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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Where Strategy Matters: Evidence from a Global Startup Field Study

By: Nataliya Langburd Wright
The role of strategy for innovative startups is theoretically ambiguous and much debated among practitioners. I interviewed executives of 253 scaling software ventures from 34 countries and scored the alignment of their market and organizational choices to detect... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship And Strategy; Scaling Technology Ventures; Global Contextual Intelligence; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy
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  • 04 Oct 2019
  • Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

building something physical from scratch and seeing the immediate results of my work. Startup recruiting for MBAs can be challenging. Most people in your class have already secured jobs and you need to be patient while waiting for the... View Details
  • 16 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

Finding my Passion in the Startup Space

results of my work. Startup recruiting for MBAs can be challenging. Most people in your class have already secured jobs and you need to be patient while waiting for the startups which recruit last-minute.... View Details
  • 31 May 2012
  • News

Three Pitfalls Startup Founders Must Avoid

  • 13 Aug 2014
  • News

Startup Gives Local Businesses a Lift

  • 27 Jul 2022
  • News

Alumna-Led Reproductive Health Startup Raises $4.7 Million

Victoria Thain Gioia (MBA 2015) Photo courtesy Perelel A recent article in Forbes reports that reproductive health startup Perelel, cofounded by Victoria Thain Gioia (MBA 2015), has raised a $4.7 million seed round led by Unilever... View Details
  • 24 Aug 2021
  • News

Why Did Pet Concierge Startup Baroo Fail?

  • 18 Jul 2023
  • News

5 Strategies for Securing Tech Startup Funding

  • 04 Dec 2014
  • News

The 32 Hottest Startup CEOs In America

Keywords: Gilt Groupe; Glamsquad; Mink; Hinge; Birchbox; Personal Services; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Investor Influence on Media Coverage: Evidence from Venture Capital-Backed Startups

By: Brian K. Baik and Albert Shin
We examine whether and how investors influence media coverage of their private portfolio companies. Using a stacked difference-in-differences design, we find that media coverage of startups increases significantly following venture capital (VC) investment. The effect... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Media; Reputation; Information
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  • February 2024 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup

By: Frank Nagle, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein and Susan Pinckney
The case describes the history of AGENTS.inc. Despite being a small startup, with only four employees, that had never had a funding round, the company boasted an impressive client portfolio including multiple Fortune 500 companies. While AGENTS.inc had been an early... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; Small Business; Transformation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Platforms; Technological Innovation; Copyright; Management; Growth and Development; Market Timing; Ownership; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Open Source Distribution; Entrepreneurial Finance; Computer Industry; Europe; Germany
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  • 29 Aug 2024
  • 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... View Details
  • Research Summary

Entrepreneurial Failure

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
Most startups fail. Why? Are there recurring patterns that can be anticipated and avoided? If entrepreneurs fail, how can they do so in ways that leave their reputations, relationships, and integrity intact? And, how can they learn from the experience, heal, and... View Details
Keywords: Startups; Entrepreneurship; Failure
  • 18 Apr 2025
  • News

How Startups Win Deals by Resetting Expectations

  • 07 Mar 2016
  • News

The Limits of the Lean Startup Method

  • March 2018
  • Supplement

Hatch Startup Equity Valuation Exercise (Student Version)

By: Christopher Stanton and Shikhar Ghosh
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  • 04 May 2022
  • Podcast

How Footwear Startup Allbirds is Decarbonizing Fashion

In this bonus episode, sustainable footwear brand Allbirds co-founder and co-CEO Joey Zwillinger, Prof. Michael Toffel, and Cold Call host Brian Kenny discuss the growing environmental impact of the fashion industry, and how Allbirds is balancing a critical tension... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2022
  • News

How Footwear Startup Allbirds Is Decarbonizing Fashion

  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

image by Edmon de Haro So you have an idea for a new business, product, or service. What are you going to call it? As any cash-strapped entrepreneur, product manager, or “creative” will tell you, that decision can be critical when it comes to avoiding expensive legal... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 19 Apr 2017
  • News

Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

Ecosystem” details the city’s evolution as a growing hub for startup activity. “Chicago has been called the most American of American cities,” Emanuel commented. “It’s a very big city but a small town.” He cited its diverse economy (no... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel