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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
Innovation & Leadership 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. -
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 […] -
The Road to Crowdfunding Hell
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleCrowdfunding of equity capital for startups is one of a handful of jewels in the crown of the JOBS Act that swept through the House and Senate in a rare... -
The Comprehensive Case for Investing More VC Money in Women-Led Startups
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Making Sense of Corporate Venture Capital
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleCompanies have, at best, a mixed record funding start-ups. A new framework, simple in design but powerful in application, can help identify the investments that will yield a return that matters—strategic growth. -
The One Thing VCs Could Do Immediately to Increase Returns
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We Recorded VCs’ Conversations and Analyzed How Differently They Talk About Female Entrepreneurs
Gender Digital ArticleFindings from a language analysis study in Sweden. -
What Western Investors Want from African Entrepreneurs
Global Business Digital ArticleLeadership matters more than the business model. -
Why Every Startup Should Bootstrap
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleKeep control of your company. -
Groupon Doomed by Too Much of a Good Thing
Innovation & Leadership Digital Article"Alright, you caught us. We're actually not making any money. In fact, we are really losing a lot of money." This is the essence of Groupon's declaration... -
Start-Up Capital Is Spreading Across the U.S.
Venture capital Digital ArticleWhile a few cities dominate, more are getting in on the game. -
Entrepreneurship: A Working Definition
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleBeing clear on what it means is not just an academic exercise. -
How to Size Up a Negotiation
Negotiation strategies Digital ArticleIn one of my posts last year, I shared a framework for more effective negotiations. The first step of the framework described the need for pre-negotiation homework with an emphasis on understanding the specific interests and positions of the opposing side. Making a list of these points is the right starting place as it helps […] -
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,... -
VCs' Strange, Instinctual Need to Replace Founders
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleData show that replacing a founder often destroys value. So why is it such a common practice? -
Is the Social Sector Capitalism's R&D Lab?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleStudents of Clay Christensen's work are familiar with his insight that "disruptive innovation" usually has its genesis in spots where the "important"...
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Dating Ring
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2015, the co-founders of Dating Ring, an online dating startup that relied on human matchmakers to arrange dates between its members, were deciding... -
Investure, LLC: Investing in Alternative Assets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details several companies competing to win the mandate to manage F&M's assets. Investure's approach is to pool the assets of "like-minded" institutions and significantly... -
Apax Digital
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Apax Digital team faced important decisions as they contemplated raising a second fund. Apax Digital Fund I was a $1.1 billion vehicle focused on... -
DigiPlex: Ante-Up or Cash Out
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In November 2020, the co-founders of DigiPlex study the future growth trajectory of their Nordic data center venture. A critical question was on the agenda:... -
Deborah Quazzo at GSV Ventures
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details As COVID-19 swept across the globe in 2020, the education sector faced unprecedented disruption. Schools and colleges worldwide shut down, forcing over... -
Adams Capital Management: Fund IV
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study6.95View Details The partners of Adams Capital Management must decide whether to start their fourth fund in early 2006 or to hold off until they have realized more exits... -
Aptera: The First Time Around (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Aptera is on its second life. It originally began as a VC-backed electric car company in the 1990s. But that first life ended badly, as the company could... -
Luminar and the Rise of SPACs
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Broadway Angels (2022)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details In late June of 2022, Sonja Perkins, co-founder of Broadway Angels, contemplated the group's future. She and her co-founders, Jennifer Fonstad, and Magdalena... -
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.... -
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... -
Nine Realms: Independent vs. corporate venture capital
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case is designed to discuss the tradeoffs between independent venture capital (IVC) and corporate venture capital (CVC). Students also have the opportunity... -
Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services.... -
Kleiner-Perkins and Genentech: When Venture Capital Met Science
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Genentech is a rare success story in the biotechnology industry. Hundreds of billions of dollars of venture capital have been invested without the expected... -
Held Hostage in the 21st Century: Cybersecurity, Ransomware, and Crisis Management (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is part of the Giving Voice to Values (GVV) curriculum. To see other material in the GVV curriculum, please visit http://store.darden.virginia.edu/giving-voice-to-values.... -
FlexShyft: Term Sheet Negotiation (B2) - Venture Capitalists
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Case Supplement for Case E774A -
Credible in India: Empowering Agri-business with Technology
Management Case Study8.95View Details Born and raised in a rural area of India, Vikram Sarbaja always had the passion to support the local farmers in his community. After graduating from TU... -
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...
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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
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThree lessons, based on a study of more than 200 senior-level executives. -
Dating Ring
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 2015, the co-founders of Dating Ring, an online dating startup that relied on human matchmakers to arrange dates between its members, were deciding... -
Harvard Business Review, March/April 2021
Leadership & Managing People Magazine Issue19.95View Details Harvard Business Review publishes new and authoritative ideas for improving the practice of management. Written by leading business thinkers and executives,... -
Investure, LLC: Investing in Alternative Assets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details several companies competing to win the mandate to manage F&M's assets. Investure's approach is to pool the assets of "like-minded" institutions and significantly... -
Hello Heart: The Next Generation of Chronic Disease Management Apps, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 622061 -
Apax Digital
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Apax Digital team faced important decisions as they contemplated raising a second fund. Apax Digital Fund I was a $1.1 billion vehicle focused on...