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- 2012
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The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup
By: Noam Wasserman
Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards...
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Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Partners and Partnerships;
Social Psychology;
Outcome or Result
Wasserman, Noam. The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Princeton University Press, 2012. (Academy of Management award - One of Top Five Business Books of the Year
Independent Publishers Association - Top Business Books of the Year, Entrepreneurship category (Axiom-Silver award))
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel...
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- 19 Apr 2023
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. Even so, they were...
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Maureen Harmon
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) recently presented a virtual panel discussion exploring the unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter when founding their companies. The conversation, titled “The Realities Facing Female Founders,”...
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Margie Kelley
- Web
Avoiding Startup Failure - Course Catalog
understanding of the common causes of startup failure and how companies and founders can avoid, or rebound from, failure. Over the arc of the course, we will explore: Common patterns that lead to View Details
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
It used to be that you risked detention for disrupting an elementary school classroom. Nowadays, disrupting the entire school system can earn you millions of dollars in startup funding. Consider AltSchool, the idea of entrepreneur Max...
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- 30 Oct 2020
- News
Billion-Dollar Valuations and Exits for Harvard-born Startups
Lissy Hu (MBA 2014) Lissy Hu (MBA 2014) Two harvard-born startups announced big milestones this week. CarePort Health,a web-based health care software startup led bycofounder and CEO Lissy Hu (MBA 2014), was...
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Field Course: Startup Operations - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Startup Operations Course Number 6673 Senior Lecturer Julia Austin Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Two-hour sessions meet on Tuesdays from 3:10-5:10 Applications will be accepted through 5pm ET on August 9, 2024 A...
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- September 2023
- Case
Ada: Cultivating Investors
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Mike Murchison, co-founder and CEO of Ada, has an enviable dilemma. Launched in 2016 by Murchison and his co-founder David Hariri, Ada is an AI-native company that aims to revolutionize how businesses approach customer service. The company has already attracted a buzz,...
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Founder;
Fundraising;
Business Startups;
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
AI and Machine Learning;
Technology Industry
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Ada: Cultivating Investors." Harvard Business School Case 824-090, September 2023.
- 27 Mar 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Will Startup Fishbowl Become the Social Media App for Your Industry?
- February 2024
- Supplement
Ada: On Fundraising and Cofounding
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Mike Murchison, cofounder and CEO of Ada, shares his fundraising philosophy and reflects on what he believes underpins a successful cofounder relationship.
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Founder;
Entrepreneur;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Partners and Partnerships;
Entrepreneurial Finance
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Ada: On Fundraising and Cofounding." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 824-708, February 2024.
- February 2024
- Supplement
Ada: General Updates
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Mike Murchison, cofounder and CEO of Ada, updates the audience on which investor he chose as well as how Ada has grown since its Series B.
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Founder;
Entrepreneur;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Growth and Development
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Ada: General Updates." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 824-707, February 2024.
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Founder of Hinge Has Some Thoughts on Your Dating Profile
Photo courtesy of Justin McLeod, via Instagram Photo courtesy of Justin McLeod, via Instagram Justin McLeod (MBA 2011), the self-proclaimed romantic and founder of Hinge, the fast-growing dating app, thinks you can learn from his story....
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- January 2016 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
HourlyNerd
By: Jill Avery and Joseph Fuller
HourlyNerd, a two-sided marketplace platform for matching freelance consultants with small companies looking for help, struggles to define a growth plan for the future. The company, started as a class project in HBS' FIELD 3 course, is assessing three growth paths:...
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Startup;
Lean Startup;
Two Sided Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Consulting Industry;
United States
Avery, Jill, and Joseph Fuller. "HourlyNerd." Harvard Business School Case 316-134, January 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
- 28 Apr 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Sweden’s Northvolt Electric Battery Maker: A Startup with a Mission
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
you are a technologist, but lack management or operating skills (marketing, sales, etc.), you may benefit from a more seasoned business leader as cofounder who has seen the movie before. While many operating skills can be learned, early-stage View Details
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by Julia Austin
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
finding the right match with people who could run those more distant stores and train people,” says Hyde. Despite these issues, Ample Hills expanded from the East Coast to the West, opening a store in the trendy Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. The location...
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 23 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs
found growth and venture funding for female-focused startups were just as strong as their male-centered competition. Koning surmises that on those days, founders received positive feedback that not only...
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by Michael Blanding