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  • November 1997 (Revised October 2000)
  • Case

Interactive Minds (A)

By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Christina L. Darwall
The efforts of two recent Harvard Business School graduates to start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet are recounted. Raises the question of what the nature of this opportunity is, how well-positioned the protagonists... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Market Entry and Exit; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Consulting Industry
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  • Profile

Lara Hodgson

offering, NOWaccount, is a fast-growing revenue accelerator system that provides small businesses immediate access to the capital that is inevitably tied up in outstanding receivables – currently small businesses in the U.S. hold more... View Details
  • 23 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

We Rise

When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent of new companies receive that coveted venture View Details
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

We Rise

Above: Illustration by Hannah Barczyk When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent of new companies receive that... View Details
Keywords: April White; Finance
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Banking industry: overviews & statistics

Institution Directory listing top US Backs going back to 1992. S&P NetAdvantage has industry survey on multinational banks, regional banks, and consumer finance. Also available in Capital IQ under Markets > Industry Surveys. View Details

    Randall L. Tobias

    streamlined its overall operations. He managed costs and divested of non-core businesses, spinning off medical devices to form Guidant Corporation. Through his efforts, Lilly’s market capitalization grew from $14 billion to $70 billion. View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare

      John P. Mackey

      Through a series of acquisitions, Mackey transformed Whole Foods from a small, niche player in the grocery retail business into a major enterprise. In many ways, Mackey and Whole Foods have brought organic and natural foods into the mainstream of America through View Details
      Keywords: Retail
      • 03 Jun 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: June 3

      Specifically, we explore whether the presence of frictions in a country's capital markets, labor markets, and product markets affect the excess value of diversified firms. We find that the value of diversified firms relative to their... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 28 Apr 2021
      • Blog Post

      Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

      wanted to leverage my knowledge & experience in finance to focus on making a difference in my home region of Asia through impact investing. In China, for example, the sector lacks quite a bit with regards to human capital and... View Details
      • 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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      • September 2023
      • Supplement

      Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs’ Growth (B)

      By: Mark Egan
      As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. Their task at hand? To predict the demand for their product in the coming season, determine the appropriate investments in working... View Details
      Keywords: Working Capital; Forecasting and Prediction; Expansion; Production; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      • June 2009
      • Supplement

      Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital, Instructors Spreadsheet (Brief Case)

      By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Joel L. Heilprin
      Keywords: Risk Assessment; Risk Management; Valuation; Capital Structure; Cash Flow
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      • June 2009 (Revised March 2010)
      • Supplement

      Hansson Private Label, Inc.: Evaluating an Investment in Expansion, Student Spreadsheet (Brief Case)

      By: Erik Stafford and Joel L. Heilprin
      Keywords: Present Value; Forecasting; Expansion; Valuation; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting
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      • November 2006 (Revised June 2007)
      • Case

      Centre Partners - American Seafoods 2003

      Centre Partners, a leading private equity firm, is contemplating ways to realize liquidity from its successful investment in American Seafoods Corp., Inc. An apparently innovative solution is developed, which calls for issuing Income Deposit Securities. Does this... View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Capital Structure; Financial Services Industry
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      Bankruptcy asset sales

      Where can I find information on bankruptcy asset sales? Capital IQ: Select Screening, then Transactions. In the section, M&A Details, select Features. Select Bankruptcy Sale, click... View Details

        J. Chadbourn Bolles

        Under Bolles dynamic direction which spanned 34 years, Chadbourn grew from a small hosiery operation with $500,000 in annual sales to an international and diversified textile and apparel complex with $68 million in sales. Through strategic acquisitions and internal... View Details
        Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
        • Forthcoming
        • Article

        Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Engagement with Open Source Communities, Innovation, and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub

        By: Annamaria Conti, Christian Peukert and Maria P. Roche
        We study the engagement of nascent firms with open source communities and its implications for innovation and attracting funding. To do so, we link data on 160,065 U.S. startups from Crunchbase to their activities on the open source software development platform... View Details
        Keywords: Startups; Knowledge; Open Source Communities; GitHub; Machine Learning; Innovation; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Information Technology; Strategy
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        • December 2000 (Revised May 2001)
        • Supplement

        State of South Carolina

        By: Randolph B. Cohen
        Spreadsheet to (9-201-061). Presents exhibits 1 and 2. Download only. View Details
        Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Capital Markets; Investment Return; South Carolina
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        • Career Coach

        Rena Clark

        career choices fit into overall life goals, including interests like family, volunteer work, and other personal passions. Rena’s background, which includes leadership roles at Laurel Oak Capital Partners, GenNx360 View Details

          Richard T. Crane

          concentrate on manufacturing pipe fixtures and plumbing supplies. His choice was fortuitous; new housing construction boomed at the turn of the century, and Crane was able to capitalize on its phenomenal growth. View Details
          Keywords: Fabricated Goods