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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... -
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,... -
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 […] -
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. -
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. -
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,... -
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. -
How the Geography of Startups and Innovation Is Changing
Business and society Digital ArticleIt’s more global, more urban, and more winner-take-all. -
When Do Consumers Prefer Crowdfunded Products?
Entrepreneurial financing Digital ArticleOne study found that people were willing to pay about 21% more for a product when they were told it was crowdfunded. -
Is Corporate Venture Capital Right for Your Startup?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleHow entrepreneurs can decide whether to pursue corporate funding, and if so, which CVC to pick. -
Good Money After Bad?
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleJack Brandon’s initial idea has not panned out, and the cash is nearly gone. But he’s got a new plan. Will you back him a second time? -
How the VC Pitch Process Is Failing Female Entrepreneurs
Venture capital Digital ArticleAnd why it needs to end. -
Just How Risky Is Entrepreneurship, Really?
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThere are two views on entrepreneurship in America: the first (largely feigned), that it is a pure virtue like freedom of speech or religion, and the second (real) attitude that it is largely a game for the naïve. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Michael Dell make fine fodder for commencement speeches, but when parents and […] -
Silicon Valley Bank's Focus on Startups Was a Double-Edged Sword
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleSector specialization comes with steep risks - and high upside. -
Is Venture Capital Broken?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleA recent report by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation raises serious questions about the degree to which venture capital deserves emulation. The report,... -
Research: The Gender Gap in Startup Success Disappears When Women Fund Women
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleAn analysis of male and female tech entrepreneurs. -
Three Questions for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe other day I was meeting with the leadership team of a startup company brimming with transformational potential. The team had made tremendous progress in a year, going from an idea on a piece of paper to a fully functioning business earning real revenue. Of course, any new venture is fragile. While revenues are growing, […] -
VC Stereotypes About Men and Women Aren’t Supported by Performance Data
Venture capital Digital ArticleA study of Swedish startups. -
The Case for Investing in Underdogs
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't undervalue the overlooked.
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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... -
Pear Venture Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Keith Bender, Principal at Pear Venture Capital, is working over the weekend to prepare for a Monday morning investment meeting. He has three startup... -
All Hands: A Tale of Two Term Sheets
Management Case Study8.95View Details In this case study, students will explore some of the differences and considerations that may emerge when entrepreneurs evaluate and choose between multiple... -
Atticus: The Search for the Ideal Investor
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case follows Sam Byker, the Founder and CEO of Atticus, as he creates, scales, and fundraises for the company. Atticus is a platform that serves... -
MAYA Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details MAYA Capital co-founders Lara Lemann and Monica Saggioro raised $41.5 million through a series of closings for their early-stage Latin American venture... -
Venus Medtech: Global Innovation in the Race Between China and the U.S.A.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The main purpose of the Venus Medtech case is to give students a greater appreciation for the scale, sophistication, and competitiveness of the innovation... -
The Funding Buffet: Understanding the sources of capital to finance your venture
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This technical note is an introduction to the world of financing entrepreneurial ventures. It is a primer on the different stages of a business and the... -
Blue Meridian Partners (B): Pivoting in a Crisis
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details The (B) case situated in 2020 describes the many quick decisions taken by the fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the calls for social justice,... -
On the Bubble: Startup Bootstrapping
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Bubble was a software company in the low-code/no-code market, making tools that allowed users without traditional programming backgrounds or technical... -
The Black New Venture Competition
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Black entrepreneurs encounter many unique obstacles when raising capital to start and grow a business. During their second year at Harvard Business School... -
Google.Org
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case highlights how corporate philanthropies are distinct from other philanthropic institutions in terms of motivations, incentives and giving models.... -
Multi Media Mapping Ltd Case (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details It was nearly 10 years since Multi Media Mapping Ltd had gone live with the launch of the Multimap.com website and Sean Phelan, founder and majority shareholder,... -
The Costa Rican Software Corridor: Startup Develops Expansion Plans for Latin America
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In the 1990s, San José, Costa Rica, was beginning to emerge as a Latin American hot spot for the information technology sector. SPS Software, a small... -
Y Combinator
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Y Combinator (YC) was a business startup accelerator based in Mountain View, California. Originally founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2005, by 2021,... -
Valuing Early-Stage Businesses: The Venture Capital Method
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Method used by venture capitalists to value start-ups and early-stage companies. This technical note replaces EN-5 by the same author. -
Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Harambe was a non-profit organization whose mission was to build an ecosystem to identify promising young African entrepreneurs and provide them access... -
Kapor Capital
Management Case Study15.05View Details Case on succession planning at a mission-driven, diverse VC firm. -
Floodgate: On the Hunt for Thunder Lizards
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study15.05View Details Founded in 2008, Floodgate pioneered the "micro-VC" category, a new type of investment firm that raised smaller funds and made earlier, smaller investments... -
Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Snap, the disappearing message app, went public at $17 per share on March 2, 2017, making its two 20-something founders the youngest self-made billionaires...
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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... -
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,... -
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 […] -
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. -
Yale Investments Office: November 2020, Teaching Note
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 821074. -
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... -
DigiPlex: Ante-Up or Cash Out, Teaching Note
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 821080. -
Blenheim Chalcot, Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 720381. -
Pear Venture Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Keith Bender, Principal at Pear Venture Capital, is working over the weekend to prepare for a Monday morning investment meeting. He has three startup...