In my last entrepreneurial finance class, we went over a reading by a famous Harvard professor of entrepreneurship, one of the first formal papers on the subject submitted to a colloquium in the 1980s. It is surprising how much the advice from 30 years ago is so close to today's. Below were the points that most caught my eye and caused me to think; some I agree wholeheartedly with, and others I'm still trying to come to terms with.
I found that most of the lessons above rang true today and particularly hit close to home for me and my personal past experiences. I'm sure I read advice like this before, but it's strange how it always takes on a new meaning when it matches things that you've actually had to deal with in your personal life.
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My last entrepreneurial finance class was filled with so much cool stuff that I'm splitting up the main points into three separate posts. This post covers the IPO process, the last "technical" part of the class where we reviewed the prospectus and 10K for Oakley's IPO from cover to cover. Though I previously knew some elements of what we discussed, it was interesting hearing about the process in more detail from the guest investment banker who actually led the Oakley IPO and could offer us some of his inside perspective.
Though I'm nowhere close to seeing a company go public firsthand, it's a topic that interests me and that I hopefully will get to learn about eventually more in depth. |
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