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Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study)
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Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (HBR Case Study)
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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
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Good Money After Bad? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
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Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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In Entrepreneurial Pitches, Stage Presence Is Everything
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Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleEditors’ Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your email address. Gloria Londoño scanned the tables at the Opera restaurant. Victor Serna was sitting at […]
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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for GEORG
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Angel Investments in Europe and Recent Developments in Crowdfunding
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This technical note provides information on the evolution and current state of angel investing in Europe. The note first describes the role and types... -
Term Sheet Negotiations: A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details To give students and entrepreneurs a framework to guide their term-sheet negotiations with Venture Capitalists. -
LinkedIn Corporation, 2012
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Since its inception in 2003, LinkedIn had become a leading Silicon Valley institution with a brand name that was recognizable throughout the U.S. and... -
Angel Investing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Discusses the industry practices of angel investors, individuals who invest privately in new ventures. -
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement."... -
Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In June 2012, Cheah Cheng-Hye and his colleagues at Value Partners, a Hong-Kong-based investment firm, received a copy of a short-seller report alleging... -
Jason Calacanis: A Case Study in Creating Resources
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Jason Calacanis described himself as a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and podcaster - and someone who had come a long way from the time he had to... -
Angel Investing: Innovation Within the Establishment
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Introduces angel investing as a concept and discusses recent developments in the industry. Angel investing has been a long-standing practice, dating back... -
StudyBlue
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The case opens in July of 2009 with Becky Splitt, CEO of StudyBlue, facing a series of difficult decisions. These include: determining the appropriate... -
Verge Software (B): XMarkstheSpot
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Yieldex (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Yieldex Founder, Doug Cosman, is faced with the decision to sell his young software start-up for $4 million or to hire a CEO (Tom Shields) and pursue... -
Tenex Greenhouse Investors
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Protagonist Frank Ruderman evolved from entrepreneur to traditional angel investor and later to innovative angel or hybrid investor. Ruderman's investing... -
Concierge Club: Series A Round
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Concierge Club is an early-stage company looking to raise $6 million of additional funding in a Series A financing in December 1999. Mary Naylor, the... -
La Boulange: Exiting to a Large Strategic Buyer (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The La Boulange: Exiting to a Large Strategic Buyer case follows the evolution of the La Boulange bakery and café chain and its eventual buyout by Starbucks... -
PunchTab, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile... -
A Note on Financing in Developing Economies
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Bluefin Labs: The Acquisition by Twitter
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details What is the value of Bluefin Labs's social listening data to Twitter? Acquired by Twitter in 2013, Bluefin had built a system that gathered millions of... -
Minova
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The protagonist ("Howard Glass") is a recent GSB graduate (2007) heading up a biomedical team start-up focused on the gastric bypass method. The case... -
Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the creation and financing of Officenet, an office supply distributor in Argentina. The company serves the business-to-business market through...
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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for GEORG
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement."... -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Fundraising Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
Angel Investments in Europe and Recent Developments in Crowdfunding
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This technical note provides information on the evolution and current state of angel investing in Europe. The note first describes the role and types... -
Term Sheet Negotiations: A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details To give students and entrepreneurs a framework to guide their term-sheet negotiations with Venture Capitalists. -
LinkedIn Corporation, 2012
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Since its inception in 2003, LinkedIn had become a leading Silicon Valley institution with a brand name that was recognizable throughout the U.S. and... -
What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
The obstacles you can expect to confront, and how to overcome them. -
HBR Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleShould a health care entrepreneur accept €3 million from someone who wants a say in all strategic decisions? -
Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve
Fundraising Digital ArticleInvolving people in the evolution of your idea makes them invested in its success. -
Angel Investing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Discusses the industry practices of angel investors, individuals who invest privately in new ventures.