But they had a falling out last summer over the size and strategy of the company and Mr. Garrabrant's compensation, say people familiar with the matter.
It can be an expensive proposition and there is no one size fits all strategy.
FORBES: Subway, Google And Target Are Top Brands For Social Currency
Underwriters consider a variety of factors in pricing policies, including the fund's size, its strategy, investor-base, performance, volatility, leverage and service providers.
He says the EPA's proposal was a one-size-fits-all strategy that wouldn't have worked.
The reason resides less in the rigorous metrics used to size the current force to national strategy than in two other, less noticed factors.
FORBES: Despite Budget Woes, The Navy Is Unlikely To Cut Carriers
Speaking of win-win solutions, watch this short video to learn how Landi Renzo was able to double in size and also support its growth strategy.
This might have something to do with the emergence of relatively complex and rich simulation and strategy games that leverage the size of the iPad display.
FORBES: iPad App Revenue Catching up with iPhone Faster than Expected
He directed a Nuclear Policy Review that committed the government to reducing the role of nuclear weapons in national strategy, scaling back the size of the strategic arsenal, and continuing a 20-year moratorium on production of new nuclear warheads.
FORBES: Nuclear Paradox: Shrinking U.S. Arsenal Requires Huge New Expenditures
Pakistan is critical to this strategy, both because of its size and its location.
The strategy around how to right-size the company will fall to newly installed HR head Jackie Reses, who came to Yahoo with a background in private equity.
FORBES: Ken Goldman Means More Financial Discipline at Yahoo!, Not Willy-Nilly Acquisitions
Despite some firms raising larger and larger funds, Index has kept its fund size the same, opting to keep to its strategy of finding the best early-stage startups.
FORBES: Index Ventures Raises $442 Million Sixth Early Stage Fund
Size can create headaches for a fund following a specific strategy.
Mr. Corbat's plan to roll the score cards out to all divisions has raised objections from some executives who view the strategy as too much of a "one-size-fits-all" approach, said people familiar with their thinking.
"There are a lot of nuances you may be missing by focusing only on style and size, " says Savita Subramanian, head of equity and quantitative strategy at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research.
For strategy consulting firms, the quality of the consulting has nothing to do with the size of the firm.
Mr Kamps argues that nobody else in Europe's fragmented baking industry could repeat his strategy: although his firm accounts for only a fraction of the market, it is four times the size of the next biggest.
应用推荐