Going public

Joe Casey (HBS class of 1992) reflects on the path that has led him into a venture career and contemplating his next moves.

Describes the issues facing a founder-ceo regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing...

Judging by all the hoopla surrounding business plans, you'd think the only things standing between would-be entrepreneurs and spectacular success are...

This note describes the tasks that fill the working day of a venture capitalist. Those functions involved in investing (deal sourcing, due diligence,...

Heidi Roizen being interviewed by MBA students, talks about the design to explore the theoretical and practical aspects of network development and maintenance....

An overview of key documents surrounding the 2010 "Angelgate" meetings.

Most venture capital profits come from a small percentage of investments, despite high expectations for each investment made. As a result, a small improvement...

The five managing directors of Pegasus Capital were meeting in June 2003 to make a go/no-go decision regarding the investment of Musimundo, one of the...

Interview with Lew Cirne from Wily Technology and Henry McCance, Chairman of Greylock Partners, on CEO succession.

In early 2015, the chief executive officer and the management team of Groupon India, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Groupon Inc., faced a management buyout...

Southwest Creations Collaborative (SCC) was a non-profit social enterprise dedicated to promoting the employability and financial independence of poor...

Supplements the (A) case.

In December 2012, less than two years into the founding of their music-streaming platform Anghami, cofounders Elie Habib and Eddy Maroun found themselves...

After an LBO and near bankruptcy in the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson makes an astonishing recovery, going public in 1986. Its listing on the New York...

PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile...

Two-party term sheet negotiation between a venture capitalist and the founder of an aerospace start-up company in which participants are scored both on...

This case describes the start-up and early operation of a novel impact investing firm in Italy: Oltre Venture. Oltre Venture, which defines itself as...

Unique accelerator fund in Latin America, facing challenges on how to keep growing, including development of venture capital fund and leveraging of entrepreneur...

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...

Sabeer Bhatia, cofounder and CEO of Hotmail, is making efforts to finance and grow this business, which is based on free Web-based e-mail. Describes early,...

For years "risk management" has been characterized chiefly by caution--preventing the business from doing things that would create exposure. Although...

Joe Casey (HBS class of 1992) reflects on the path that has led him into a venture career and contemplating his next moves.

Describes the issues facing a founder-ceo regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing...

Judging by all the hoopla surrounding business plans, you'd think the only things standing between would-be entrepreneurs and spectacular success are...

This note describes the tasks that fill the working day of a venture capitalist. Those functions involved in investing (deal sourcing, due diligence,...

Financing New Ventures: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Angel Investment is a seven chapter book published in 2014 by the Business Expert Press and...

Teaching Note for E444

Heidi Roizen being interviewed by MBA students, talks about the design to explore the theoretical and practical aspects of network development and maintenance....

Spreadsheet Supplement for case 299018.

Teaching note for case SCG556.