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The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDiversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Strategy for Start-ups
Innovation & Entrepreneurship SpotlightSome start-up founders follow a business plan; others operate by the seat of their pants. This package looks at how entrepreneurs can carefully craft... -
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,... -
The Founder's Dilemma
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhy do people start businesses? For the money and the chance to control their own companies, certainly. But new research from Harvard Business School... -
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... -
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. -
Start-ups, Skunkworks, and Your Next Big Product
Innovation Digital ArticleIt’s no secret that many successful companies struggle to grow beyond their core offering. This isn’t because organizations can’t identify new opportunities or develop new and novel concepts; many can and do. Companies often have problems launching these concepts. Internal politics, risk avoidance, and the fear of failure weigh heavily on these growth initiatives. In […] -
Disrupt an Industry
Elon Musk describes how he learned to recognize opportunities as an entrepreneur in the space industry. Consider taking a similar approach in the industry... -
Finding Your Company's Second Act
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleAccelerating technological improvements have changed the speed with which new innovations penetrate markets. Graphed over time, the market adoption of... -
10 Questions to Ask Before Entering a Business Partnership
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleYou can save yourself immeasurable pain down the road by asking these tough questions early. -
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... -
Start-ups Have Office Politics, Too
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleAnd it's important to admit it up front. -
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. -
The Overlooked Key to a Successful Scale-Up
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleMany start-ups experience enormous popularity and runaway growth, but only a few go on to become stable giants. What separates them from the pack? They... -
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... -
Beyond Silicon Valley
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleTechnology start-ups typically become successful by using injections of capital to grow as rapidly as possible and tolerating high risk in a rush for... -
Think of Start-ups as Shots on Goal
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Research: How Long Should a Founder Remain CEO?
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleOn average, their value-add tends to decline after an IPO.
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Bulb 2018: Hypergrowth
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details After a wild and volatile year, Bulb, a new entrant in the UK residential energy market, ended March 2018 with 329,171 properties, 1.2% of the total residential... -
Cassia at Home: A Restaurant Brand Moves to Home Kitchens
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Beginning with an ambitious, lean start-up effort in the highly competitive restaurant industry in Auckland, New Zealand, a husband-and-wife team built... -
Pacific Drilling: The Preferred Offshore Driller
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2006, Pacific Drilling was a fast-growing offshore drilling company. From the beginning, the company's chief executive officer was determined... -
Molycorp: Issuing the ''Happy Meal'' Securities (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Molycorp, the Western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expansion in its effort to become a... -
A Note on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Developing Economies
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Entrepreneurs looking to launch start-ups in developing economies must confront numerous challenges that their peers in more developed countries may be... -
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... -
GRIT Fitness
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity... -
emmtrix Technologies: Patent Negotiations in High-Tech Academic Spinoffs
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In May 2016, three scientists from Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology were preparing for a meeting with several managers from the institute's... -
Street League Skateboarding: The Challenges Facing a New Sports League
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, Rob Dyrdek launched a new skateboarding league called Street League Skateboarding (SLS) with the goal of raising the profile of street skateboarding... -
Road Well Traveled (Condensed)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Presents the conclusions of a 1992 mail survey of Harvard MBAs who started their own businesses. Questions focused on 4 areas: 1) development of the business... -
Largo.ai in Hollywood: Good enough?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case tells the story of Sami Arpa a young entrepreneur with a passion for the movie industry. Sami Arpa and his start-up Largo leverage technology... -
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.... -
Baggout: Growing a Social Curation Start-Up
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The two co-founders of India's online retail aggregator Baggout needed to come up with some ideas that would create new growth for their company. Baggout's... -
KINEER: A SOCIAL MARKETING CHALLENGE
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Kineer Services Limited (Kineer) was a social marketing startup set up in 2018 by Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, a prominent Indian transgender, and Manish... -
Zipline: The World's Largest Drone Delivery Network
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Zipline established the world's largest logistics network in Rwanda and Ghana by delivering medical supplies to hospitals via automated drones. The company... -
Bill Connors and The Farm, a Comcast NBCUniversal Innovation Hub (Powered by Boomtown)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details In 2017, Bill Connors, the President of Comcast's Central Division, launched a startup accelerator in Comcast's new Atlanta Regional headquarters. Comcast... -
Wat-a-Burger: Aiming for Growth in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) Environment
Management Case Study8.95View Details Wat-a-Burger, a quick service restaurant chain, was incorporated by Rajat Jaiswal and Farman Beig on February 14, 2016. Their burgers, customized to... -
HBR Guide to Setting Your Strategy
Strategy & Execution BookSet your company up for long-term success. Every company needs a strategy. A focused strategy aligns decision making throughout the organization and helps... -
Made by Survivors: Business Solution for a Social Problem
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case tracks the creation and growth of a social enterprise, Made By Survivors (MBS), founded by Sarah Symons and John Berger. Inspired by a documentary...
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The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleDiversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs... -
Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Strategy for Start-ups
Innovation & Entrepreneurship SpotlightSome start-up founders follow a business plan; others operate by the seat of their pants. This package looks at how entrepreneurs can carefully craft... -
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,... -
The Founder's Dilemma
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhy do people start businesses? For the money and the chance to control their own companies, certainly. But new research from Harvard Business School... -
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... -
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. -
Green Zebra: Grow Fast or Grow Slow?, Student Spreadsheet
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleStudent spreadsheet for case NA0619. -
How to Build a Better Content Strategy for Your Brand
Finance & Accounting AdviceTips for small businesses and creator.