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  • December 2019
  • Case

Entrepreneurial Finance Vignettes - 2020

By: Paul A. Gompers
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  • August 2012 (Revised July 2015)
  • Background Note

A Note on Valuation in Private Equity

By: Paul A. Gompers
This note will provide an overview of valuation methodologies in private equity. View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Valuation Methodologies; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts
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  • December 2001
  • Teaching Note

Carlton Polish Co. TN

By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-283-008). View Details
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  • December 2001
  • Teaching Note

Record Masters, TN

By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-899-020). View Details
Keywords: Information Industry
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  • December 2001
  • Teaching Note

Dell Ventures TN

By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-200-062). View Details
Keywords: Computer Industry
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  • December 2001
  • Teaching Note

Honest Tea, TN

By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-201-076). View Details
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  • December 2001
  • Teaching Note

Fenchel Lampshade Company TN

By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-291-014). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry
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  • February 2000 (Revised September 2001)
  • Case

edocs, Inc. (B-1): Kevin Laracey

By: Paul A. Gompers
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
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  • Article

'Myth or Reality?' The Long-run Underperformance of Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Venture- and Nonventure-capital-backed Companies

By: Paul A. Gompers and A. Brav
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Capital; Business Ventures; Venture Capital
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  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national reactions to such vulnerability varied so dramatically across the continent? And why have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 16

authority. This three-level structure closely parallels that of all organized team sports. The play on the field is like the markets of capitalism, and the actions of the players are regulated by referees who enforce a set of rules... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

We Rise

capital. For more than a quarter-century, the percentage of women entering the sector annually remained stubbornly stuck around 9 percent, according to findings by HBS professor Paul View Details
Keywords: April White; Finance
  • April 1998
  • Case

MSE, Inc. Privatization: August 1997 (Abridged)

By: Paul A. Gompers and Alexander Tsai
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  • March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
  • Case

Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (A)

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jon Biotti
Xedia, a networking equipment manufacturer that helps provide high-speed Internet service for corporate clients through access routing, wants a bridge loan to fund daily operations until it raises its next round of equity financing. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Equity; Financing and Loans; Negotiation; Production; Internet; Banking Industry
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  • June 2024
  • Case

Metub: Scaling Influence beyond Vietnam

By: Paul A. Gompers and Shu Lin
Founded in 2014, Metub was a leading video and talent network in Vietnam. It managed over 3,000 channels on YouTube and more than 3,000 content creators. To expand creators’ income opportunities across multiple platforms, Metub had diversified beyond its original... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Business or Company Management; Brands and Branding; Competition; Diversification; Expansion; Recruitment; Entrepreneurship; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Viet Nam; Southeast Asia
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  • January 2024
  • Supplement

CloudEats: Revolutionizing the Cloud Kitchen in Southeast Asia

By: Paul A. Gompers and Adina Wong
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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Transferable Skills? Founders as Venture Capitalists

By: Paul A. Gompers and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
In this paper we explore whether or not the experience as a founder of a venture capital-backed startup influences the performance of founders who become venture capitalists (VCs). We find that nearly 7% of VCs were previously founders of a venture-backed startup.... View Details
Keywords: Founders; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Success
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  • 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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  • April 2004 (Revised March 2008)
  • Case

Precise Software

By: Paul A. Gompers and Sara Bergson
Yossi Sela, general partner at Gemini Venture capital, considers a new investment in Precise Software. The firm is at a crisis point, and Sela needs to decide whether he will fire the firm's chief executive officer. Conflicts between the American CEO and the Israeli... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Resignation and Termination; Crisis Management; Managerial Roles; Conflict and Resolution; Israel; United States
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  • 28 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 28

  Publications April 2015 HarperBusiness Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs By: Yoffie, David B., and Michael A. Cusumano Abstract—The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne