CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

His thesis is that most businesses sell in the $10-30M range so it is best for angel investors to push for a sale at that point which can provide a great return for the angels and for the entrepreneurs rather than holding on, raising VC funds and trying for the big IPO or $100M+ sale. It is managements job to make them above average.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 3, 2017

Brad is a former C-level executive of a publicly traded company that he co-founded which went from entrepreneurial start-up to IPO in less than three years. Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen on Stitcher ].

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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. On the other hand, an MBA is more beneficial when management abilities are required to manage a larger firm size and organizational complexity.

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Rajesh Setty

MAY 16, 2012

The profound lessons that startups can learn from Facebook IPO. Tomorrow is the Facebook IPO and I am not expert enough to predict what is going to happen. There are several people out there who are vying for your attention and stories like Facebook IPO is a great way to DEMAND that attention.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Research from Duke University explores why some companies have managed to remain innovative after going public while others have struggled. The researchers found that this shift in strategy affected around 70% of firms after their IPO. “Our research reminds managers to consider how segmentation also applies to investors.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 17, 2024

At 28, he secured a billion-dollar IPO. At age 16, Payman Zamani fled Iran and made his way to America as a refugee. Today, he is redefining what it means to be an entrepreneur and business leader.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

Guest post from Bobby Martin : There comes a time for every founder of a rapidly growing entrepreneurial business when you have to decide if you can be the one to both lead and manage into and through this growth stage. You need to become primarily a manager. Learn how to manage the complexities of running a fast-growth firm.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2015

In all honesty, the skills listing sort of tells the story of my career path over the last six years or so as managed care (my previous professional field) fell farther down the list while blogging, social media, and editing climbed higher. One speaker, however, stayed in my mind for a different reason.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Maybe you’re prepping for the IPO. You’re not managing your energy well. You must concentrate on managing your energy because there are so many demands on your time, that you can’t meet them all. Effective time management begins with good energy management. You came up with an awesome idea. You started a company.

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Chartered Management Institute

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Article: Data vs gut: the great decision making debate Written by David Waller Tuesday 19 September 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email The idea of instinctual management is an attractive one. But as the world becomes more data-driven, which should you be prioritising when making decisions?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 17, 2016

Internet traffic and was the first Internet IPO. But Third Wave entrepreneurs will need to have a special kind of perseverance in a changing world to manage tensions. T HERE WAS A TIME when AOL was how most Americans got online. Co-founded by Steve Case, American Online at its peak handled nearly half of U.S.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

When it comes to fulfilling this end, the usual route to going public involves an initial public offering , also known as an IPO. IPOs can confer great benefits on companies that are able to go through them. But IPOs also come with some steep costs and excessive risks. IPOs have huge costs and risks.

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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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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2021

The goal is to gain equity, help the company grow and then sell it or when it goes very well, do an IPO. If you aim to hold onto your business, then angel investment may not be for you. Crowdfunding. This type of source funding has seen quite a hike as there have been many success stories.

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Management Excellence

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

As of this writing, the world is abuzz with the expected Facebook IPO. The number $100 billion is being floated and passed around (probably by those who stand to benefit from a big IPO), and whether real or wild speculation, that’s a number that gives one cause to pause.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2023

How can I manage my business’s funding effectively once I have raised it? The best method for raising money will depend on your unique business needs including your timeline, the amount of money needed, and the level of control you are willing to surrender to your investors.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

This book journals growth of MindTree from idea to IPO. Fuji Xerox won the legendary Deming Prize for Total Quality Management even before Xerox, the parent company, got the Malcolm Baldridge Award for quality in the US. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Best, Tanmay Tanmay Vora´s last blog.

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Decker Communication

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Ken Blanchard is a friend of mine (and the very successful author of The One Minute Manager ) who knows well the changes in leadership over the last 40 years. It’s a lesson I learned the hard way – trial and error to get to collaboration. . He says, “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.”

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Tim Milburn

MAY 8, 2014

In Ambition: How We Manage Success and Failure Throughout Our Lives , Gilbert Brim observes that “sometimes we don’t know we are losing until the very end.” And do you remember Facebook’s disastrous IPO? “But I have never had trouble with senior management,” she said. Anyone can take a dive.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

It can involve investors, the public in the form of an IPO, or even, family members that are backing you. Well, it is, and it isn’t. Many people believe that entrepreneurism is all about private ventures, that don’t necessarily involve a bank. But why not a bank?

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Jacobs has founded seven billion-dollar or multibillion-dollar businesses, completed approximately 500 M&A transactions, and raised 30 billion dollars of debt and equity capital, including three IPOs. He began his career at age 23 when he founded Amerex Oil Associates, followed by Hamilton Resources, both privately held.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

And despite all of Facebook's user support, investors should be skeptical of the company's pricey IPO. Over the past couple of years, I've become close with a handful of web product managers. There is a lot of emotion behind the Facebook IPO. I don't mean to suggest it will fall 70% in value after its IPO pop.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 22, 2024

There was no significant difference in the likelihood of an IPO. These findings are important as university research spending hit a record $91 billion in 2022, according to the Association of University Technology Managers. They were also 2.5% less likely to be acquired, compared to an 8% average chance.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This blog post is the first of a two-part series on transformational growth and disruptive change by my dear friend Mark Thompson for the AMA (American Management Association). It’s not an imposition on management to hear out all these diverse ideas; it’s not a separate HR “program” to be tolerated. Dear readers! Version 2.0

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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

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. More than anything else, successful hybrid working is about trust.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 27, 2024

Jacobs has founded seven billion-dollar or multibillion-dollar businesses, completed approximately 500 M&A transactions, and raised 30 billion dollars of debt and equity capital, including three IPOs. He began his career at age 23 when he founded Amerex Oil Associates, followed by Hamilton Resources, both privately held.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 25, 2012

” “… studies find that primary contributors to employee commitment include : management concern for employees and customers. “ Structural cohesion is an employee-generated synergy — essentially a close-knit, high-energy culture — that propels the company forward.”

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 13, 2022

The performance management process — and conducting performance reviews in particular — is often a source of frustration for leaders.

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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

AUGUST 20, 2014

It has also helped shape the practice of management. Staying true to its roots as an engineering-centric company, Google has stood out both for its early skepticism of the value of managers as well as for its novel, often quantitative approaches to management decisions. How Google manages. Business in the age of Google.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2012

I had a front row seat to one of the most successful IPO's of the dot-com boom. On day one, because we did not yet have a general counsel, the company told me — the only ex-lawyer then on staff — to manage the IPO. So what actually happens inside a company on IPO day? The screen flickered. We cheered!

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

— from private equity to hedge funds to IPOs. In today's see-saw economy, just as important as the timing of your IPO is being prepared and spot-on with your messaging. I've never met an IPO team that couldn't talk for days about their business and their industry — that's what makes them the experts. Slash and Trash.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 1, 2022

Technology: This is a quote I came across recently in a business publication: “… of 53 tech-related companies that went public last year through an IPO or direct listing, all but three are now trading well below their offer or opening price … more than half have tumbled by at least 50%.”. Everyone is a coach.”.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

The editors managing the Visualizing Data Insight Center have asked us to submit visualizations that we find compelling or effective. A Quartz article on the IPO of hipster journal company Moleskine included this chart that comes from the company's prospectus.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As a price strategy consultant, it's common for managers and sales people to enthusiastically pitch me on a strategy of "let's get them in the door with a big discount, they'll love our product or service, and then return to pay full price." Consumers, of course, love big discounts. So what do you think?

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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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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. During our feedback discussions, for example, many associates brought up their desire for more flexibility.

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