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How Wise Crowds Can Advance Philanthropy
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Giving After Disasters
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Career Choices When Life Is Short (HBR Case Study)
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Startups Need Relationships Before They Ask for Money
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What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
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Nonprofit Fundraising in the Age of Coronavirus
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Why Startups Should Embrace Radical Transparency
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Career Choices When Life Is Short (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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AEI's President on Measuring the Impact of Ideas
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter the Great Recession, the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, needed to compete even harder for every dollar. Arthur C. Brooks... -
Career Choices When Life Is Short (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn up-and-coming entrepreneur, Gil Lehner is looking ahead and deciding on his next move. But Gil's situation is unusual: He was just diagnosed with small-cell... -
Want to Raise Funds for Your Startup? Consider This Approach.
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Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve
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How Startups Can Land a Second Meeting with a Corporate Partner
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Should Your Nonprofit Charge Its Beneficiaries?
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For Female Founders, Fundraising Only from Female VCs Comes at a Cost
Gender Digital ArticleNew research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of financing.
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Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve
Fundraising Digital ArticleInvolving people in the evolution of your idea makes them invested in its success. -
Building a Startup in a Tough Funding Environment
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Should Your Nonprofit Charge Its Beneficiaries?
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What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
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How to Attract the Right Shareholders
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What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity
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How Midsize Companies Can Access Capital in Turbulent Times
Organizational change Digital ArticleLending to mid-market companies has fallen nearly 60% over the last year. -
For Female Founders, Fundraising Only from Female VCs Comes at a Cost
Gender Digital ArticleNew research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of financing. -
How Startups Can Land a Second Meeting with a Corporate Partner
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleResearchers attended 150 meetings between start-ups and corporations including IBM, Sony, L’Oréal, Toyota, and AstraZeneca. -
What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleYou might be surprised at what your acquirer will agree to — if you just ask. -
Why Startups Should Embrace Radical Transparency
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIt’s in founders’ best interests to not only accept, but invite, oversight. -
Want to Raise Funds for Your Startup? Consider This Approach.
Entrepreneurial business strategy Digital ArticleCommunity-based funding gave my business the boost it needed. -
Nonprofit Fundraising in the Age of Coronavirus
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow to ask for donations when donors are hurting too. -
Giving After Disasters
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAlthough the global cost of natural disasters has increased sharply, traditional sources of funding--governments, nonprofits, and NGOs--have not kept... -
AEI's President on Measuring the Impact of Ideas
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter the Great Recession, the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, needed to compete even harder for every dollar. Arthur C. Brooks... -
Startups Need Relationships Before They Ask for Money
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleIt's a better long-term strategy. -
Why Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Should Use Their Money for Fundraising
Global Business Digital ArticleIt's what we need to tackle the biggest problems. -
Career Choices When Life Is Short (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn up-and-coming entrepreneur, Gil Lehner is looking ahead and deciding on his next move. But Gil's situation is unusual: He was just diagnosed with small-cell... -
Career Choices When Life Is Short (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn up-and-coming entrepreneur, Gil Lehner is looking ahead and deciding on his next move. But Gil's situation is unusual: He was just diagnosed with small-cell... -
Career Choices When Life Is Short (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn up-and-coming entrepreneur, Gil Lehner is looking ahead and deciding on his next move. But Gil's situation is unusual: He was just diagnosed with small-cell...
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CircleUp in 2019: Investing in the Future
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BlueOrchard Finance: Connecting Microfinance to Capital Markets
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Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (D)
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Tender
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Tea Leaf Trust: Providing More Than Education
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M-Changa: Leveraging Kenya's Mobile Money Market for Community Fundraising
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Wild Earth: Plant-Based Food in a Meat Obsessed Industry
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Tezos: Governance in the Cryptocurrency World
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In November 2017, Arthur and Kathleen Breitman, the founders of Tezos, confronted a governance crisis that threatened to destroy their project and expose... -
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Niagara: Changing the Course of Young Lives
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La Protectora: Engaging in Social Media for a Social Cause
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The Future of SuperApps: The Big Step from Bootstrap to Business (Part A)
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Glassdoor: The Fundraising Journey (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details From his time as a young engineer at Microsoft in 1993, to the challenge of building Glassdoor from the ground up until it reached a valuation of over... -
Amanda's Restaurants (A)
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Illuminate Ventures: Raising a Venture Fund
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Floodgate: An Entrepreneurials VC
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Street League Skateboarding: The Challenges Facing a New Sports League
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BC Partners: Acuris
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Buck Jack Capital: Closing or Quitting
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Tracy Edwards and Maiden (A): Background
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In 1989, Tracy Edwards, at age 26, led the first all-female crew in the prestigious and grueling 59,264-kilometre (32,000 nautical mile) Whitbread Round...
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CircleUp in 2019: Investing in the Future
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details CircleUp was founded in 2012 as a marketplace that matched accredited investors to emerging consumer packaged goods companies. A tool that the team developed... -
BlueOrchard Finance: Connecting Microfinance to Capital Markets
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Microfinance is a field that has received increasing attention over the years in the development community. It consists of the delivery of financial services... -
Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (D)
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Tender
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The Tender case follows the journey of Miles Parker from his early days of joining an equipment financing company as a partner to the company's founder,... -
Tea Leaf Trust: Providing More Than Education
Management Case Study11.95View Details Tea Leaf Trust (TLT), a non-profit vocational training centre, worked to develop young students into emotionally resilient change agents within their... -
M-Changa: Leveraging Kenya's Mobile Money Market for Community Fundraising
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details M-Changa was one of the fastest-growing fundraising platforms in Kenya, allowing Kenyans to use text messages on their mobile phones to send, receive,... -
Wild Earth: Plant-Based Food in a Meat Obsessed Industry
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case details the story of two of Wild Earth's cofounders on their three year journey since starting the plant-based dog food company in Berkeley,... -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
Tezos: Governance in the Cryptocurrency World
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In November 2017, Arthur and Kathleen Breitman, the founders of Tezos, confronted a governance crisis that threatened to destroy their project and expose... -
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Niagara: Changing the Course of Young Lives
Management Case Study11.95View Details Big Brothers Big Sisters of Niagara (BBBSN) was a not-for-profit (NFP) organization that offered mentoring and other programs for children and youth....