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How Venture Capital Works
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn this article, Bob Zider, president of the Beta Group, a California-based firm that invests in commercializing new technologies, presents an analysis... -
Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they've backed--Amazon,... -
Why Start-ups Fail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIf you're launching a business, the odds are against you: Two-thirds of start-ups never show a positive return. Unnerved by that statistic, a professor... -
Everything You (Don’t) Want to Know About Raising Capital
Financial markets Magazine ArticleMost entrepreneurs understand that if the fundamentals of a business idea—the management team, the market opportunities, the operating systems and controls—are sound, chances are there’s money out there. The challenge of landing that capital to grow a company can be exhilarating. But as exciting as the money search may be, it is equally threatening. Built […] -
SPACs: What You Need to Know
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleA guide for the curious and the perplexed -
What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThree lessons, based on a study of more than 200 senior-level executives. -
Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFounders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option. -
Do Algorithms Make Better — and Fairer — Investments Than Angel Investors?
Algorithms Digital ArticleIt depends on the investor. -
When You Pitch an Idea, Gestures Matter More Than Words
Communication Magazine ArticleAccording to new study led by a professor from Erasmus University, body language sways potential investors more than technical explanations or figurative... -
Bringing Silicon Valley Inside
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleIn Silicon Valley, exciting new business ideas rapidly attract capital and talent away from less worthy ventures. But in big companies, ideas, capital, and talent are stagnant—prisoners of traditional bureaucratic ways of allocating resources. To capture the Valley’s entrepreneurial magic, your company needs to move from resource allocation to resource attraction. -
Corporate VCs Are Moving the Goalposts
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the traditional approach to venture capital, an investment firm parcels out funds to a portfolio of start-ups, knowing that most will fail but that... -
To Crack the Glass Ceiling, Start with Venture Capital
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleBusiness won't change until entrepreneurship does. -
Samsung's Corporate Venturing Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleMark Twain is supposed to have said that "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." It's apparently a belief shared by many stock market analysts,... -
Can a Volunteer-Staffed Company Scale? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAn education-gaming firm that has relied largely on volunteer developers has to rethink this strategy as it prepares to pitch investors for a new round... -
Successful Startups Don't Make Money Their Primary Mission
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleLose sight of that and you lose the company. -
FTX and the Problem of Unchecked Founder Power
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleGrowing quickly requires giving up some control. It's investors' responsibility to make sure that happens. -
The CEO of New Mountain Capital on Using PE Management to Ignite Growth
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTwelve years ago, in 2010, the private equity firm New Mountain Capital acquired a little-known Wisconsin software company, RedPrairie, for $565 million.... -
How the Geography of Startups and Innovation Is Changing
Business and society Digital ArticleIt’s more global, more urban, and more winner-take-all. -
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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The We Company: How Do You Like We Now?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 2019, WeWork filed for an initial public offering; investors in its 14 venture capital rounds were anxious for an exit. Softbank had invested... -
Netflix and Dave Chappelle (B)
Management Case Study8.95View Details In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave... -
TruthCRM Competitive Auction in Mergers and Acquisitions: Instructions for Tank Software Team
Management Case Study8.95View Details The TruthCRM case provides students with an interactive simulation of the competitive auction process to maximize value for a company involved in an acquisition.... -
Taurion Inc.: Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (VCs)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IES519. Taurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's... -
Palamon Capital Partners/TeamSystem S.p.A
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In February 2000, a managing partner of a U.K.-based private equity fund, Palamon Capital Partners, faced the decision of whether to invest in an Italian... -
Maytag: Takeover Strategies
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On April 22, 2005, Maytag Corporation's stock price fell 28 percent after the company reported disappointing first-quarter results and significantly reduced... -
Chrysanthemum and Dragon: JAFCO Asia in China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In the autumn of 2002, JAFCO Asia, a subsidiary of JAFCO Co., Ltd., became the first foreign private equity firm to open an office in Beijing's Haidian... -
Brummer and the bracNet Investment
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details bracNet, a for-profit/nonprofit partnership, aims to establish Internet connectivity throughout Bangladesh. Venture capitalist Patrik Brummer invested... -
AnswerDash (Abridged)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details It is 2014 and AnswerDash, a startup backed by venture capital, has not seen the widespread adoption of their online self-service customer support solution... -
Slalom to the Finish: Carlyle's Exit from Moncler
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2011, Carlyle is considering an exit from its investment in the European fashion brand Moncler, in which it holds a minority stake. The case focuses... -
Square, Inc. IPO
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In November 2015, Square, Inc. launched its initial public offering (IPO). The IPO had an offering price of $9 per share, lower than the $11 to $13 estimate... -
Proteolix: A "Me-Too" Success
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In an industry rife with failures, Proteolix, a biotechnology company, was a rare success. The Proteolix case provides a compelling example of a biotech... -
Ajax Health: A New Model for Medical Technology Innovation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case teaches key success factors for both startups and established medtech firms. It examines how to structure a firm to maximize financial returns.... -
Altoona State Investment Board & Bain Capital Fund XI
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Considers the decision faced by state pension fund manager Rod Calhoun as he decides whether to invest $200 million in Bain Capital's eleventh global... -
TruthCRM Competitive Auction in Mergers and Acquisitions: Instructions for High Flyer Team
Management Case Study8.95View Details The TruthCRM case provides students with an interactive simulation of the competitive auction process to maximize value for a company involved in an acquisition.... -
Metapath Software: September 1997
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In September 1997, John Hansen called together his board to debate an interesting choice that his company had to make. Hansen--the CEO of Metapath Software,... -
Intersectionality
Management Case Study8.95View Details In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave... -
Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details A gifted project leader lacks significant new product development experience. The case highlights the issues and procedures related to defining the project... -
Lind Equipment
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Lind Equipment failed to meet its loan covenants with its senior bank lender in the summer of 2008, just six months after it was acquired. While the senior... -
Dr. John's Products Ltd.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details Describes an entrepreneur's attempts to invent, manufacture, and distribute an inexpensive electric toothbrush.
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How Venture Capital Works
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn this article, Bob Zider, president of the Beta Group, a California-based firm that invests in commercializing new technologies, presents an analysis... -
Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor decades now, venture capitalists have played a crucial role in the economy by financing high-growth start-ups. While the companies they've backed--Amazon,... -
Why Start-ups Fail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIf you're launching a business, the odds are against you: Two-thirds of start-ups never show a positive return. Unnerved by that statistic, a professor... -
Everything You (Don’t) Want to Know About Raising Capital
Financial markets Magazine ArticleMost entrepreneurs understand that if the fundamentals of a business idea—the management team, the market opportunities, the operating systems and controls—are sound, chances are there’s money out there. The challenge of landing that capital to grow a company can be exhilarating. But as exciting as the money search may be, it is equally threatening. Built […] -
SPACs: What You Need to Know
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleA guide for the curious and the perplexed -
What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThree lessons, based on a study of more than 200 senior-level executives. -
Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFounders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option. -
Francisco Partners, Teaching Note
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTeaching Note for (9-200-063). -
The We Company: How Do You Like We Now?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 2019, WeWork filed for an initial public offering; investors in its 14 venture capital rounds were anxious for an exit. Softbank had invested...