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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... -
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... -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
A Wave of Angel Investing Organizations Focuses on Women
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleSocial entrepreneurs are hoping to feminize the start-up sector. -
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... -
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.... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Angel or Devil: Who's Really Investing In Your Start-Up?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleInvestors can make entrepreneurs doubt their own abilities. -
What Angel Investors Value Most When Choosing What to Fund
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIt's founders, research shows. -
Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
Finance and investing Digital ArticleHow to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans. -
HBR Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
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Do Algorithms Make Better — and Fairer — Investments Than Angel Investors?
Algorithms Digital ArticleIt depends on the investor. -
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... -
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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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for GEORG
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement."... -
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... -
A Technical Note on Angel Investing in Emerging Markets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This technical note discusses the practice of angel investing, particularly its meaning and suitability to emerging markets. Adapted from a chapter in... -
Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes the creation and financing of Officenet, an office supply distributor in Argentina. The company serves the business-to-business market through... -
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... -
AME Learning Inc. (Video Supplement)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study150.00View Details This is the Video Supplement for AME Learning, Inc., HBS Case #810065. -
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,... -
Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In June 2012, Cheah Cheng-Hye and his colleagues at Value Partners, a Hong-Kong-based investment firm, received a copy of a short-seller report alleging... -
EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand, Korean Version
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... -
UpDown: Confidential Instructions for PHUC
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement."... -
Entrepreneurship Reading: Developing Business Plans and Pitching Opportunities
40.00View Details Success in launching a new business depends on an entrepreneur's ability to clearly communicate the market opportunity, outline the proposed solution,... -
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.... -
Assured Guaranty
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Nate Katz at Yokun Ridge Capital Management is evaluating an investment in Assured Guaranty, a municipal bond insurance company that is trading at a discount... -
Honest Tea
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case examines the decisions of Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff, founders of Honest Tea. Honest Tea is a start-up in the ready-to-drink tea market.... -
Nantucket Nectars: The Exit
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details The founders of Nantucket Nectars are trying to decide whether and how to sell their company. -
Jonathan Miller: Custom Energy Bar Entrepreneur Pitches Sharks
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Jonathan Miller appeared in September 2009 on "Shark Tank", the ABC television reality show featuring entrepreneurs versus angel investors in a discussion... -
AngelList
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details In early 2010, Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi posted a list of angel investors on the Venture Hacks blog as a resource for founders looking for funding... -
A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach to Term Sheet Negotiations
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This note offers a new approach to Venture Capital term-sheet negotiations, with actionable steps based on insights from Prof. Wasserman's "Rich-vs.-King"... -
Verge Software (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Scott Rozic, CEO of start-up Verge Software, has just told his board that he is taking the company in a totally new direction, moving from enterprise... -
Gracious Eloise: What Do Angels Want? (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Having received an extensive critique of her business plan but only a small amount of financing from an angel group she pitched in 2010, Eloise Bune responds...
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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for GEORG
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement."... -
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... -
A Technical Note on Angel Investing in Emerging Markets
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This technical note discusses the practice of angel investing, particularly its meaning and suitability to emerging markets. Adapted from a chapter in... -
Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes the creation and financing of Officenet, an office supply distributor in Argentina. The company serves the business-to-business market through... -
Apple's Core, Teaching Note, Chinese Version
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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... -
AME Learning Inc. (Video Supplement)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study150.00View Details This is the Video Supplement for AME Learning, Inc., HBS Case #810065. -
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,... -
Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In June 2012, Cheah Cheng-Hye and his colleagues at Value Partners, a Hong-Kong-based investment firm, received a copy of a short-seller report alleging... -
Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Women Initiative, Teaching Note
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleTeaching Note for [509042].