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Stretch the Mission? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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Stretch the Mission? (HBR Case Study)
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Angel or Devil: Who's Really Investing In Your Start-Up?
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Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
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Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
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How to Attract the Right Shareholders
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Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study)
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Good Money After Bad? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
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A Wave of Angel Investing Organizations Focuses on Women
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HBR Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
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In Entrepreneurial Pitches, Stage Presence Is Everything
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Apple's Core
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Pear VC
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Officenet (B): After the Merger
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The Changing Face of Angel Investing
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Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina
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AME Learning Inc. (Video Supplement)
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Angel Investing: Innovation Within the Establishment
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Michigan's Social Venture Fund: Founding the Nation's First Student-Run Impact Investing Fund
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PunchTab, Inc.
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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for PHUC
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LinkedIn Corporation, 2012
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Bluefin Labs: The Acquisition by Twitter
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Aristotle Onassis and the Greek Shipping Industry
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Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want? (B)
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Assured Guaranty
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Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation
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Do Algorithms Make Better — and Fairer — Investments Than Angel Investors?
Algorithms Digital ArticleIt depends on the investor. -
Apple's Core
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs... -
Pear VC
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Mar Hershenson and Pejman Nozad teamed up to form Pear VC, a venture capital firm that invested in start-ups spanning three stages of company... -
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Officenet (B): After the Merger
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Entrepreneurship Reading: Developing Business Plans and Pitching Opportunities
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The Changing Face of Angel Investing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Angel investors Ram Shriram, Mike Maples, Eric Paley, James Geshweiler, and Jim Southern discuss their investment philosophies and the changing landscape... -
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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...