CEO interview: Finding the optimal funding approach for a startup in Korea
26 October 2012 — Jong-ik Kwon (31), the CEO of iPetBrand, is an entrepreneur with a solid academic background. The idea for his current venture, iPetBrand, stemmed from Mr. Kwon’s love for animals and people who care about animals. iPetBrand seeks to integrate the vet network with the value chain, and Mr. Kwon’s vision is to make iPetBrand the most recognized brand in pet care. To fulfill this, he needed funding. We talked to Mr. Kwon about his fundraising experiences.
Reddal Talks: Strategy, honestly! Ep. 4 Growth/share matrix – is it still valid?
15 October 2021 — In our "Strategy, honestly!" video podcast series we discuss some of the common strategy tools and methodologies, in an honest way. Starting a new season, Per, Janne, and Pyry are excited to share with you more insights and deepen your knowledge on the key strategy frameworks existing out there.
Reddal Talks: Strategy, honestly! Ep. 0 Introduction to the series
28 June 2021 — In our "Strategy, honestly!" video podcast series we discuss some of the common strategy tools and methodologies, in an honest way. Episode 0 provides an introduction to where this series started.
Exploring new growth path for Asian Pacific Technology SMEs
6 November 2018 — Reddal Client Director, Dr. Per Stenius, was invited to speak on internationalization of technology SMEs at the “Innovation Summit & International Conference on Technology Transfer and Internationalization of Technology-based Businesses".
Reddal Talks: Strategy, honestly! Ep. 6 Strategy canvas - effective for all kinds of companies?
2 November 2021 — In our "Strategy, honestly!" video podcast series we discuss some of the common strategy tools and methodologies, in an honest way. During season 2, Per, Janne, and Pyry are excited to share with you more insights and deepen your knowledge on the key strategy frameworks existing out there.
Defining Iran’s path for growth – the role of private equity
7 December 2016 — Reddal was invited as a keynote speaker to “the 6th international conference on management of technology”, organized by IRAMOT and held in Tehran, Iran, on December 6-8, 2016. We presented results from our on-going work on how venture capital and private equity is affecting growth in various countries.
Amidst the critical changes in Iranian economy can lie new opportunities
18 December 2018 — In light of the critical changes the Iranian economy has undergone recently, we look in this short update into the different developments and new opportunities these changes are bringing about.
Leveraging professional financial management practices to drive small and medium-sized company growth
5 April 2012 — Growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is crucial for the Finnish economy, but based on earlier research, there are only few companies who have actually grown to revenues of 200-500M€, and practically no companies have grown to above 1000M€ of revenue during the past 20 years. One of the reasons we have found is that the finance function of a normal SME does not support its growth journey well enough, leaving one important value creation lever under-utilized.