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HBS Working Knowledge
November 29, 2006
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want? Entrepreneurs are often motivated by the potential of money and control, but very few ever achieve both.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 15, 2005
Mike Roberts |
The Founding CEO's Dilemma: Stay or Go? Professor Noam Wasserman discusses research about founder-CEO succession. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 21, 2012
Garry Emmons |
How to Sink a Startup Noam Wasserman, author of the recently released book "The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup," discusses ill-advised entrepreneurial behavior. |
Bio-IT World
November 14, 2003
Michael Greeley |
Show You the Money Venture capitalists need to balance two, at times conflicting, parameters when considering compensation for the executives at biotech companies in their portfolios: cash and long-term equity incentives. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 4, 2012 |
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors In his new book, The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup, HBS Associate Professor Noam Wasserman tells readers how to anticipate, avoid, and, if necessary, recover from the landmines that can destroy a nascent company before it has the chance to thrive. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 4, 2006
Julia Hanna |
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go At some point, a start-up's founder usually cedes CEO responsibilities to a seasoned manager. But what roles does the founder assume next? |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 7, 2011
Carmen Nobel |
Creating the Founders' Dilemmas Course Students study the quandaries that virtually all entrepreneurs will face when trying to realize the dream of launching a start-up -- from deciding when to start the company to learning how to make a graceful exit. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Jeff Joseph |
Venture Populist: Founder's Skin-in-the-Game Remember Jobs and Wozniak? Gates and Allen? Don't assume a founder's lack of committed capital to be a stumbling block to a venture's success. |
Inc.
March 2007
Amy Feldman |
Putting Founders First How one VC Firm coddles its CEOs. |
Inc.
June 1, 2002
Jennifer Reingold |
The Most Dangerous Hire How does an entrepreneur hire a CEO to replace himself? It helps to think about what a CEO really does... |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Stephanie Bogan |
Who Will Succeed? There is little doubt that current and anticipated growth, the challenges of managing firms and related human capital dynamics will lead us further into uncharted waters. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 2, 2009
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs When it comes to entrepreneurship, nothing says success like a track record of previous wins. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 18, 2013
Sean Silverthorne |
Breaking Through a Growth Stall Many companies get stuck on a plateau, unable to grow and burning through cash at a frightening rate. Frank V. Cespedes discusses how focusing on the right customers can generate growth again. |
Inc.
September 2007
Max Chafkin |
Who's Behind TheFunded.com? A new website lets entrepreneurs talk trash about their VCs. |
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Jeff Joseph |
A Great (and Surprising) Venture Investment Source Many financial advisors are beginning to venture into venture. |
Entrepreneur
February 2010
Asheesh Advani |
A Fairer Share Founder stock is one of the trickier matters for new businesses. Here's how to get it right. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 16, 2004
Stever Robbins |
Is Equity-Based Compensation a Good Thing? Does equity based compensation motivate workers in a positive or negative way? |
Inc.
November 2004
Alison Stein Wellner |
Are You Paying Yourself Enough? You're getting by on a paltry salary because that's what's best for your company. Or is it? An owner's low pay can send the wrong message -- to investors and employees. Here's how to pick the magic number. Plus: What other CEOs take home. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 14, 2005
Sarah Jane Gilbert |
How Can Start Ups Grow? Assistant Harvard professor Mukti Khaire discusses her work on the relationship between a small business' structure and its success and its implications for entrepreneurs everywhere. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Justin Hibbard |
Startup Millionaires Even Before the IPO These days private equity firms are buying entrepreneurs' stock before their companies reach Wall Street. And Internet ad companies are leading the trend. But not all VCs are thrilled about what's happening. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2006
John J. Bowen |
Team Players If your employees don't share in the risks -- and the rewards -- of your financial advisory business, they won't be motivated to do their best. |
Financial Advisor
April 2007
Rebecca Pomering |
The Eat-What-You-Kill Model For advisory firms, the eat-what-you-kill, production-based compensation model inevitably promotes personal development of business and thus implicitly undermines teamwork, integration and sharing of clients, ideas and knowledge. |
Registered Rep.
March 20, 2013
Kador & Cohen |
The Devilish Details of Angel Investing Angel investing can be fraught with peril -- for both the investor and the entrepreneur. But the devil's in the details. Here's a guide for mixing business with family and friends. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 11, 2012
Julia Hanna |
The Future of Boards In "The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century," Professor Jay Lorsch brings together experts to examine the state of boards today, what lies ahead, and what needs to change. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Mallory Stark |
Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks Misses a Chance to Shine Starbucks is reining in compensation for founder and CEO Howard Schultz and several top managers. That's a step in the right direction given the company's lagging performance lately, but is it really enough? It's been an awful year, folks. |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
David Lawrence |
Costly Mistakes As financial advisors create their own team practices or go independent and set up independent RIA firms, one of the biggest challenges they face is designing a compensation plan for themselves and those who work with them and for them. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 26, 2004
Stark & Lagace |
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital What is it like today for women entrepreneurs in their quest for venture capital funding? In an interview, Harvard professor Myra M. Hart shares her latest research and ideas. |
Inc.
February 2006
Darren Dahl |
Facing the Capital Gap There's plenty of capital out there. So why are so many companies struggling to raise money? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000
Schonbraun & Schindler |
Hitting the Grand Slam! Top producing executives, like the sultans of swat in baseball, can be expensive, but they are vital to a successful management team. The market for top executives is tight with the private real estate sector and other industries competing for the same talent pool as REITs and REOCs. |
Entrepreneur
April 2009
Brad Feld |
Beware the Arrogant Venture Capitalist Their weaknesses may vary, but there's typically a common characteristic not-great venture capitalists share: arrogance. |
Inc.
May 1, 2010
Bobbie Gossage |
An Insider's Guide to Venture Capital Financing Jeffrey Bussgang, author of Mastering the VC Game and a principal at Flybridge Capital Partners, on how to get funded. |
Investment Advisor
December 2005
Kathleen M. McBride |
Ownership Shift at LPL Broker/dealer Linsco/Private Ledger (LPL Financial Services) sells a 60% stake to two private equity groups. |
CRM
May 2004
David Myron |
Is Your Compensation Plan Undermining Your CRM Initiative? How to create incentive plans that are in line with your corporate strategy. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000
Elaine E. Derso |
Will Overhang Hurt the REIT Markets? Not Likely! Investor concerns about common stock overhang did a lot of damage to the internet industry markets, at least once insiders started selling their holdings. Does a similar fate await the REIT industry, where many company founders hold significant equity stakes? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003
James B. Wright |
Governing REIT Compensation As recent well-publicized REIT proxy/management battles have demonstrated, REIT governance issues are no longer under the radar. In time, shareholder concerns (and any REIT vulnerabilities) relative to independent compensation decisions will also receive scrutiny. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 13, 2004
Brush et al. |
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business Yes, it's a fact! Women generally have less cash to "seed" fund their own ventures. This excerpt from the book Clearing the Hurdles explains what women can do about it. |
Inc.
March 1, 2010 |
Staying Light on Your Toes Venture capitalist Mark Suster discusses the power of charisma and the ability to listen. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 7, 2009
Sean Silverthorne |
Government's Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship Professor Josh Lerner, author Boulevard of Broken Dreams, wonders if its time for Uncle Sam to invest in new entrepreneurial firms. |
Inc.
March 1, 2010
Darren Dahl |
How to Read a Term Sheet Looking for venture capital? Here's what you need to know about liquidation preferences and preferred stock |
CRM
October 2014
Leonard Klie |
Should CSRs Be Paid for Performance? Why companies must assess the effectiveness of tying agent compensation to contact center metrics. |
Fast Company
Vivian Giang |
Why The Few Women Venture Capitalists Often Give Up Only 2.7% of all venture-backed companies have a woman CEO. That's 183 out of 6,517 companies or $1.5 billion out of the $50.8 billion invested between 2011 and 2013. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Mark Tibergien |
Just Rewards While compensation plays an important role in driving performance of individuals and the business, it's also important for financial advisors to recognize that money is not an adequate substitute for active management. |
Inc.
November 1, 2000
Ilan Mochari |
How to Take Stock If you're thinking about taking equity instead of cash as payment for services, here's a checklist of things to consider... |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 25, 2006
Desai & Margolis |
Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts, where the practice of backdating options for top executives is only part of the problem. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 25, 2005 |
Negotiating What You're Worth Should you be the first to mention money? What is your main goal in negotiating a salary raise? How do you prepare for negotiation obstacles? A negotiation expert gives tips in this article from the Harvard Management Communication Letter. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Venture Capitalists: More Caution, More Due Diligence, More Diversity Venture money is out there, but it will be staying more and more with entrepreneurs who have better grounding, better products and at least a modicum of a track record... |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2011
Bogan & Doss |
Compensation Challenge Designing a compensation strategy that supports a firm's philosophical framework while also acknowledging its financial resources and goals helps ensure an effective plan that promotes the growth of people and profits. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008
Rebecca Pomering |
Do You Need A CEO? While long the norm in most other industries, full-time, dedicated managers are relatively new to financial advisory firms. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2009
Liz Peek |
"Say on Pay" a Boon for Advisors, but for Shareholders? Shareholder anger about former excesses, and the demand for say-on-pay, is not likely to disappear anytime soon. |
