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What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity
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Career Choices When Life Is Short (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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AEI's President on Measuring the Impact of Ideas
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter the Great Recession, the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, needed to compete even harder for every dollar. Arthur C. Brooks... -
Career Choices When Life Is Short (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
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For Female Founders, Fundraising Only from Female VCs Comes at a Cost
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How Wise Crowds Can Advance Philanthropy
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleEvery year in the United States billions of philanthropic dollars go to more than 1.5 million nonprofits--some of which use the money inefficiently. But... -
Career Choices When Life Is Short (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn up-and-coming entrepreneur, Gil Lehner is looking ahead and deciding on his next move. But Gil's situation is unusual: He was just diagnosed with small-cell... -
How Startups Can Land a Second Meeting with a Corporate Partner
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Why Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Should Use Their Money for Fundraising
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What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup
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How Midsize Companies Can Access Capital in Turbulent Times
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Nonprofit Fundraising in the Age of Coronavirus
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How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Fundraising Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
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. -
How Midsize Companies Can Access Capital in Turbulent Times
Organizational change Digital ArticleLending to mid-market companies has fallen nearly 60% over the last year. -
For Female Founders, Fundraising Only from Female VCs Comes at a Cost
Gender Digital ArticleNew research suggests that exclusive support from female investors may be a mixed blessing because it can make it harder to raise additional rounds of financing. -
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. -
What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleYou might be surprised at what your acquirer will agree to — if you just ask. -
Why Startups Should Embrace Radical Transparency
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIt’s in founders’ best interests to not only accept, but invite, oversight. -
Nonprofit Fundraising in the Age of Coronavirus
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Giving After Disasters
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAlthough the global cost of natural disasters has increased sharply, traditional sources of funding--governments, nonprofits, and NGOs--have not kept... -
AEI's President on Measuring the Impact of Ideas
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter the Great Recession, the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, needed to compete even harder for every dollar. Arthur C. Brooks... -
Startups Need Relationships Before They Ask for Money
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Why Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Should Use Their Money for Fundraising
Global Business Digital ArticleIt's what we need to tackle the biggest problems. -
Career Choices When Life Is Short (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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Career Choices When Life Is Short (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn up-and-coming entrepreneur, Gil Lehner is looking ahead and deciding on his next move. But Gil's situation is unusual: He was just diagnosed with small-cell... -
Career Choices When Life Is Short (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn up-and-coming entrepreneur, Gil Lehner is looking ahead and deciding on his next move. But Gil's situation is unusual: He was just diagnosed with small-cell... -
How Wise Crowds Can Advance Philanthropy
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleEvery year in the United States billions of philanthropic dollars go to more than 1.5 million nonprofits--some of which use the money inefficiently. But...
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Navigating an Eternal Ocean: EnerGaia's Emergent Strategy in the Market for Spirulina
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Glassdoor: The Fundraising Journey (B)
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Great Women: Integrating Micro-Entrepreneurs into the Regional Value Chain
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Root Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study15.05View Details Founded in 1999, Root Capital had loaned $150 million to nearly 250 small and growing businesses, mainly in Latin America. In 2009, as the organization... -
Pear VC
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FanGo
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Adams Capital Management: Fund IV
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Venus Medtech: Global Innovation in the Race Between China and the U.S.A.
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Alibaba's Bonds Dilemma: Location, Timing, and Pricing
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Illuminate Ventures: Raising a Venture Fund
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Get Your Venture Backed with Persuasive Data Viz: An HBR Collection for Building the Perfect Pitch Deck
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TTTech in 2017: When Market and Technology Trends Align with Company Capabilities
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Loki Capital Management
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Standards for Child Sponsorship Agencies (A)
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TWB: Alternative Paths to Creating Social Impact
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Models of Entrepreneurial Acquisition
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Floodgate: An Entrepreneurials VC
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CircleUp in 2019: Investing in the Future
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Glassdoor: The Fundraising Journey (A)
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Clay Ridge Capital
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What African Fintech Startups Can Teach Silicon Valley About Longevity
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThree lessons, based on a study of more than 200 senior-level executives. -
Giving After Disasters
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Aflore and Polymath Ventures: Two Sides of the Coin, Teaching Note
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Navigating an Eternal Ocean: EnerGaia's Emergent Strategy in the Market for Spirulina
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case follows the evolution of EnerGaia, a technology firm pioneering rooftop production of spirulina (blue-green algae) in developing markets. The... -
Glassdoor: The Fundraising Journey (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details From his time as a young engineer at Microsoft in 1993, to the challenge of building Glassdoor from the ground up until it reached a valuation of over... -
Great Women: Integrating Micro-Entrepreneurs into the Regional Value Chain
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case, set in mid-2017, traces the evolution of a gender-responsive regional level multi-stakeholder platform called GREAT Women ASEAN, dedicated to... -
Root Capital
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study15.05View Details Founded in 1999, Root Capital had loaned $150 million to nearly 250 small and growing businesses, mainly in Latin America. In 2009, as the organization... -
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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... -
FanGo
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This case details the challenges Collin Wallace faced at FanGo, a mobile ordering technology company that he founded based on technology that he developed...