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- September 2005 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
Philip McCrea: Once an Entrepreneur...(A)
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
In the spring of 2005, an exhausted Philip McCrea, president and CEO of software development company VitesseLearning, reflects on the demands of his successful start-up and his desire to be closer to his growing family. Profiles the youth, career, family life,...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Family and Family Relationships;
Opportunities;
Motivation and Incentives
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "Philip McCrea: Once an Entrepreneur...(A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-018, September 2005. (Revised August 2008.)
- April 1999
- Case
Steve Perlman and WebTV (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang
The dynamics of a linked series of internal and external negotiations involved in launching, growing, and selling a high-tech, Internet start-up are explored. Steve Perlman unfurled an impressive new technology, recruited a top technical and management team, secured...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Negotiation Tactics;
Alliances;
Internet;
Communications Industry
Sebenius, James K., and Ron Fortgang. "Steve Perlman and WebTV (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-270, April 1999.
- November 2016 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Augmedix
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Alexandra N. Rachlin
In April 2015, Ian Shakil and Pelu Tran, cofounders of Augmedix, are discussing how to grow their emerging health care startup. The company’s sole product, also called Augmedix, streams video of doctor-patient interactions to remote medical scribes, thus freeing...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Sales Management;
Scaling;
Hiring;
Pricing;
Entrepreneurship;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Sales;
Technology;
Health Industry;
United States
Cespedes, Frank V., and Alexandra N. Rachlin. "Augmedix." Harvard Business School Case 817-048, November 2016. (Revised October 2018.)
- April 2019 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Handy: The Future of Work? (A)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Kieron Stopforth
Witnessing numerous lawsuits alleging that online platform companies misclassified workers as contractors when they were actually employees, Handy’s founders faced a series of decisions. Handy was an online platform business that enabled customers to book appointments...
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Keywords:
Employment;
Working Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Compensation and Benefits;
Internet and the Web;
Ethics;
Fairness;
Service Industry;
United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Kieron Stopforth. "Handy: The Future of Work? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-103, April 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
- September 2021
- Case
Worldreader: Helping Readers Build a Better World
By: Marco Bertini, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2010, Worldreader was an international nonprofit organization that promoted reading to children around the world. For many years, Worldreader distributed e-readers to under-resourced communities and funded its operations primarily through philanthropic...
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Keywords:
Subscription Model;
Price;
Financial Strategy;
Education;
Early Childhood Education;
Learning;
Geography;
Geographic Scope;
Global Range;
Goals and Objectives;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Markets;
Organizations;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Enterprise;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Society;
Social Issues;
Strategy;
Commercialization;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Education Industry;
Africa;
Asia;
Latin America;
Europe;
North and Central America;
South America
Bertini, Marco, Elie Ofek, and Julia Kelley. "Worldreader: Helping Readers Build a Better World." Harvard Business School Case 522-003, September 2021.
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry
By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we...
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- March 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company, Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz sought to provide a solution to a large scale complex problem. Ultimately, Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide consumers with more accessible and...
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- 2016
- Working Paper
Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions
By: Nava Ashraf, Edward L. Glaeser and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Cities generate negative, as well as positive, externalities; addressing those externalities requires both infrastructure and institutions. Providing clean water and removing refuse requires water and sewer pipes, but the urban poor are often unwilling to pay for the...
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Ashraf, Nava, Edward L. Glaeser, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto. "Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21910, January 2016.
- 16 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Opening Platforms: How, When and Why?
- February 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Fondeadora
By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and Mitchell Weiss
Norman Müller and René Serrano, cofounders of Fondeadora, a Mexican “neobank,” had lined up a $12.5 million in Series A funding round in 2020 only to run into a major obstacle: The lead investor was Gradient Ventures, a venture firm launched by Alphabet, Inc., and...
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Keywords:
Fundraising;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Financial Institutions;
Business Startups;
Government Legislation;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Financial Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Mexico City;
Latin America
Rodríguez Arregui, Álvaro, and Mitchell Weiss. "Fondeadora." Harvard Business School Case 822-077, February 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- July 2021
- Case
Kevin D. Johnson: To Be a Venture Capitalist or an Operator?
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In May of 2021, Kevin D. Johnson had just graduated from a rigorous Executive MBA program, and he quickly needed to decide on his next career move. Johnson was the founder and CEO of a successful media company, Johnson Media Inc., but his career goals had shifted while...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Goals and Objectives;
Race;
Wealth;
Decisions;
Venture Capital;
Personal Development and Career;
United States
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Kevin D. Johnson: To Be a Venture Capitalist or an Operator?" Harvard Business School Case 822-012, July 2021.
- September 2020
- Case
Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Rich or King
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani
The case examines issues such as cascading problems within the organization, changing founder roles, founder success criteria, as well as company exit consideration. In 2017, Dr. Torben Antretter, a former competitive tennis player and academic researcher, founded...
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Keywords:
Exit;
Startup;
Financing;
Founders;
Entrepreneurship;
Law;
Venture Capital;
Success;
Financing and Loans;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Strategy;
Legal Services Industry;
Germany
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Amir Reza Rezvani. "Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Rich or King." Harvard Business School Case 821-028, September 2020.
- 2013
- Working Paper
Where do the Most Active Customers Originate and How Can Firms Keep Them Engaged?
By: Clarence Lee, E. Ofek and Thomas Steenburgh
In this paper, we study how firms offering Web services can acquire and develop an active customer base. We focus on two basic questions. First, how does the method of customer acquisition affect the way customers use the service to meet their own needs and to interact...
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- May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Justice-as-a-Service at RightNow
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani
The case examines the focus of an early stage company, and how an unexpected external incidence can threaten or void the business model. It encompasses issues such as minimal viable product, defining and pivoting a business model, organizational requirements for a...
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Keywords:
Legacy Business;
Teams;
Startup;
Business Models;
Pivot;
Entrepreneurship;
Law;
Venture Capital;
Business Startups;
Business Model;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategy;
Legal Services Industry;
Germany
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Amir Reza Rezvani. "Justice-as-a-Service at RightNow." Harvard Business School Case 820-117, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- March 2010 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
The Huffington Post
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Toby E. Stuart and David Kiron
In Feb. 2010, management of the Huffington Post, a fast-growing but not-yet-profitable Internet newspaper that aggregates blog posts from unpaid contributors and excerpts of stories originally published by other news sites, faces a number of decisions about its growth...
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Keywords:
Networks;
Business Model;
Cost vs Benefits;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Publishing Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Toby E. Stuart, and David Kiron. "The Huffington Post." Harvard Business School Case 810-086, March 2010. (Revised October 2010.)
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
Kerr says, is to create a global replication platform that will encourage more entrepreneurship in Spain. Blink Booking served as a springboard for the class to discuss what makes a good candidate for...
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- 03 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures
Keywords:
by Matthew Lee & Julie Battilana
- November 2012 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Learning Resources: A Hands-On Toy Company Deals with New Challenges and Opportunities
By: Boris Groysberg and Anahita Hashemi
Learning Resources is a family-owned educational toy company that, by late 2011, was facing a myriad of challenges, including increased competition, entry into new markets, new distribution methods, rising costs of production in China, and changing customer behavior....
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Keywords:
Leading Teams;
Strategy Formulation;
Strategy And Execution;
Innovation;
Corporate Culture;
Industry Analysis;
Organizational Alignment;
Entrepreneurs;
Sales Channels;
Leadership;
Strategy;
Change Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Family Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Product Design;
Sales;
Retail Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, and Anahita Hashemi. "Learning Resources: A Hands-On Toy Company Deals with New Challenges and Opportunities." Harvard Business School Case 413-086, November 2012. (Revised September 2013.)
- June 2013
- Supplement
Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line? (Spreadsheet Supplement)
This is the spreadsheet supplement for the "Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line?" case #807148. It contains exhibits 4 and 9.
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- April 2021
- Teaching Note
GreenFire Energy, 2020: Geothermal Innovation
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In June 2020, after ten years of effort, GreenFire Energy Inc. (GreenFire) demonstrated its new geothermal electricity generation technology, ECO2G™. While conventional geothermal electricity only supplied 0.5% of US demand, the new technology promised to increase this...
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