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How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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... -
Do Algorithms Make Better — and Fairer — Investments Than Angel Investors?
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Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
Finance and investing Digital ArticleHow to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans. -
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... -
What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
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Angel or Devil: Who's Really Investing In Your Start-Up?
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Good Money After Bad? (Commentary for 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 Wave of Angel Investing Organizations Focuses on Women
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleSocial entrepreneurs are hoping to feminize the start-up sector. -
What Angel Investors Value Most When Choosing What to Fund
Entrepreneurial financing Digital ArticleIt’s founders, research shows. -
Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve
Fundraising Digital ArticleInvolving people in the evolution of your idea makes them invested in its success. -
Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEditors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers.... -
Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe creators of the start-up AndFound, an online platform that connects angel investors with a curated selection of promising start-ups, have a towering... -
HBR Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
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In Entrepreneurial Pitches, Stage Presence Is Everything
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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe creators of the start-up AndFound, an online platform that connects angel investors with a curated selection of promising start-ups, have a towering...
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Beetle Beats: Finding a SOUND Market for ADT
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Dr. Richard Hofstetter was wondering what was to become of his acoustic disruption technology (ADT), a technology that used sounds to change behavior... -
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... -
Apple's Core
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs... -
A Technical Note on Angel Investing in Emerging Markets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This technical note discusses the practice of angel investing, particularly its meaning and suitability to emerging markets. Adapted from a chapter in... -
Venture Capitalist as Entrepreneur
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Introduces students to negotiations between venture capitalists (VCs) and the limited partners who provide the VCs' capital. Also discusses negotiations... -
Yieldex (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Yieldex CEO Tom Shields was hired by the company's technical founder, Doug Cosman, in October 2007. One of Shields' top priorities is finding a vice president... -
Amanda's Restaurants (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Amanda West is a GSB graduate who has launched a healthy fast food restaurant out of business school. She developed the business plan with her S356 team... -
Powerwater Beverages
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the early stage development of PowerWater Beverages, a company poised to capitalize on the growing U.S. consumer demand for bottled water and,... -
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... -
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... -
UpDown: Confidential Instructions for MICHAEL
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."... -
Dropbox - Series B Financing
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In mid-2011, as global markets corrected amid worldwide economic uncertainty, Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, the fast-growing file synchronization... -
Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In late September 1999, representatives from Telstri, Japan Telecom, and Teleglobe met to discuss the structure of the Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) project,... -
A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach to Term Sheet Negotiations
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This note offers a new approach to Venture Capital term-sheet negotiations, with actionable steps based on insights from Prof. Wasserman's "Rich-vs.-King"... -
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... -
The Chennai Angels Network
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case is intended to help the student learn about an important source of startup funding in India, namely, angels. It also provides an opportunity... -
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... -
Freedom Financial Network
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case follows Andrew Housser and Brad Stroh, two recent graduates from the Stanford GSB, as they search for a business opportunity and ultimately start... -
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... -
Wikipedia: Project Esperanza
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In October 2006, Wikipedia was the largest volunteer-run on-line encyclopedia which could be freely read and edited by anyone with internet access. Within...
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Beetle Beats: Finding a SOUND Market for ADT
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Dr. Richard Hofstetter was wondering what was to become of his acoustic disruption technology (ADT), a technology that used sounds to change behavior... -
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... -
Apple's Core
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs... -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
A Technical Note on Angel Investing in Emerging Markets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This technical note discusses the practice of angel investing, particularly its meaning and suitability to emerging markets. Adapted from a chapter in... -
Venture Capitalist as Entrepreneur
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Introduces students to negotiations between venture capitalists (VCs) and the limited partners who provide the VCs' capital. Also discusses negotiations... -
Yieldex (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Yieldex CEO Tom Shields was hired by the company's technical founder, Doug Cosman, in October 2007. One of Shields' top priorities is finding a vice president... -
Amanda's Restaurants (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Amanda West is a GSB graduate who has launched a healthy fast food restaurant out of business school. She developed the business plan with her S356 team... -
Powerwater Beverages
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the early stage development of PowerWater Beverages, a company poised to capitalize on the growing U.S. consumer demand for bottled water and,...