strategy
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How To Create A New Industry
Blue Ocean Strategy, by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne W. Chan Kim (born in 1951) is a South Korean professor of strategy and management. Renée Mauborgne (born in 1963) is an American professor of strategy. Both are ranked among the most influential management thinkers, having co-authored several bestselling strategy books. Below are the key… Continue reading
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Strategy Made Simple
Better, Simpler Strategy, by Felix Oberholzer-Gee Strategy is simple. (…) It is liberating to discover the simplicity in strategy. Felix Oberholzer-Gee Felix Oberholzer-Gee is a Swiss economist, author, and professor of strategy at Harvard Business School. I discovered him in a recent episode of the Columbia Business School’s Value Investing with Legends podcast, hosted by… Continue reading
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How To Build An Enduring Business
Jim Collins (born in 1958) is an American author and consultant focused on business management and company sustainability and growth. In a six-year research project, Jim Collins and his team of researchers set out to find out what accounted for the success of visionary companies. Continue reading
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Finally! Michael Porter’s Strategy Concepts Made Simple
Understanding Michael Porter, by Joan Magretta Joan Magretta is a former partner of consulting firm Bain & Co, a former strategy editor of the Harvard Business Review (HBR), an author on strategy and general management, and a senior associate at the Harvard Business School Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC). She has collaborated with Michael… Continue reading
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About THE AUTHOR
- I have been a private equity investor for 17 years, and prior to that, a leveraged finance banker for 3 years. During the past 20 years, I have worked on transactions with a cumulated value of €13 billion, alongside talented founders, managers, investors, bankers, and advisors.
- I have served on the board of private European companies of various sizes (from €5 million to €200 million of EBITDA) in various industries (food, wealth management, education, access control, dental services, real estate financing, publishing, building materials, capital equipment).
- I teach an Introduction to Private Equity course at my alma mater, HEC Paris, hold a CFA charter, and am passionate about investing (I manage a portfolio of listed stocks on the side for my own account), business, social sciences, and mental models.
- I am blessed with a wonderful wife and three amazing children.