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Planning a Start-Up? Seize the Day...Then Expect to Work All Night
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIf you dream of starting your own business, it's better to leave the corporate nest sooner than later, before you get too comfortable with the big-company... -
Bootstrap Finance: The Art of Start-ups
Entrepreneurial financing Magazine ArticleEntrepreneurship is more celebrated, studied, and desirable than ever. Business school students flock to courses on entrepreneurship. Managers, fearful of losing their step on the corporate ladder, yearn to step off on their own. Policymakers pin their hopes for job creation and economic growth on start-ups rather than on the once-preeminent corporate giants. Belief in […] -
Why It's So Hard to Scale a Great Idea
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleFive hurdles - and how to overcome them. -
The Pitfalls (and Upsides) of Partnering with Entrepreneurs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleNot every big company should partner with a start-up. -
The Five Whys for Start-Ups
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleRoot cause analysis and preventive maintenance are concepts we expect to see in a factory setting. Start-ups supposedly don’t have time for detailed processes and procedures. And yet the key to startup speed is to maintain a disciplined approach to testing and evaluating new products, features, and ideas. As start-ups scale, this agility will be […] -
What Entrepreneurs Get Wrong
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleSalesmanship is central to a start-up's success, but many entrepreneurs ignore this simple fact. They may believe that their idea will sell itself or... -
Start-ups, Skunkworks, and Your Next Big Product
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIt's no secret that many successful companies struggle to grow beyond their core offering. This isn't because organizations can't identify new opportunities... -
Preparing for Your Company’s First Meeting with a Startup Collaborator
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleThree priorities to help lay the groundwork for success. -
The Soul of a Start-Up
Entrepreneurs and founders Magazine ArticleCompanies can sustain their entrepreneurial energy even as they grow. -
Are You Suited for a Start-Up?
Career planning Magazine ArticleHow to assess your fit, find the right company, and make the leap -
How the Geography of Startups and Innovation Is Changing
Global Business Digital ArticleIt's more global, more urban, and more winner-take-all. -
Why Start-ups Fail
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleIt’s not always the horse or the jockey. -
Why Start-Ups Replace Early Employees (and How to Keep Your Job)
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTwo factors determine who’s at risk. -
What's the Best Approach to Data Analytics?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThere are five ways companies tend to think about it. One is better than the others. -
Can Friends Be Successful Co-Founders?
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleBefore starting a venture with your bestie, there are a few things you should consider. -
Preparing Your Startup for the Next M&A Wave
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleAsk yourself these three questions before buyers come knocking. -
The 3-Stage Process That Makes Universities Prime Innovators
Global Business Digital ArticleHow these institutions carefully curate connections and relationships to take ideas from the drawing board into the marketplace. -
The TV You Watch When You’re Young Can Make You More Entrepreneurial
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor people growing up in controlled economies, dramas that show life in a free-market system can inspire. -
What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
The obstacles you can expect to confront, and how to overcome them. -
The Overlooked Key to a Successful Scale-Up
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleMany start-ups experience enormous popularity and runaway growth, but only a few go on to become stable giants. What separates them from the pack? They...
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NeoGenius: B2B or (Not) To Be?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details NeoGenius Co., Ltd. (NeoGenius) was an early-stage entrepreneurial venture based in South Korea. Founded in February 2000, NeoGenius provided a wide range... -
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... -
Note on Acquiring Bank Credit
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Outlines the issues and alternatives faced by start-up businesses in attracting bank credit. The topics covered are how to lay the groundwork for establishing... -
PremiumSoft: Managing Creative People
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details PremiumSoft had been a competitive player in the SQL software market for 10 years. Like many software companies, PremiumSoft's business model required... -
Career at a Crossroad: Packing Up
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Akhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa... -
Flying the Coop: TeleSign's Incubator Exit
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Ryan Disraeli, Darren Berkovitz, and Stacy Stubblefield co-founded TeleSign, an internet security company, while employees in an incubator called Curious... -
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... -
Decofruta: New Flavors in the Business Model
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case provides a detailed description of the various significant points in time or company milestones, since the launching of the concept, the growth... -
Founder Collective
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Founder Collective ("FC") launched in 2009 with a clear mission: to be the most aligned fund for founders at the seed stage. In keeping with its mission,... -
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... -
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... -
Cayden Cole: Backhoe Business Decision
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2013, a high-school graduate began work as a construction labourer. His upbringing included experience driving and fixing various machines, which,... -
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... -
Stripe: Increasing the GDP of the Internet
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2009, brothers Patrick and John Collison began working on a start-up called Stripe that made it simple for companies to send and receive money around... -
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... -
High Drama in Milford (A)
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Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to... -
EverTrue: Mobile Technology Development (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Brent Grinna is evaluating different options for the technology development of his start-up's iPhone app, including hiring local programmers, finding... -
Cheetah Conservation Fund Bush Project
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Laurie Marker, head of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, is trying to form a for-profit institution, the Bush Project, to control the bush encroachment problem...
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Planning a Start-Up? Seize the Day...Then Expect to Work All Night
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIf you dream of starting your own business, it's better to leave the corporate nest sooner than later, before you get too comfortable with the big-company... -
NeoGenius: B2B or (Not) To Be?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details NeoGenius Co., Ltd. (NeoGenius) was an early-stage entrepreneurial venture based in South Korea. Founded in February 2000, NeoGenius provided a wide range... -
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... -
Note on Acquiring Bank Credit
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Outlines the issues and alternatives faced by start-up businesses in attracting bank credit. The topics covered are how to lay the groundwork for establishing... -
PremiumSoft: Managing Creative People
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details PremiumSoft had been a competitive player in the SQL software market for 10 years. Like many software companies, PremiumSoft's business model required... -
Career at a Crossroad: Packing Up
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Akhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa... -
Flying the Coop: TeleSign's Incubator Exit
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Ryan Disraeli, Darren Berkovitz, and Stacy Stubblefield co-founded TeleSign, an internet security company, while employees in an incubator called Curious... -
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... -
Decofruta: New Flavors in the Business Model
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case provides a detailed description of the various significant points in time or company milestones, since the launching of the concept, the growth... -
Founder Collective
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Founder Collective ("FC") launched in 2009 with a clear mission: to be the most aligned fund for founders at the seed stage. In keeping with its mission,...