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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (Commentary for 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... -
Angel or Devil: Who’s Really Investing In Your Start-Up?
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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (HBR Case Study)
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How to Attract the Right Shareholders
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Stretch the Mission? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe founder of a nonprofit that supports emerging-market entrepreneurs must decide whether she should bring her program to the United States. Expert commentary... -
Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleChristian Harbinson, a young associate at the venture capital firm Scharfstein Weekes, has a difficult decision to make before the next investment committee... -
Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEditors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers.... -
Do Algorithms Make Better - and Fairer - Investments Than Angel Investors?
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A Wave of Angel Investing Organizations Focuses on Women
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Stretch the Mission? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe founder of a nonprofit that supports emerging-market entrepreneurs must decide whether she should bring her program to the United States. Expert commentary... -
Good Money After Bad? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleChristian Harbinson, a young associate at the venture capital firm Scharfstein Weekes, has a difficult decision to make before the next investment committee... -
What Angel Investors Value Most When Choosing What to Fund
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Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHow to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans. -
Stretch the Mission? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe founder of a nonprofit that supports emerging-market entrepreneurs must decide whether she should bring her program to the United States. Expert commentary... -
Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleChristian Harbinson, a young associate at the venture capital firm Scharfstein Weekes, has a difficult decision to make before the next investment committee... -
Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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... -
HBR Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
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In Entrepreneurial Pitches, Stage Presence Is Everything
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleHow new business ideas are presented may matter more than the quality of the ideas themselves.
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EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Well-established fashion brand Eileen Fisher has traditionally appealed to older women. However, to drive growth, Eileen Fisher's management team wants... -
PunchTab, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile... -
Bluefin Labs: The Acquisition by Twitter
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details What is the value of Bluefin Labs's social listening data to Twitter? Acquired by Twitter in 2013, Bluefin had built a system that gathered millions of... -
Freedom Financial Network
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case follows Andrew Housser and Brad Stroh, two recent graduates from the Stanford GSB, as they search for a business opportunity and ultimately start... -
LinkedIn Corporation, 2012
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Since its inception in 2003, LinkedIn had become a leading Silicon Valley institution with a brand name that was recognizable throughout the U.S. and... -
Aristotle Onassis and the Greek Shipping Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Examines the career of Aristotle Onassis and his creation of one of the world's largest shipping companies between 1945 and 1973. Explores the role of... -
Officenet (B): After the Merger
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Describes the execution of a new economy merger. Officenet, a bricks-and-clicks retailer of office supplies, is sold to an Internet pure-play, Submarino.com.... -
Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want? (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details Eloise Bune successfully turned an idea into a product, but could she persuade angel investors that she had a business worth investing in? The case details... -
Angel Investments in Europe and Recent Developments in Crowdfunding
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This technical note provides information on the evolution and current state of angel investing in Europe. The note first describes the role and types... -
La Boulange: Exiting to a Large Strategic Buyer (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The La Boulange: Exiting to a Large Strategic Buyer case follows the evolution of the La Boulange bakery and café chain and its eventual buyout by Starbucks... -
Minova
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The protagonist ("Howard Glass") is a recent GSB graduate (2007) heading up a biomedical team start-up focused on the gastric bypass method. The case... -
A Note on Funding Digital Innovation Startups
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This note provides information on the state of startup financing in Silicon Valley in 2013. It details different avenues startups have to raise funding,... -
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... -
A Note on Financing in Developing Economies
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details As of the date of this note, financing environments varied significantly across developing economies. Differences in legal structures, operating conditions,... -
Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details In late September 1999, representatives from Telstri, Japan Telecom, and Teleglobe met to discuss the structure of the Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) project,... -
Tenex Greenhouse Investors
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Protagonist Frank Ruderman evolved from entrepreneur to traditional angel investor and later to innovative angel or hybrid investor. Ruderman's investing... -
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... -
AngelList in 2017
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Amanda's Restaurants (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Amanda West is a GSB graduate who has launched a healthy fast food restaurant out of business school. She developed the business plan with her S356 team... -
Angel Investing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Discusses the industry practices of angel investors, individuals who invest privately in new ventures.
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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (Commentary for 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... -
Appendices
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFinancing New Ventures: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Angel Investment is a seven chapter book published in 2014 by the Business Expert Press and... -
Introduction
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFinancing New Ventures: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Angel Investment is a seven chapter book published in 2014 by the Business Expert Press and... -
Yieldex (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTeaching Note for 809090 and 809091. -
EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Well-established fashion brand Eileen Fisher has traditionally appealed to older women. However, to drive growth, Eileen Fisher's management team wants... -
PunchTab, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile... -
Bluefin Labs: The Acquisition by Twitter
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details What is the value of Bluefin Labs's social listening data to Twitter? Acquired by Twitter in 2013, Bluefin had built a system that gathered millions of... -
Entrepreneurial Venturing and Financing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFinancing New Ventures: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Angel Investment is a seven chapter book published in 2014 by the Business Expert Press and... -
Freedom Financial Network
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case follows Andrew Housser and Brad Stroh, two recent graduates from the Stanford GSB, as they search for a business opportunity and ultimately start... -
LinkedIn Corporation, 2012
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Since its inception in 2003, LinkedIn had become a leading Silicon Valley institution with a brand name that was recognizable throughout the U.S. and...
