. Venture investors look for home runs.

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Connecting To Happiness: A Single Model For Leadership Excellence

Terry Starbucker

The goal is a high IRR, and the resulting Cause is “ meaningfully increasing shareholder value”. happiness). This connection must be introduced with near-religious fervor, with the Cause becoming a mantra that is known by all, and relentlessly reinforced. The WMTH is the satisfaction of funding a successful company.

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