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HBR's List of Audacious Ideas for Solving the World's Problems
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAs the global economy vacillates between signs of recovery and omens of collapse, businesses and governments are clamping down. But the world doesn't... -
Entrepreneurs vs. Executives at Socaba.com (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIt's been four years since Dave Souza, Joe Castle, and Ryan Bahar started Socaba.com--an e-business that sells office supplies and services. Six months... -
4 Factors That Predict Startup Success, and One That Doesn't
Innovation & Leadership ResearchEvidence from more than 300 venture capital investments. -
How the Geography of Startups and Innovation Is Changing
Global Business Digital ArticleIt's more global, more urban, and more winner-take-all. -
Dear Entrepreneur: Think Cash, Not Ideas
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleLast week NBA legend-turned-entrepreneur Magic Johnson sold his Starbucks franchises back to the corporation for a reported $75 million. Rumor has it,... -
VC Funding Can Be Bad For Your Start-Up
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleMost successful entrepreneurs never take any venture capital. -
You Can Negotiate with Venture Capitalists
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleBusiness owners who have found venture capitalists (VCs) willing to put money into their companies may be tempted to take the money on any terms. Because... -
What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleInnovation requires focus. -
Bringing Silicon Valley Inside
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIn 1998, Silicon Valley companies produced 41 IPOs, which by January 1999 had a combined market capitalization of $27 billion--that works out to $54,000... -
Choose the Right Investor for Your Startup
Pros and cons of the five major funding sources. -
Dream Deferred: The Story of a High-Tech Entrepreneur in a Low-Tech World
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAdesemi, an American start-up in Africa, had been trying for six years to blanket the developing world with desperately needed wireless communications... -
The One Thing VCs Could Do Immediately to Increase Returns
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleHow investors can start seeing more opportunities. -
What Venture Trends Can Tell You
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleNew research from McKinsey suggests what the inevitable shakeout in the venture capital industry heralds for the broader business community. -
Spinning Out a Star
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleSpinouts rarely take off; most, in fact, fall into one or more of four traps that doom them from the start. Some companies spin out ventures that are... -
How the Next Generation Is Approaching Society's Biggest Problems
Organizational Development Digital ArticleKhan Academy is a case study. -
My First, Failed Foray into Venture Investing
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleI love hearing about other people's dreams. "Dreams," as in: "this is what I always wanted to do with my life." Tell me about your dream, and like Pavlov's... -
The Founder's Dilemma: To Sell or Not to Sell?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWe recently did an informal survey of some of our venture capital colleagues. We asked, "What crossroads decisions are most common and challenging for... -
Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleChristian Harbinson, a young associate at the venture capital firm Scharfstein Weekes, has a difficult decision to make before the next investment committee... -
A Tale of Two Innovators Going Public
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleA few weeks ago, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors issued stock to the public. Its charismatic CEO Elon Musk was once touted by Wired as a “triple threat” disruptor based on his previous experience with PayPal and Space Exploration Technologies. A successful stock market introduction led to Musk being worth millions, on paper at least. […]
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Early-Stage Term Sheets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note was written as an updated version of "The Early-Stage Term Sheet" (UV2526) and may be used in its place. In seeking funding for an early-stage... -
Doximity: Financing a Social Network for Physicians
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Despite the existence of large social networks, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, co-founders Jeff Tangney and Dr. Nate Gross believed there was a unique... -
Pathfinder Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Two former consultants have raised a search fund and are looking for a company to buy and run. After eight months of looking at deals, they have just... -
Grab: Discovering New Frontiers for Growth in the Southeast Asian Sharing Economy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Launched in 2012, Grab began in Malaysia as a third-party e-hailing taxi dispatching mobile application. The company expanded at a remarkable speed and... -
AIT Group Plc
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A U.S. venture capital firm has just learned that the deal structure for purchasing an illiquid U.K. software firm is unacceptable to institutional investors.... -
An Overview of Corporate Venture Capital
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This note examines the corporate venture capital (CVC) industry, which has played an increasingly large role in the global innovation ecosystem, especially... -
MinderSoft, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The MinderSoft case explores the entrepreneur's attempt to raise a first round of venture capital. The founder and venture fund's valuation differ by... -
Better Place: The Electric Vehicle Renaissance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the innovative business model of Better Place Inc., an electric vehicle company. The key challenges in operating the business model... -
Integral Vision Ltd. (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details A stop-action simulation case takes participants through the process whereby four people (three young entrepreneurs and an investor) take a machine vision... -
Privateer Holdings: Navigating a Rocketing, But Complex, Cannabis Marketplace
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Privateer Holdings was a Seattle-based private equity firm that was "shaping the future of the legal cannabis industry." In late 2017, Privateer held... -
Vermeer Technologies (A1): Hiring the CEO
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Xedia, a networking equipment manufacturer that helps provide high-speed Internet service for corporate clients through access routing, wants a bridge... -
Lovepop
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details As they prepare to graduate from Harvard Business School, the co-founders of greeting card company startup Lovepop need capital to cover the company's... -
Yale University Investments Office
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Yale University's investment office was responsible for managing its endowment, which totaled nearly $4 billion in June 1995. Yale had developed a rather... -
Ramcides: Growing Pains for a Family-Run Business in an Emerging Market
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details During the Holi festival in March 2012, the managing director of Ramcides, a family-run agrochemical business, was considering the path of the company... -
Darwinians at the Gate: Sustainability, Innovation and Growth at DSM
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details For Feike Sijbesma, CEO of Royal DSM since 2007, rapid changes were normal as major trends were playing out. Global population swelled, the balance of... -
Odyssey Healthcare
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In January 2001, Dick Burnham, CEO of Odyssey Healthcare, and Odyssey's Board of Directors were considering selling the hospice care company to a larger... -
Yale Investments Office: November 2020
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments-hedge... -
Chengwei Ventures and the hdt Investment
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Bo Feng, cofounder and principal in Chengwei Ventures, one of the first sovereign venture capital firms in China, is trying to decide on the proper business... -
edocs, Inc. (B1): Kevin Laracey
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case.
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Early-Stage Term Sheets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note was written as an updated version of "The Early-Stage Term Sheet" (UV2526) and may be used in its place. In seeking funding for an early-stage... -
Doximity: Financing a Social Network for Physicians
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Despite the existence of large social networks, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, co-founders Jeff Tangney and Dr. Nate Gross believed there was a unique... -
Pathfinder Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Two former consultants have raised a search fund and are looking for a company to buy and run. After eight months of looking at deals, they have just... -
Grab: Discovering New Frontiers for Growth in the Southeast Asian Sharing Economy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Launched in 2012, Grab began in Malaysia as a third-party e-hailing taxi dispatching mobile application. The company expanded at a remarkable speed and... -
AIT Group Plc
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A U.S. venture capital firm has just learned that the deal structure for purchasing an illiquid U.K. software firm is unacceptable to institutional investors.... -
An Overview of Corporate Venture Capital
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This note examines the corporate venture capital (CVC) industry, which has played an increasingly large role in the global innovation ecosystem, especially... -
MinderSoft, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The MinderSoft case explores the entrepreneur's attempt to raise a first round of venture capital. The founder and venture fund's valuation differ by... -
Better Place: The Electric Vehicle Renaissance
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the innovative business model of Better Place Inc., an electric vehicle company. The key challenges in operating the business model... -
Integral Vision Ltd. (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details A stop-action simulation case takes participants through the process whereby four people (three young entrepreneurs and an investor) take a machine vision... -
Privateer Holdings: Navigating a Rocketing, But Complex, Cannabis Marketplace
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Privateer Holdings was a Seattle-based private equity firm that was "shaping the future of the legal cannabis industry." In late 2017, Privateer held...