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- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/416005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-074 Equity Compensation in Startup Ventures Setting equitable and "market" level compensation for founders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Eli Lilly: The Evista Project
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Matt Verlinden
Describes the creation and operation of the initial two heavyweight teams for new drug development and launch. The primary focus is on one of the teams, Evista, although comparisons to the other team, Zyprexa, are included. Lilly must decide the next phase (postlaunch)... View Details
Keywords: Projects; Groups and Teams; Operations; Management Teams; Product Development; Transition; Product Design; Business Startups; Business Plan; Product Launch; Competition; Service Operations; Pharmaceutical Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Matt Verlinden. "Eli Lilly: The Evista Project." Harvard Business School Case 699-016, March 1999. (Revised June 2000.)
- June 2014
- Case
Stock Options at Celia-Check
By: Brian Hall, Andrew Wasynczuk and Karen Huang
Describes issues facing three young founders of a high-tech start-up, including hiring an experienced CEO and negotiating with a potential VC investor. Focuses on the incentive and compensation aspects of negotiating with job candidates (e.g., what percentage of the... View Details
- October 2009 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count
By: Elie Ofek, Jason Riis and Paul Hamilton
Emotiv is getting ready to launch its innovative brain-computer interfacing (BCI) technology. The company has developed a special headset, called EPOC, and highly sophisticated software that can translate a person's emotions, cognitive thoughts, and facial expressions... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Sales; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Launch; Business Startups; Technology Industry
Ofek, Elie, Jason Riis, and Paul Hamilton. "Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count." Harvard Business School Case 510-050, October 2009. (Revised July 2012.)
- December 2001
- Teaching Note
Parenting Magazine TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-291-015). A rewritten version of an earlier teaching note. View Details
- Profile
Marla Malcolm Beck
that characterized her life’s journey, Beck already knew she wanted to start a company. “I always knew business and the language of business,” Beck said. “And I always had the ability to gather people together and get... View Details
- 13 Oct 2011
- News
Potential for Mass Customization
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
dilemmas. The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs by William H. Draper III (MBA '54) (Palgrave Macmillan) Draper looks at how the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship works.... View Details
- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
If you're in search of startup funding, it pays to be a good-looking guy. A series of three studies reveals that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
the average entry size for startups did not change following the deregulations. However, this result masks the differences in entry size among startups that failed within three years of entry and those that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Other Student Organizations | MBA
Other Student Organizations Disability Advocacy & Affinity Group Disability, A Student Association at HBS has a mission to destigmatize the experience at Harvard Business School (HBS) of living with or being the caretaker of someone with... View Details
- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012
shift from her previous strengths to her new ambitions. At Path, a mobile application startup based in San Francisco, Cynthia joined as a business analyst, but during her five-year tenure, moved to design... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
broad perspective on the world, but it has also left him with a strong desire to reestablish his Indian roots. "I have a commitment to India," he explains. "I want to start my own business there - something that will have an impact on... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
growth. Being self-aware and asking for help is a super power, and no time is too soon to get started. About the Author Julia B. Austin is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. [Image: FatCamera] Other stories by Julia Austin... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
targeted advertising, and now advises startups and early-stage companies as they get their own ideas off the ground. In this video, Grouf reflects on his track record as a tech entrepreneur and innovator. “The whole idea of making a... View Details
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
acquisitions, partnerships, new product launches, or international expansion in ways you might not have had the time and space to think through. 3. Pay down your organizational debt Every fast-growing startup incurs debt along the way.... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
symbolic things to bigger, provocative, intellectual ideas—I just had none of that previously”), she worked as a banker in Philadelphia, funding mom-and-pop cable TV startups in rural Pennsylvania. It cemented her decision to apply to... View Details
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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library
support the research and curriculum of the Harvard Business School today and into the future. Collection activities focus on the career and professional development needs of our MBA students and alumni, as well as on access to View Details
- October 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Ceramics Process Systems Corp. (A)
By: Clayton M. Christensen
A small ceramics company started by a group of MIT professors struggles with some basic technology strategy issues. A plan to take "one commercializable step" at a time in order to get a foothold in the market goes awry because of incompatibility between the company's... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Technology; Problems and Challenges; Market Entry and Exit; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Cambridge
Christensen, Clayton M. "Ceramics Process Systems Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 691-028, October 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
Eric Westphal (MBA 2021) Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999) Eric Westphal (MBA 2021) Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999) As the impact of COVID-19 on individuals and businesses grew in intensity last year, HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) staff... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan