Equity markets are the meeting point for buyers and sellers of stocks. The securities traded in the equity market can either be public stocks, which are those listed on the stock exchange, or privately traded stocks.

When companies are born they are private companies, and after a certain t...

Focus on an intentionally narrow market. It's like keeping a fire contained at first to get it really hot before adding more logs.

• Find out if there is a subset of the market in which you can get a critical mass of users quickly.
• Build something for yourself and your friends, w...

Several companies design flexible structures and processes to cope with the unexpected. Uncertainty presents not only a challenge but also a potential opportunity.

• The company, Haier, developed a 'platform ecosystem' where employees can present their ideas to an investment committee....