Publications

30 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 30

banking and financial sector. Purchase this note: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809111 KenCall—Can Nik Nesbitt's Venture Succeed in Kenya? Harvard Business School Case 809-114 Nik Nesbitt is preparing a presentation of his Kenyan contact... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

challenges in meeting the needs of the internal organization, large partners, and small up-and-coming firms. SAP executives, in this case, have to make a decision if a relatively small startup firm should be elevated to the highest... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

we’ll be reading about the startups by some of these young people who are lying flat,” he notes. Even so, tang ping continues to echo in the online forums where China’s youth congregate. The concept has parallels in other countries,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

07 May 2018
News

What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries

Photo courtesy of Francis Tapon Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Francis Tapon (MBA 1997) was off to a bright tech career after HBS, working at a Silicon Valley startup before stints at Hitachi and... View Details

09 Sep 2016
News

MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

festival in the region. And that then, led to a conversation I had with Richard Branson, to start the Extreme Tech Challenge, which is a worldwide startup competition, where we have entrants, really, from like 100 countries in the world... View Details

November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
Case

Anthology: Pivoting the Business Model

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton

In July 2014, after 18 months and eight unsuccessful product launches, the CEO of Yabbly has agreed to sell his company to a larger, well-funded startup, providing a return of capital for his investors and a home for his team. Two weeks prior to the scheduled closing,... View Details

Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Business Model; Business Plan; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Fairness; Valuation; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; North America; United States; Seattle

September 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

ReMo Energy: Sizing Up Investors

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Tom Quinn

In 2023, executives with ReMo Energy (founded 2020) were deciding which size ammonia plant to build as their first project. Their innovative model produced ammonia—useful for making fertilizer and for energy storage—from renewable energy, and they had received funding... View Details

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

savings of 40% versus national brands through the elimination of the BrandTax, the hidden costs the company claimed consumers paid for a national brand. As the venture-funded startup entered the fiercely competitive CPG industry, it was... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51538 July–August 2016 European Business Review The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors By: Teixeira, Thales S., and Peter Jamieson Abstract—A new wave of Internet startups is disrupting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2024
Case

Ather Energy: The Future of Mobility

By: Shunyuan Zhang, Kannan Srinivasan and Malini Sen

Ather Energy, India’s third-largest electric scooter maker by volume, was founded in 2013. Five years later, the start-up launched its first electric scooter, Ather 450, which was powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), to navigate... View Details

July 2022 (Revised February 2024)
Teaching Note

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-055. When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique... View Details

March 2019 (Revised April 2021)
Case

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique product. Fifteen years later, the... View Details

November 2016 (Revised October 2018)
Case

Formlabs: Selling a New 3D Printer

By: Frank V. Cespedes, Olivia Hull and Amram Migdal

Headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, Formlabs manufactures 3D printers used to print everything from prototypes and models to jewelry, dental, and sculpture molds. As Formlabs prepares to ship its latest model, the Form 2, Head of Customer Development and... View Details

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

http://hbr.org/product/drivers-of-value-capture/an/714488-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-487 Drivers of Value Creation No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/714487-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-098 Board Design and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

Publications 2006 O'Reilly Media, Inc. Managing Startups: Best Blog Posts By: Eisenmann, Tom, ed. Abstract—Harvard Business School Professor Tom Eisenmann annually compiles the best posts from many blogs on technology startup... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jul 2022
News

Wired to be Inspired

their deep purpose? And where does it come from? Gulati: One of the questions people ask is that, well, maybe if I’m a startup and I’m just starting out, I just got to get my business idea together and I need to get funding and then we’ll... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711414-PDF-ENG Product Development at OPOWER Thomas Eisenmann and Rob GoHarvard Business School Case 811-075 OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 22

How could this happen in such a world class medical facility? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411041-PDF-ENG Serious Materials Thomas Steenburgh and Liz KindHarvard Business School Case 511-111 Serious Materials is a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2020
Supplement

Career Karma: Growth in a Time of Global Uncertainty (B)

By: Laura Huang and Elizabeth Jiang

This (B) case expands upon the journey of Career Karma’s three founders by presenting a fictionalized Investor Meeting scenario. View Details