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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)
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Is a Start-Up's Strength Becoming Its Weakness? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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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... -
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... -
A Wave of Angel Investing Organizations Focuses on Women
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What Angel Investors Value Most When Choosing What to Fund
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Good Money After Bad? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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Angel or Devil: Who's Really Investing In Your Start-Up?
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Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleEditors’ Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your email address. Gloria Londoño scanned the tables at the Opera restaurant. Victor Serna was sitting at […] -
Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
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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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Do Algorithms Make Better - and Fairer - Investments Than Angel Investors?
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HBR Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda
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Stretch the Mission? (HBR Case Study)
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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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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for GEORG
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Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation
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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for PHUC
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AngelList
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View 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... -
Rospil.info
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir... -
A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach to Term Sheet Negotiations
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Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina
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Entrepreneurship Reading: Developing Business Plans and Pitching Opportunities
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Angel Investing
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Jonathan Miller: Custom Energy Bar Entrepreneur Pitches Sharks
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PunchTab, Inc.
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UpDown: Confidential Instructions for MICHAEL
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Angel Investing: Innovation Within the Establishment
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Angel Investments in Europe and Recent Developments in Crowdfunding
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Beetle Beats: Finding a SOUND Market for ADT
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Aristotle Onassis and the Greek Shipping Industry
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Pear VC
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EILEEN FISHER: Repositioning the Brand
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Honest Tea
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Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company
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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."... -
Value Partners and the Evergrande Situation
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View 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... -
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."... -
AngelList
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View 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... -
Rospil.info
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir... -
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"... -
Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina
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... -
Entrepreneurship Reading: Developing Business Plans and Pitching Opportunities
15.90View Details Success in launching a new business depends on an entrepreneur's ability to clearly communicate the market opportunity, outline the proposed solution,... -
Angel Investing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Discusses the industry practices of angel investors, individuals who invest privately in new ventures. -
Honest Tea, Spreadsheet Supplement
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleSpreadsheet supplement for case number 201076.
