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  • February 2014 (Revised August 2016)
  • Case

Strava

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman and Sid Misra
Strava is a new fast-growing social network for the avid cyclist and runner. The Strava case traces the entrepreneurial journey of two serial entrepreneurs who have been co-founders in a prior venture, and who have co-founded Strava 3 years ago. The protagonists must... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Cycling; Biking; Running; Sports; Technology; Mobile App; Mobile; GPS; Motivation; Behavioral Science; Founders; Term Sheet; Investment; Terms; Silicon Valley; Lifestyle; Strava; Financing; Fundraising; Angel; Valuation; Growth; Forecast; Business Startups; Business Plan; Trends; Forecasting and Prediction; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Institutional Investing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Management Succession; Growth Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Timing; Bicycle Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Web Services Industry; California; New England
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  • July–August 2015
  • Article

The Secret of Singapore: Why Cuba Should Look to Lee Kuan Yew's Thriving City-State for Economic Inspiration

By: Debora L. Spar
Between 1965 and 1991, Singapore grew at an astonishing compound annual growth rate of nearly 14%. Critics of the island's performance accused its celebrated leader, Lee Kuan Yew, of thinly veiled tendencies toward communism and authoritarianism; they argued that the... View Details
Keywords: Economic Models; Communism; Economic Policy; Economic Reform; Angel Investors; Authoritarianism; Economic Systems; Economy; Policy; Government and Politics; Singapore; Cuba
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  • 17 Jun 2021
  • News

Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Angels Conference Tackles Post-Pandemic Investing and Entrepreneurship The global pandemic has reshaped the world, and investors and founders are full of questions about the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley

    New To Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth

    Serial entrepreneurs David Kidder and Christina Wallace reveal their revolutionary playbook for igniting growth inside established companies.

    Most established companies face a... View Details

    • 22 Dec 2022
    • Blog Post

    Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention

    Climate Stories Episode #13 – Democratizing Climate Returns: Nisha Desai (HBS 1997) Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention “We’re democratizing impact investing, not just for impact, but for returns for individual consumers.” In the... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2017
    • News

    2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived

    significant investment in the area. At Kaiser Permanente, for instance, 25 percent of annual capital spending is invested in IT, and in the private sector, 102 telemedicine companies have received venture... View Details
    Keywords: Halle Tecco (MBA 2011), founder emeritus, Rock Health; angel investor; adjunct professor, Columbia Business School
    • 15 Apr 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Finance: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis

    Keywords: by William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner & Antoinette Schoar
    • 02 Aug 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: August 2

    temporary moratorium that followed the spill, the case ends with discussion of possible regulatory responses. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711021-PDF-ENG The Changing Face of Angel View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Awards

    Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings

    By: Andy Wu
    “Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners” was selected in 2016 for publication in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. View Details
    • 30 Jun 2010
    • News

    The VC Shakeout

    • 23 Jan 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

    examines investments made by 13 angel groups across 21 countries. We compare applicants just above and below the funding cutoff and find that these angel investors have a... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 12 Jan 2016
    • First Look

    January 12, 2016

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50177 The Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence across Countries By: Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski, and Karen Wilson Abstract—This paper examines View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 20 Oct 2020
    • Blog Post

    Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at Harlem Capital

    Walking into Harvard Business School as friends, roommates, and colleagues in 2017, Henri Pierre-Jacques (MBA 2019) and Jarrid Tingle (MBA 2019) already knew each other well. What they didn’t know yet was how their angel syndicate, Harlem... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital / Private Equity
    • 01 Dec 2008
    • News

    Use bailout money for new ventures, not old ones

    • March 2019 (Revised May 2019)
    • Case

    Space Angels, Multiple Equilibria, and Financing the Space Economy

    By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Alissa Haddaji
    Chad Anderson had reason to be proud of his young space-focused investment firm, Space Angels. Since becoming CEO, Anderson had overseen growth along multiple dimensions, and Space Angels was “the preeminent name in space finance” according to one prominent space... View Details
    Keywords: Space Economy; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Business Model; Aerospace Industry
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    • March 2023 (Revised September 2023)
    • Case

    Wilshire Lane Capital

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Lindsay N. Hyde and Stacy Straaberg
    In September 2021, Adam Demuyakor (MBA 2017) was faced with decisions about how to launch his venture capital (VC) investment firm. His previous investment activities were a series of angel investments and special purpose vehicles alongside two part-time general... View Details
    Keywords: Ownership Stake; Investment Funds; Venture Capital; Business and Shareholder Relations; Real Estate Industry; Technology Industry; Los Angeles; California; United States
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    • 17 Apr 2014
    • News

    York Street Partners and Busbud Take Top Honors in Harvard Business School Alumni New Venture Competition

    • September 2007 (Revised October 2010)
    • Case

    DermaCare: Zapping Zits Directly

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Lauren Barley
    DermaCare has developed an innovative new product for the treatment of acne that they hope to sell to consumers via direct-response television. The unconventional nature of the product and its distribution has led the company to seek angel financing. The Silicon Valley... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Product; California
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    • September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
    • Case

    MAYA Capital

    By: Robert F. White, Carla Larangeira and Pedro Levindo
    MAYA Capital co-founders Lara Lemann and Monica Saggioro raised $41.5 million through a series of closings for their early-stage Latin American venture capital fund. The two women had met for the first time in mid-2016 when Lemann was contemplating scaling her angel... View Details
    Keywords: Early Stage; Portfolio Construction; Fund Management; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Strategy; Business Startups; Management; Investment Funds; Latin America
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    • October 2011 (Revised August 2017)
    • Case

    PunchTab, Inc.

    By: Ramana Nanda, William R. Kerr and Lauren Barley
    PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup, founded in 2011, that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile applications developers, and brands. Founder/CEO Ranjith Kumaran must make strategic decisions about how to fund... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Funds; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; San Francisco
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