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      • February 2017 (Revised May 2017)
      • Case

      Rapid7

      By: Mitchell Weiss, Paul Gompers and Silpa Kovvali
      That Corey Thomas, vice president at Boston-based Rapid7, Inc., was about to enter his investor’s boardroom to negotiate a potential acquisition of Metasploit, LLC, was already an unlikely achievement of sorts. After all, Rapid7 was a venture-backed, corporate... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Computer Hacking; Open-source; Corey Thomas; Rapid7; Exploit Testing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Cybersecurity; Computer Industry; North and Central America; Boston
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      Weiss, Mitchell, Paul Gompers, and Silpa Kovvali. "Rapid7." Harvard Business School Case 817-077, February 2017. (Revised May 2017.)
      • February 2017
      • Case

      TaskRabbit

      By: Paul Gompers, Danielle Li and Silpa Kovvali
      Keywords: Technology; Diversity; Entrepreneurship; North and Central America
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      Gompers, Paul, Danielle Li, and Silpa Kovvali. "TaskRabbit." Harvard Business School Case 217-047, February 2017.
      • February 2017 (Revised January 2019)
      • Module Note

      The Entrepreneurial Manager, Module 2 Part 1: Resourcing the Business Model – Financing

      By: Paul Gompers
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financing; Venture Capital; Debt Lending
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      Gompers, Paul. "The Entrepreneurial Manager, Module 2 Part 1: Resourcing the Business Model – Financing." Harvard Business School Module Note 817-109, February 2017. (Revised January 2019.)
      • February 2017 (Revised December 2018)
      • Module Note

      The Entrepreneurial Manager, Module I: Defining and Developing the Business Model

      By: William R. Kerr, Mark Roberge and Paul A. Gompers
      The first module of The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) focuses on business model analysis and lean testing. Your business model defines your company and sets its strategic direction, including customer value proposition, operations, scaling, the context in which the... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Business Models; Lean Startup; Business Model; Analysis; Entrepreneurship; Management
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      Kerr, William R., Mark Roberge, and Paul A. Gompers. "The Entrepreneurial Manager, Module I: Defining and Developing the Business Model." Harvard Business School Module Note 817-108, February 2017. (Revised December 2018.)
      • January 2017 (Revised September 2017)
      • Case

      Sales Razor Technologies

      By: Paul Gompers and Noam Wasserman
      Describes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board of directors, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work. View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Conflict Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Employees; Management Teams; Product Development; Technology Industry
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      Gompers, Paul, and Noam Wasserman. "Sales Razor Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 217-040, January 2017. (Revised September 2017.)
      • 2017
      • Working Paper

      Diversity in Innovation

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. Wang
      In this paper we document the patterns of labor market participation by women and ethnic minorities in venture capital firms and as founders of venture capital-backed startups. We show that from 1990-2016 women have been less than 10% of the entrepreneurial and venture... View Details
      Keywords: Diversity; Gender; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital
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      Gompers, Paul A., and Sophie Q. Wang. "Diversity in Innovation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-067, January 2017.
      • January 2017
      • Case

      TA Associates and SpeedCast

      By: Paul Gompers and Monica Baraldi
      Keywords: Private Equity; Buyout; Communications
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      Gompers, Paul, and Monica Baraldi. "TA Associates and SpeedCast." Harvard Business School Case 217-051, January 2017.
      • December 2016
      • Course Overview Note

      The Entrepreneurial Manager: Course Overview, 2017 Winter Term

      By: Paul Gompers
      This note serves as an overview of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit’s required curriculum course, "The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM)." General management has been a core educational organizing framework at the Harvard Business School (HBS) since its inception. Today... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management; Business Education
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      Gompers, Paul. "The Entrepreneurial Manager: Course Overview, 2017 Winter Term." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 817-079, December 2016.
      • Working Paper

      How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?

      By: Paul A. Gompers, William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
      We survey 885 institutional venture capitalists (VCs) at 681 firms to learn how they make decisions across eight areas: deal sourcing, investment selection, valuation, deal structure, post-investment value-added, exits, internal firm organization, and relationships... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Decision Choices and Conditions
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      Gompers, Paul A., William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. Strebulaev. "How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22587, September 2016.
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      What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
      We survey 79 private equity investors with combined assets under management (AUM) of over $750 billion about their practices in firm valuation, capital structure, governance, and value creation. Investors rely primarily on internal rate of return (IRR) and multiples to... View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Valuation; Capital Structure; Value Creation
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      Gompers, Paul A., Steven N. Kaplan, and Vladimir Mukharlyamov. "What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?" Journal of Financial Economics 121, no. 3 (September 2016): 449–476.
      • March 2016
      • Article

      The Cost of Friendship

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov and Yuhai Xuan
      We investigate how personal characteristics affect people's desire to collaborate and whether this attraction enhances or detracts from performance in venture capital. We find that venture capitalists who share the same ethnic, educational, or career background are... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Personal Characteristics
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      Gompers, Paul A., Vladimir Mukharlyamov, and Yuhai Xuan. "The Cost of Friendship." Journal of Financial Economics 119, no. 3 (March 2016): 626–644.
      • July 2015
      • Case

      Private Equity Finance Vignettes: 2016

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Victoria Ivashina
      This case contains four vignettes that provide an introduction to the issues covered in the course, Private Equity Finance. View Details
      Keywords: Deal Sourcing; Bidding; Private Equity; Bids and Bidding; North America
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      Gompers, Paul A., and Victoria Ivashina. "Private Equity Finance Vignettes: 2016." Harvard Business School Case 216-005, July 2015.
      • 2015
      • Working Paper

      What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
      We survey 79 private equity investors with combined assets under management (AUM) of over $750 billion about their practices in firm valuation, capital structure, governance, and value creation. Investors rely primarily on internal rate of return (IRR) and multiples to... View Details
      Keywords: Governance; Value Creation; Private Equity; Capital Structure; Valuation; Management Practices and Processes
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      Gompers, Paul A., Steven N. Kaplan, and Vladimir Mukharlyamov. "What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-081, April 2015.
      • November 2014
      • Case

      Ardian—The Sale of Diana

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Michael Roberts
      The case focuses on a European private equity firm—Ardian—and the process it uses to sell one of its portfolio companies, and the decisions around that sale. Key issues include the choice of an auction or acceptance of a pre-emptive bid, and the role of the portfolio... View Details
      Keywords: Spin-out; Exit; Sale; Private Equity; France
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      Gompers, Paul A., and Michael Roberts. "Ardian—The Sale of Diana." Harvard Business School Case 215-033, November 2014.
      • October 2014 (Revised April 2015)
      • Case

      Globant: Going Public

      By: Paul Gompers and Natee Amornsiripanitch
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      Gompers, Paul, and Natee Amornsiripanitch. "Globant: Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 215-021, October 2014. (Revised April 2015.)
      • 2014
      • Working Paper

      The Cost of Friendship

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov and Yuhai Xuan
      We investigate how personal characteristics affect people's desire to collaborate and whether this attraction enhances or detracts from performance in venture capital. We find that venture capitalists who share the same ethnic, educational, or career background are... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Making; Identity
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      Gompers, Paul A., Vladimir Mukharlyamov, and Yuhai Xuan. "The Cost of Friendship." Working Paper, 2014.
      • October 2013
      • Case

      Advantage Partners: Dia Kanri (A)

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
      This case explores the opportunity to purchase the condominium management business of a distressed real estate developer by Advantage Partners, a leading Japanese private equity firm. The case explores investment structuring, bidding strategy, and the ability of... View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; LBO; Roll-up; Investment; Financing; Condominium Management; Leveraged Buyouts; Asia
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      Gompers, Paul A., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Advantage Partners: Dia Kanri (A)." Harvard Business School Case 214-016, October 2013.
      • October 2013
      • Supplement

      Advantage Partners: Dia Kanri (B)

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
      This case presents the final decision and outcomes for the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; LBO; Roll-up; Investment; Condominium Management; Leveraged Buyouts; Asia
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      Gompers, Paul A., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Advantage Partners: Dia Kanri (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 214-017, October 2013.
      • October 2013
      • Module Note

      Note on LBO Capital Structure

      By: Victoria Ivashina, Paul A. Gompers, Paul A. Gompers, Victoria Ivashina, Joris Van Gool and Joris Van Gool
      This note discusses the capital structure often found in LBO transactions. Although the specifics of each capital structure vary case by case, in any given year, there is a great deal of similarity in the capital structure of these buyouts. These similarities exist... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Capital Structure
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      Gompers, Paul A., Victoria Ivashina, and Joris Van Gool. "Note on LBO Capital Structure." Harvard Business School Module Note 214-039, October 2013.
      • October 2013
      • Supplement

      HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A) Courseware

      By: Paul A. Gompers
      This courseware is to be used with HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A), HBS No. 214018. View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Management Buyout; Deal Structuring; Negotiations; Finance; Valuation; Europe
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      Gompers, Paul A. "HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A) Courseware." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 214-706, October 2013.
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