It chronicles a bout of serendipity acquired him a job in the life sciences tools business and his early career. From that point, Harkness went on to lead another life sciences tools business, and transformed the company from an under performing venture-backed startup to a profitable multi-product firm. After filing for IPO, an unsuccessful sales process, and four acquisitions, the company was finally sold by Harkness for a record multiple for the industry. Shortly following the sale, the new acquirers of the business fired Harkness.
Harkness planned to possess the new enterprise duplicate the strategy he had used in the last two companies he worked for. Yet, after one of his investors pulled out, he fought to find replacements for the exceptional business theory. He started to question whether this was the right time to pursue this effort.
Tim Harkness Starting Over Case Study Solution
PUBLICATION DATE: August 07, 2015 PRODUCT #: E564-HCB-ENG
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