The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2023

However, when examining Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in the United States between 1998 and 2018, the researchers discovered that companies with CEOs holding a Ph.D. The study indicates that possessing a top academic degree, namely a Ph.D. are more likely to collaborate with VC firms that offer complementary management expertise.

Education 98

Education CEO IPO Committee 98

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 7, 2024

“International capital investors are increasingly interested in Finnish innovations and Helsinki’s attractiveness as a startup scene is shown in Startup Genome’s report, according to which Helsinki is tied for 31st place in the global ranking of startup ecosystems,” says Hanna Nylund, Chief Impact Officer at Maria 01.

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Diversity IPO Entrepreneur Innovation 112

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 17, 2024

At 28, he secured a billion-dollar IPO. Those six principles are: Unity Intention Independence Love Truthfulness Justice In Zamani’s words, here is what he says about each of these six principles: Unity - Every entrepreneur, business pioneer, or tech innovator must be comfortable with getting things done in groups.

IPO 143

IPO Short-term Leadership Entrepreneur 143

CEO Insider

AUGUST 14, 2021

Innovation can transform your business, but it won’t just happen randomly. These 3 steps can help you strategically encourage innovation in your company. The post 3 Ways You Can Be as Innovative as Steve Jobs appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. “The The business was close to bankruptcy, but Jobs had a plan. The cure […].

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Innovation Magazine Planning Company 132

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 13, 2022

University spinouts represent a major source of innovation but a recent report into the sector by the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub and Beauhurst suggests all is not as healthy as it might be. been successfully acquired or completed an IPO), compared to 8.4% “10.4% of the UK’s spinouts have exited (i.e.

IPO 117

IPO Pharmaceuticals Engineering Trends 117

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 28, 2022

Last, but not least, the researchers examined the short- and long-term success of each firm via the funding raised and whether there was a successful exit or not, whether by IPO or acquisition. Detached from reality. The analysis showed a clear detachment between the skills founders projected they had and the skills they actually had.

Skills 128

Skills Due Diligence IPO Human Capital 128

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Trademarks differ from patents in that whereas patents capture technological innovation, trademarks allow companies to differentiate themselves in their advertising. They can often be costly to acquire and maintain, so can also provide a real signal of intent about a firm and its products to investors. .

IPO 52

IPO Venture Capitalist Finance Advertising 52

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

For instance, the models might predict that a startup has a 75% chance of being acquired or achieving an IPO, whereas it has just 25% of failing. Each model worked to try and classify the startup and assign it a probability of success or failure.

Succession 123

Succession IPO Proposal Training 123

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 13, 2013

In his IPO letter Mark Zuckerberg wrote: “I started off by writing the first version of Facebook myself because it was something I wanted to exist. At Facebook, allegiance to the hacker way permeates every aspect of the business, from product innovation to organizational structure to management and training.

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CEO Word of Mouth Marketing Leadership IPO 335

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2021

The valuations placed on each venture by the VC were assessed via something known as the pre-money valuation, while the long-term success of each venture was measured by the exit for the firm, whether via acquisition or IPO. Despite this, Twitter activity did influence the VC investments.

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Venture Capitalist IPO Long-term Comparison 125

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2022

. “In other words, for founding teams, showing off appears to pay off to a greater degree than having the goods when it comes to raising capital, while longer-term outcomes such as acquisitions and IPOs are less sensitive to expertise signaling,” they conclude.

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur IPO Finance 114

Leading Blog

JUNE 17, 2016

Internet traffic and was the first Internet IPO. Education innovators were often too focused on technology in the First Wave, and too much on content in the Second Wave. In the Third Wave innovation can happen almost anywhere—anywhere there are experts in the field your are trying to disrupt.

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Entrepreneur IPO Policies Education 150

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 14, 2014

Geoffrey Moore is Managing Director, Geoffrey Moore Consulting; a venture partner with Mohr Davidow Ventures, Chairman Emeritus, TCG Advisors, The Chasm Institute and The Chasm Group; and a member of the Board of Directors, Akamai Technologies and several pre-IPO Companies.

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IPO Marketing Strategy Consultative Technology 75

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

If you’ve got outside funders, they’re demanding more and better financial reporting from you, and your board is starting to breathe down your neck about preparing for an IPO. Actually, even if this is your choice you still need to pick from #1 or #2 until the company is in good shape for sale or IPO. Look for a buyer.

IPO 120

IPO COO Dunning Delegation 120

Modern Servant Leader

JULY 10, 2012

Their work focuses on innovative developments with silicon. or returns massive investments (look at Intel Stock since IPO), what do you do? Shockley Semiconductor Consolidates Great People. At the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Dr. Shockley recruits a brilliant team of young scientists and engineers. You serve your employees.

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IPO Leadership Letter Information Technology 260

Mark Sanborn

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Neumann came under fire after the company’s prospectus filing for the IPO revealed heavy losses and a wide discrepancy in the distribution of power between him and the company’s other shareholders. Their vision was clear and innovative but they had to discover what consistent action would fulfill it.

Leadership 82

Leadership IPO Licensing Books 82

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Great leaders have to ask: Where does your innovation come from? For Sir Richard, seeing his dream turn to ashes was a teachable moment of epic proportions—an unexpected provocation to rethink innovation in a world full of surprises. World Bank: Diversity and inclusion as a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Competitive Advantage Banking Diversity IPO 70

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The record-breaking Facebook IPO proves a number of things. Now back to the IPO. To be the next Apple on a sustainable basis will require another wave or two of major innovation. He will be a mega-billionaire after the IPO. But one thing it won't prove is that investors who buy now will get wealthy.

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IPO Advertising Content Innovation 13

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 13, 2019

after fees and expenses and the timing of Uber’s impending IPO,” they explain. “The “It is potentially inspired by the success of New York City’s driver minimum wage law enacted recently $27.86 gross and $17.22

IPO 72

IPO Business Model Report Cost 72

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

How Google innovates. Bala Iyer and Tom Davenport attempted to “reverse engineer” Google’s innovation machine in 2008. The first step to innovating like Google, they argue, is patience. Another look at part of Google’s innovation strategy comes from a 2013 piece on DARPA , the government research agency.

IPO 15

IPO Management Engineering Innovation 15

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Maybe you’re prepping for the IPO. He is graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business’s LEAD program in Corporate Innovation. You came up with an awesome idea. Your singular focus has been to make it real. You started a company. You got funding. Maybe you’re looking for Series B or C funding now. Congratulations!

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 249

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Yelp's IPO filing comes hot on the heels of successful IPOs and high valuations for Angie's List and Groupon. Yelp's timing reflects both a tech-friendly market and the company's current position as the dominant consumer-review web site. Most of its revenue comes from advertising, which requires a large sales force.

IPO 15

IPO Business Model Review Advertising 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Call 2014 the year of innovation. Google Trends reveals that interest in disruptive innovation crept up to peak levels this year. It seems that every time you hop on a quarterly earnings call, the CEO mentions innovation. If innovation is the foundation to building the future, this focus should be reassuring.

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Long-term Innovation Company IPO 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2021

Six qualities that define a modern tech business.

IPO 10

IPO Company Quality Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In light of Snap’s IPO , there has been an immense amount of speculation about the long-term viability of the company’s strategy.

IPO 9

IPO Productivity Products Strategy 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. So, to achieve higher performance, should company boards and investors choose CEOs with the expertise that would better qualify them to lead innovation? For the rest, we found that other factors besides innovation drove strong shareholder returns.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

When financial services company Square priced its IPO at $9 a share last November, well under the $15+ price that private investors paid the year before, it was a cold shower of reality for the 6-year-old company. Until the IPO, Square had been one of more than 130 unicorns: privately owned tech companies valued at $1 billion or more.

IPO 8

IPO Innovation Price Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2024

But there is also evidence that innovative moves by crypto-asset issuers to create new vehicles for investment in crypto-assets have improved price efficiency and market liquidity, making investment in crypto-assets safer for investors. This article argues that markets in crypto-assets such as Bitcoin are maturing.

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Maturity Price Efficiency Marketing 23

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

In addition, native Chinese tech companies such as Alibaba, Weibo, and Momo are having some of the most successful IPOs in U.S. But even despite China’s impressive growth, it seems clear that English – not Mandarin – is and will remain the language of innovation. And the best tool of innovation? Collaboration.

Innovation 8

Innovation Globalization IPO Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The real innovation of deal sites such as Groupon and Living Social is that they have garnered millions of consumers who are interested in receiving deals on a variety of products and services. These sites have a unique opportunity to morph into innovative digital versions of Sunday circulars. The future does not seem rosy.

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IPO Discount Price Business Model 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

For instance, Snapchat’s recent IPO filing revealed that the company grew revenues by 600% (to $404 million) in 2016. Entrepreneurship aids economic vitality by getting rid of complacent incumbents, accelerating innovation, and creating jobs. Jeff Bezos, the company’s CEO, understands that innovation is a numbers game.

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Innovation Bureaucracy IPO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

For many consumer tech companies, this post-IPO pressure on financial returns is too high. Because they are innovative by nature, consumer tech companies need to invest heavily in research and development, which could be done if they had a portfolio of products at different stages of maturity, with some of them being established cash cows.

IPO 8

IPO Company Maturity Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2018

The age finding is similar using firms with the fastest sales growth instead, and founder age is similarly high for those startups that successfully exit through an IPO or acquisition. Steve Jobs and Apple introduced the company’s most profitable innovation, the iPhone, when Jobs was 52. But What About Steve Jobs?

Succession 15

Succession IPO Entrepreneur Biotechnology 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The most motivated and productive people I’ve seen recently work in an older company on the American East Coast deploying innovative technology products to transform a traditional industry. To a person, they look astonished when I ask whether their dedication comes from anticipation of the money they could make in the event of an IPO.

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Motivation IPO Norton Open-book 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2011

Microfinance has come under fire in the past 18 months, triggered in part by SKS Microfinance's IPO. It was always meant to be a "social innovation," a way for corporations to make a profit at the same time that they do something good for society. And all of those innovations are opportunities for businesses.

Microfinance 15

Microfinance IPO Bottom-up Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

A star example is Google, which raised a mere $40 million in private funding before its IPO at a $23 billion valuation. While there has not been a defining exit in clean energy akin to the "Netscape moment" for the internet, there have been numerous recent IPOs in the biofuels sector. Click on the table below to see at full size.).

Energy 13

Energy Finance IPO Biotechnology 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

When Google introduced a controversial dual-class share structure at the time of its IPO in 2004, I had reservations (as you would expect of someone whose specialty is corporate governance). But the founders' passionate advocacy of the need to follow a "long-term, innovative approach" resonated with me. Take Brazil.

Planning 14

Planning IPO Proposal Class 14