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- June 2019
- Technical Note
Valuing Employee Equity at Early Stage Ventures
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Christopher Stanton and Sanchali Pal
The note introduces a framework to consider factors that influence the value of employee equity at early stage ventures. Valuing equity is complex, and it important to account for expected dilution, assess exit potential, and acknowledge the high rate of failure in... View Details
- June 2019
- Supplement
Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk; Risk Tolerance Exercise
By: Shikhar Ghosh
- June 2019
- Teaching Note
Careem: Base Camp or Mountain Peak? Designing an OS for Scaling
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 819-049. View Details
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Yesware (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 816-039. View Details
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-040. View Details
- May 2019
- Background Note
Founders' Agreements
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Shweta Bagai and Sanchali Pal
Crafting a Founders’ Agreement is an important component of startup infrastructure as it documents a complex set of decisions that build a company’s roots. Its four key elements are: roles and responsibilities, rights (decision rights, rewards, position on board),... View Details
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Triangulate: Stay, Pivot or Exit
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-059. View Details
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Careem: Raising a Unicorn
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-022. View Details
- May 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Haibo Zhao
This case address pacing issues – how fast does a company need to scale? It also examines the role of investors in determining company strategy and exit.
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details
- April 2019
- Technical Note
A Note on Boards in VC-Backed Ventures
What is the value of a Board, and why does a company need one? The note documents the formal role of a Board of Directors as going beyond simply acting as legal representation of corporate ownership. Moreover, this role changes as the company moves through different... View Details
- April 2019
- Teaching Note
Chai Point: Disrupting Chai
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Ramana Nanda, Rachna Tahilyani and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-020. View Details
- April 2019
- Teaching Note
Ryan Greene at Rainier Wearables
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-047. View Details
- March 2019
- Teaching Note
CrossFit (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 815-089. View Details
- March 2019
- Teaching Note
Skyhook Wireless
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 809-119. View Details
- March 2019
- Teaching Note
Dinr: My First Start-Up (A) and (B)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 816-080 and 816-025. View Details
- October 2018 (Revised May 2019)
- Teaching Note
Intuit: Turbo Tax PersonalPro - A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs
By: Joseph Fuller, Shikhar Ghosh and Monica Baraldi
Teaching Note for HBS No. 816-048. The case tells the story of a product manager within Intuit who develops an idea for a new product that spans two of the company's existing business units—professional tax software, sold to accountants, and the consumer focused... View Details
- September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Careem: Base Camp or Mountain Peak? Designing an OS for Scaling
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Gamze Yucaoglu and Alpana Thapar
This case focuses on designing a fast growing organization. It is part of a two-case set that is taught together to cover the scaling journey.
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service aimed to ‘simplify and improve the lives of people, and build an awesome... View Details
Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing service aimed to ‘simplify and improve the lives of people, and build an awesome... View Details
- September 2018
- Case
Kevin Ryan Inc.
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Greg Marsh
The case focuses on the hiring process for a CEO. Kevin Ryan had a solid trajectory as a serial entrepreneur of well-known ventures like Gilt Group, DoubleClick, Business Insider, among others. Ryan tended to involve himself in all aspects of his ventures: ideation,... View Details