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  • October 1995 (Revised December 1996)
  • Case

Beechwood Spouts (B)

By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Eight months has passed since Barker first invested in Beechwood Spouts, and the company's situation has deteriorated. The problems appear to be resolved. Barker must now decide whether to participate in a crucial bridge financing round, without which the company will... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Information
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  • April 1986 (Revised February 1989)
  • Case

Orbital Sciences Corp. (A)

By: William A. Sahlman and Howard H. Stevenson
Keywords: Aerospace Industry
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  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

A Piece of the Action

Dean Kim B. Clark's initiative to create off-site facilities around the world, the CRC's primary function is to facilitate and encourage faculty research. "Silicon Valley is one of the world's best research sites," says HBS professor and senior associate dean View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • Web

Digital Archival Resources - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Yardsticks of Management , 1952 John G. Bowes; William K. Bowes, Jr.; Charles W. Gardiner; Robert M. Halperin; Robert G. Hooker, Jr.; Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.; Bradford K. Kroha; Michael A. Loeb; View Details
  • Web

Digital Archival Resources - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Yardsticks of Management , 1952 John G. Bowes; William K. Bowes, Jr.; Charles W. Gardiner; Robert M. Halperin; Robert G. Hooker, Jr.; Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.; Bradford K. Kroha; Michael A. Loeb; View Details
  • February 2015
  • Supplement

WebTracker, Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case)

By: William A. Sahlman and Michael J. Roberts DBA
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  • February 2015 (Revised January 2018)
  • Case

WebTracker

By: William A. Sahlman and Michael J. Roberts DBA
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  • 29 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 29

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—Survey evidence suggests that many investors form beliefs about future... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2023
  • News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach

Datar." Alumni were energized to be back together in person again at the event, which was cohosted by the School, the HBS Club of South Florida. The gathering took place at the Four Seasons Palm Beach Resort and featured a breakfast... View Details
  • March 2015
  • Case

BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White
BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy
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  • November 2010 (Revised April 2011)
  • Case

WiTricity: Electricity cuts the cord

By: William A. Sahlman and Evan Wade Richardson
Eric Giler, WiTricity CEO, must decide how to grow a company based around an untested but potentially ground-breaking technology for wireless electricity transmission. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Wireless Technology; Electronics Industry
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  • November 2003
  • Case

Procter & Gamble 2000 (A): The SpinBrush and Innovation at P&G

By: William A. Sahlman and Ryland Matthew Willis
Describes a set of decisions confronting some managers in the oral care division of Procter & Gamble. They must decide whether to buy a company that has developed an inexpensive, battery-operated toothbrush. The company's product has done well in one market, but... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Innovation and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Mergers and Acquisitions; Product Launch; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry
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  • November 2000
  • Case

FireDrop

By: William A. Sahlman and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the evolution of FireDrop, a new venture-backed company that has developed a new platform for e-mail communication. The FireDrop application--called a Zaplet--allows for e-mails to be continually updated so they are current when read (rather than when sent).... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Internet and the Web; Communication Technology; Venture Capital; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry
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  • November 1996 (Revised August 1997)
  • Case

Project "Dial-Tone"

By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Bob Hellman, a partner in a West Coast middle-market buyout firm, is attempting to simultaneously acquire and merge three disparate firms in the rapidly consolidating telemarketing services industry. Hellman must value the individual companies as well as the combined... View Details
Keywords: Complexity; Private Equity; Integration; Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Deal; Strategic Planning; Investment; Opportunities; Valuation; Service Industry
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  • September 1995
  • Supplement

At Play Productions (B)

By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
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  • January 1982
  • Case

Rust Development

By: Dwight B. Crane and William A. Sahlman
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  • September 2006
  • Case

Earthbound Farm

By: William A. Sahlman and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Describes a set of decisions confronting the senior management of Earthbound Farm, the largest organic produce company in the world. Focuses on what to do with an East Coast distribution center that is losing money but may be useful strategically. View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Distribution; Food; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Management Teams; Capital Budgeting; Business or Company Management; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • August 2006 (Revised December 2010)
  • Exercise

The Venture Capital Valuation Problem Set

By: William A. Sahlman and Evan Wade Richardson
To be used with (396-090). View Details
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  • May 2006 (Revised June 2006)
  • Teaching Note

RightNow Technologies (TN)

By: Michael J. Roberts and William A. Sahlman
Teaching Note to (805-032). View Details
Keywords: Technology Industry
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  • May 2006
  • Teaching Note

Valhalla Partners Due Diligence (TN)

By: Michael J. Roberts and William A. Sahlman
Teaching Note to (805-033). View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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