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The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople
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What It Takes to Build a Startup into a Brand
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleLessons from Howard Schultz, Leslie Wexner, and Brunello Cucinelli. -
Hang On to Those Founders
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleCompanies that retain their CEO founders when preparing for IPOs often come out ahead in the long run, says Martin L. Martens at Concordia University. -
Three Pitfalls Startup Founders Must Avoid
Leadership Digital ArticleNoam Wasserman, Harvard Business School professor, outlines the three Rs: relationship decisions, roles decisions, and rewards decisions. -
Should You Choose Your Passion Over a Paycheck?
Entrepreneurs and founders First PersonFour questions to ask yourself before you decide. -
5 Ways Startups Can Prepare for a Recession
Start-ups Digital ArticleConserve cash and pay close attention to your customers, investors, employees, and culture. -
Women Entrepreneurs Are More Likely to Get Funding If They Emphasize Their Social Mission
Global Business Digital ArticleYet more evidence that gender stereotypes affect who gets backed. -
How I Did It: EBay’s Founder on Innovating the Business Model of Social Change
Entrepreneurs and founders Magazine ArticleThe Idea: Omidyar was inspired by eBay’s social impact to create a hybrid model for his philanthropic Omidyar Network: a combination of nonprofit and for-profit. My journey as a philanthropist began in September 1998, on the day eBay went public. I’d spent two weeks helping with the pre-IPO road show, and we’d arrived at the […] -
FTX and the Problem of Unchecked Founder Power
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleGrowing quickly requires giving up some control. It’s investors’ responsibility to make sure that happens. -
Research: Investors Punish Entrepreneurs for Stereotypically Feminine Behaviors
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIn a pitch competition, judges reacted poorly to warmth and expressiveness. -
The Very First Mistake Most Startup Founders Make
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleRigid equity splits cause problems down the line. -
The High-Intensity Entrepreneur
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe popular take on entrepreneurs in the developing world is that they are few in number and run only microbusinesses. But in a two-year study of entrepreneurship... -
Entrepreneurs Who Sleep More Are Better at Spotting Good Ideas
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleExhaustion shouldn’t be a badge of honor. -
Don't Quit Your Day Job to Start a Business Just Yet
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleFive ways to gut check your decision first. -
Becoming an Idea Entrepreneur
John Butman, author of "Breaking Out," believes you need to embody the ideas you believe in. -
Case Study: When the CEO Dies, What Comes First: His Company or His Family?
Family businesses Magazine ArticleAn entrepreneur’s widow wonders whether to lean in to work or step back. -
4 Entrepreneurship Lessons from a Nigerian Founder
Innovation & Leadership First PersonChallenges of starting a venture in a frontier market in Africa. -
More-Experienced Entrepreneurs Have Bigger Deadline Problems
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleA new study examines why founders don’t learn to anticipate delays. -
Why Family Firms in East Asia Struggle with Succession
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe changes they need to survive past the second generation. -
Why It's So Hard to Predict the Size of New Markets
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleAnd how to do it better.
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Haier in the U.S.: Transforming GE Appliances
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Chinese appliance company Haier's 2016 acquisition of iconic GE Appliances ushered in strategic and structural changes to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship... -
Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The sustainable investing market was a recent phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century. However, an increasing number of investors began to... -
pymetrics: International Expansion
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In August 2018, pymetrics, a solution offering neuroscience-based recruiting tests, closed a $40 million funding round that valued the business at $160... -
Patrimonio Hoy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Patrimonio Hoy is a program targeting the housing needs of the low-income population by CEMEX, a major Mexican company and a leading global cement producer.... -
Desi Shack: Location Choice in the Big Apple
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Desi Shack is a "fast casual" restaurant, started by two HBS alumni, that serves Indian and Pakistani cuisine in midtown Manhattan. The founders are looking... -
John Q. Inventor and the Cardboard Snowplow
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The Cardboard Snowplow tells the story of an inventor who has a novel idea that he believes represents a business opportunity. In response to this story,... -
Aqua Bounty
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Valuation of a pre-revenue biotech company at IPO using probability trees and real option techniques. Company is based in Massachusetts and lists in London... -
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... -
Chasm Security: Facing the Technology Startup's Dilemmas (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Case (B) is based on the China-U.S. trade war and discusses how this Chinese Internet security company with American capital raises Series C funding in... -
Fisdap: The Nursing Opportunity
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In January 2013, Mike Johnson, CEO of Headwaters Software, was weighing the opportunity to diversify into a new but related market. Despite being a small... -
Coupa
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the growth of Coupa, a software as a service platform for procurement / expense management. The issues in the case are around how fast... -
Avi Kremer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, how would you respond and what would you do with your remaining time? Avi Kremer contemplates four options... -
Euroleague Basketball: The Challenges of Growing a New League
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the evolution of Euroleague Basketball since its creation as an alternative to the federal structure of FIBA Europe to the present.... -
Savage Beast (A1)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details For several months, things had been spiraling downwards at Savage Beast, the music-recommendation company started three years before by Tim Westergren.... -
Excel Entertainment
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Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Struggle for Indian Independence (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 807028. -
Doodlage: Toward a Sustainable Future
Management Case Study11.95View Details Doodlage Retail LLP (Doodlage), a sustainable fashion brand based in India, was based on an idea that had come to the co-founder while she was interning... -
Innovative Opportunities to Manage Health Care Delivery
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details THG Management is in the second module of the Innovating in Health Care course that discusses how to start an innovative health care firm, in this case,... -
Chiban Leather: Designing The Next Chapter
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In May 2019, Chiban Leather, a socially conscious leather manufacturing firm based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was undergoing an expansion and the company's... -
Meta: A New Direction To Leadership
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details On October 28, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg, founder, chief executive officer, and chair of Facebook Inc. (Facebook), announced Facebook's name change to Meta...
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Haier in the U.S.: Transforming GE Appliances
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Chinese appliance company Haier's 2016 acquisition of iconic GE Appliances ushered in strategic and structural changes to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship... -
Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The sustainable investing market was a recent phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century. However, an increasing number of investors began to... -
The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchAccording to a study of German firms. -
pymetrics: International Expansion
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In August 2018, pymetrics, a solution offering neuroscience-based recruiting tests, closed a $40 million funding round that valued the business at $160... -
What It Takes to Build a Startup into a Brand
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleLessons from Howard Schultz, Leslie Wexner, and Brunello Cucinelli. -
Patrimonio Hoy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Patrimonio Hoy is a program targeting the housing needs of the low-income population by CEMEX, a major Mexican company and a leading global cement producer.... -
Desi Shack: Location Choice in the Big Apple
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Desi Shack is a "fast casual" restaurant, started by two HBS alumni, that serves Indian and Pakistani cuisine in midtown Manhattan. The founders are looking... -
John Q. Inventor and the Cardboard Snowplow
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The Cardboard Snowplow tells the story of an inventor who has a novel idea that he believes represents a business opportunity. In response to this story,... -
Aqua Bounty
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Valuation of a pre-revenue biotech company at IPO using probability trees and real option techniques. Company is based in Massachusetts and lists in London... -
Hang On to Those Founders
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleCompanies that retain their CEO founders when preparing for IPOs often come out ahead in the long run, says Martin L. Martens at Concordia University.