The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Startups are renowned for their creativity and innovation, but this can often dry up once the unique pressures of going public are imposed on a firm. Research from Duke University explores why some companies have managed to remain innovative after going public while others have struggled. Free from pressure.

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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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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 4, 2025

The number increases when private firms go public through IPOs or when a public firm spins off a new one. public firms on fewer IPOs, the researchers explain. While IPOs have decreased since 1996, if you factor in mergers, you get a different picture: U.S. This growth is often seen as a positive economic sign. Not necessarily.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 22, 2024

The study offers important lessons for both startup founders and universities, especially as they invest more in early-stage research that can lead to big innovations. There was no significant difference in the likelihood of an IPO. This resistance to change can be a major problem. They were also 2.5%

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In the regulatory filing for Facebook’s 2012 IPO, Mark Zuckerberg included a letter outlining his management philosophy. Entitled, The Hacker Way, it encapsulated much of the zeitgeist. “We We have a saying,” he wrote. Move fast … Continue reading →

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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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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.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 2, 2016

In this second and final part of the blog, we’ll cover what the Starbucks story—during its private company era (1987-1992), IPO (1992) era, Great Recession era, and its present day status—teach us about the interplay of timing and innovation. Continue reading →

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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.

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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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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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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 21, 2022

GUEST POST from Greg Satell I was working on Wall Street in 1995 when the Netscape IPO hit like a bombshell. It was the first big Internet stock and, although originally priced at $14 per share, it opened at double … Continue reading →

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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.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 30, 2017

In his new book, Phil ‘Shoe Dog’ Knight, the founder, former CEO and now Executive Chairman of Nike, he tells his story of taking the business from humble origins, through an IPO in 1980 and onto its current $30 billion market capitalisation.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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

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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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Ever since the Netscape IPO in 1995, venture capital has taken on an almost mystical quality. The idea of investors in khakis backing a few kids in a garage to rival the world’s largest corporations has far more romantic appeal than fat-cat bankers chomping away at cigars in stuffy boardrooms. Before long, corporate America wanted.

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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 80

Leadership IPO Licensing Books 80

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. .

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IPO Venture Capitalist Finance Advertising 40

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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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

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 13, 2020

Former unicorns like Uber, Lyft, and Peloton have seen their value crash, while WeWork saw its IPO self-destruct. Reimagining Innovation For A World Of Atoms. So we are now likely embarking on a new era of innovation that will be very different than the digital age. Hardly “the dream of every cyber-visionary.”.

Software 57

Software Venture Capitalist Real Estate Technology 57

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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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.

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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.

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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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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

More than anything else, successful hybrid working is about trust. CEOs trusting managers, managers trusting employees and employees trusting themselves and their teammates to do the right thing, regardless of where they are based, to achieve the outcomes they hope to achieve.

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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

People often join a network because they’re inspired by its purpose, whether that’s to improve a community’s school lunch program or protect a sprawling wildlife preserve. But people stay for a very different reason: who is involved. Which means who is part of a network is just as important, if not more important, than why […].

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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The pandemic brought many problems facing the business community to the forefront of people’s consciousness – owners, leadership, managers, and employees. As a result, the traditional outlook of having people work long hours and perform tasks without asking questions met a severe roadblock.

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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.

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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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CEO Insider

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The best way to make your product high end is to price it at a premium. The higher pricing creates an immediate perception of value. A lot of business owners are afraid to charge more for their product or services because they have limiting beliefs about their buyers. There are many consumers out there who […].

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