Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

Building a successful platform business is hard enough when you have an original idea, ample capital, no core business to cannibalize, and a team of top talent. For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet. Just ask the executives at Uber, Twitter, Fitbit, and Snapchat.)

Intellectual Property 28

Intellectual Property Strategy Strategy Strategy& 28

Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2017

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. In contrast, today’s scarcest resource is your human capital, as measured by the time, talent and energy of your workforce. Vincent Tsui for HBR.

Management 53

Management Company Balance Sheet Talent 53

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

My guess is that while a poor balance sheet might cause restless sleep, it’s the thought of an incorrectly reported balance sheet that brings on night terrors. Applying them broadly without reference to your talent strategy could make it impossible to source or retain the people you need to achieve goals.

Benchmarking 37

Benchmarking Company Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 37

Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 The most productive companies have the talent they need to generate good growth options.

Cash Flow 50

Cash Flow Financial Balance Sheet Bain 50