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08 Apr 2014
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Harvard Startup Boxxify Aims to End Missed Package Deliveries

August 2019 (Revised March 2023)
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Rand Fishkin at Moz (A)

In 2016, senior management at Moz, a venture capital–backed startup providing software tools for digital marketing professionals, must decide how to address a looming cash flow crisis precipitated by failed efforts to broaden its product line. Seattle-based Moz had... View Details

Keywords: Startups; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Failure; Business Startups; Diversification; Growth Management; Technology Industry

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01 Sep 2016
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Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup

Illustration by Chris Gash Illustration by Chris Gash The New York City–based startup Wellthy began with a personal challenge. Lindsay Jurist-Rosner (MBA 2009) has helped arrange care for her mother, who suffers from a progressive form of... View Details

03 Oct 2022
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Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

2025
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The Experimentation Machine: Finding Product–Market Fit in the Age of AI

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang

Leverage AI to be a 10x Founder

Today’s most successful founders know that the startups that learn the fastest will win. In The Experimentation Machine, I reveal how AI is transforming the way startups find product-market fit and scale.... View Details

Keywords: AI; Founder; Startup; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Market Entry and Exit

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22 Sep 2015
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Why 2 Startups Are Betting Big on Legalized Gambling

10 Mar 2025
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The AI-Savvy Founder: The Next Frontier of Startup Experimentation

12 Jan 2023
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Big Tech Layoffs Could Generate Wave of Future Startups

22 May 2020
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What Hospitals Overwhelmed by Covid-19 Can Learn From Startups

07 Dec 2023
Video

Rock Center aNVC Panel Discusses Early Stage Startup Life

03 May 2013
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Harvard Business School awards $5K to 10 student startups

July 2023 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

By: Paul M. Healy and Jung Koo Kang

The case explores the challenges of revenue recognition and financial reporting for Stride Funding (Stride), a fintech startup that has disrupted the student loan market. Stride leveraged proprietary machine learning and financial models to underwrite alternative... View Details

Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Governance Compliance; Accrual Accounting; Financial Services Industry; United States

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11 Dec 2017
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'Don’t Show Up Empty-handed' and Other Tips for Finding the Right Job at a Startup

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2021
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3 Strategies to Convince People That Your Startup Is Legit

16 Mar 2016
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Boston Startup Is Creating Printers That Use Metal as Ink

03 May 2024
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How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

October 2018
Case

BreezoMeter: Making Air Pollution Data Actionable

By: Frank V. Cespedes, Allison M. Ciechanover and Margot Eiran

The case focuses on an Israeli startup that provides actionable air pollution data and forecasts. The company has over 50 enterprise customers and its tool reached a million people daily in 67 countries. The co-founders wrestle with which markets and customers to focus... View Details