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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. And we have almost 1,000 employees in 21 offices in 12 countries, and we’ve facilitated a million and a half interactions in our history. Or, you can go straight to the source. We kind of bring it all together.

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. It’s not about the financing path, it’s about what you’ve decided to build. Support.com — On 2.5m

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McKinsey highlight #1 - Cracking The Code - Yes

Cracking the Code

Paris, November 1998. TOP or Total Operational Performance, is a cost cutting approach, where your objective is to cut 40% of all the "not-strictly-necessary costs" by doing things differently. we started to tackle the plant food service where the 2,000 employees had their daily lunch. Yahoo Finance. I was super excited!

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

We will discuss liquidity options appropriate for a wide range of people with private company stock, including private equity funds, venture capitalists, angels, founders, and employees with options. Confirmed Panelists David Weild, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market (moderator) Barry Silbert, CEO, Secondmarket.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

My general advice is to go join a startup as an employee, and learn from experience. The Harvard Business School’s business plan competition has been running since 1998; the only competition winner that has achieved any sustained success is Cloudflare (2009). In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

My general advice is to go join a startup as an employee, and learn from experience. The Harvard Business School’s business plan competition has been running since 1998; the only competition winner that has achieved any sustained success is Cloudflare (2009). In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent.

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Uber Needs to Transition from “Pirate” to “Navy”

Reid Hoffman

During the early stages of blitzscaling—the Family (1-9 employees) and Tribe (10-99 employees) stages—it’s easier to take risks. This transition can be challenging; founders and early employees often resist changing their approach; after all, didn’t it bring initial success? Ethical vs. criminal pirates.