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  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

link: http://www.palgrave.com/Products/TitlePrint.aspx?PID=362801 August 2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Laura Huang, Sarah... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    William C. Kirby

    William C. Kirby is T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor. He serves as Chairman of the Harvard... View Details

    Keywords: education industry; wine
    • January 1991
    • Case

    Redhook Ale Brewery

    A small microbrewer prepares to negotiate a credit facility with its bank to partially fund major expansion. View Details
    Keywords: Small Business; Corporate Finance
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    Mason, Scott P. "Redhook Ale Brewery." Harvard Business School Case 291-025, January 1991.
    • March 2002 (Revised August 2006)
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    September 11th Fund, The: The Creation

    By: Jane Wei-Skillern
    Describes the entrepreneurial process through which the September 11th Fund was created, developed, and operated, focusing primarily on the furst seven weeks of the fund. This case details the genesis of the fund as a partnership between the United Way of New York City... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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    Wei-Skillern, Jane. "September 11th Fund, The: The Creation." Harvard Business School Case 302-083, March 2002. (Revised August 2006.)
    • August 2001 (Revised April 2002)
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    Strategic Capital Management, LLC (A)

    By: Mark L. Mitchell, Erik Stafford and Todd Pulvino
    Strategic Capital Management, LLC, is a hedge fund that is planning to make financial investments in Creative Computers and Ubid. Creative Computers recently sold approximately 20% of its Internet auction subsidiary, Ubid, to the public at $15 per share. Ubid's stock... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business Subsidiaries; Internet and the Web; Investment Funds; Price; Performance Efficiency; Capital Markets; Auctions; Investment Return; Equity; Planning; Financial Services Industry
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    Mitchell, Mark L., Erik Stafford, and Todd Pulvino. "Strategic Capital Management, LLC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 202-024, August 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
    • 15 Nov 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

    their quest for revenue generation. It can also be risky and difficult to finance a hybrid: Venture capitalists may be turned off by the idea of funding an organization preoccupied with its social mission,... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 14 Jun 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    The Big Money for Big Projects

    of these textbooks discuss initial public offerings (IPOs), leasing, and venture capital for an average of 15, 10, and 4 pages each, respectively. This limited coverage is unfortunate from a research perspective given the potential for... View Details
    Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
    • March 2013 (Revised July 2014)
    • Supplement

    Bay Partners (B)

    By: Josh Lerner and Lauren Barley
    In December 2012, Salil Deshpande has rejoined Bay Partners (Bay), which had been restructured following the 2010 departures of three of its general partners. Life was good for Deshpande: his firm had distributed roughly $1 billion to its limited partners (LPs) over... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Funds; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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    Lerner, Josh, and Lauren Barley. "Bay Partners (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 213-103, March 2013. (Revised July 2014.)
    • 20 Mar 2025
    • Blog Post

    Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)

    Ideally, these companies can fund their projects with project finance since that has a lower cost of capital than venture dollars. However, infrastructure investors typically prefer established technologies... View Details
    • February 2024
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    Nuwa Capital: Investing During Uncertainty

    By: Paul A. Gompers and Fares Khrais
    Nuwa Capital (Nuwa) was a venture capital firm based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. The business was founded in 2020 by Khaled Talhouni and his partners Sarah Abu Risheh, and Stephanie Nour Prince (they were later joined by Nitin Reen... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Decisions; Middle East; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Dubai; Bahrain
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    Gompers, Paul A., and Fares Khrais. "Nuwa Capital: Investing During Uncertainty." Harvard Business School Case 224-016, February 2024.
    • 07 Apr 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

    Chesbrough XTV was given $30 million to manage. It was set up formally as a corporate division within Xerox, but Adams negotiated special terms that mimicked many aspects of independent venture capital firms. Eighty percent of the gains... View Details
    Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
    • June 2006 (Revised January 2012)
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    Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)

    By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Robin Abrahams
    Teena Lerner started her own hedge fund firm in 2001 after nearly 20 years as a star biotechnology analyst and hedge fund manager. After the start-up phase, her firm became highly profitable. In 2004, however, one of her four analysts lost a lot of money for the firm.... View Details
    Keywords: Managerial Roles; Investment Funds; Performance; Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry
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    Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-088, June 2006. (Revised January 2012.)
    • 02 Apr 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?

    overly risky.” Unlike most situations where making an important decision based on gut feel is seen as a negative, venture capitalists and angel investors often brag about the wisdom of their midsections. “They have a lot of pride in how... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
    • 12 Jan 2016
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    January 12, 2016

    the funding cutoff and find that these angel investors have a positive impact on the growth, performance, and survival of firms as well as their follow-on fundraising. The positive impact of angel financing is independent of the level of... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 21 Nov 2006
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    First Look: November 21, 2006

    first time entrepreneurs and those who have previously failed. Funding by more experienced venture capital firms enhances the chance of success, but only for entrepreneurs without a successful track record.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • February 2022 (Revised November 2022)
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    Fondeadora

    By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and Mitchell Weiss
    Norman Müller and René Serrano, cofounders of Fondeadora, a Mexican “neobank,” had lined up a $12.5 million in Series A funding round in 2020 only to run into a major obstacle: The lead investor was Gradient Ventures, a venture firm launched by Alphabet, Inc., and... View Details
    Keywords: Fundraising; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Institutions; Business Startups; Government Legislation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Mexico City; Latin America
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    Rodríguez Arregui, Álvaro, and Mitchell Weiss. "Fondeadora." Harvard Business School Case 822-077, February 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
    • January 2007
    • Exercise

    Multifactor Models

    By: Malcolm P. Baker
    Students evaluate the performance of four mutual funds and compute the cost of capital for two companies using fixed benchmarks, the CAPM, and a multifactor model of returns. View Details
    Keywords: Cost of Capital; Performance Evaluation; Business Model; Investment Funds; Investment Return; Motivation and Incentives; Markets
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    Baker, Malcolm P. "Multifactor Models." Harvard Business School Exercise 207-056, January 2007.
    • July–August 2013
    • Article

    Six Ways to Sink a Growth Initiative

    By: Donald L. Laurie and J. Bruce Harreld
    The conventional wisdom about how best to pursue growth—launch a slew of initiatives in high-potential areas; appoint some promising young managers to lead them; locate them safely away from the established businesses—is a recipe for failure, according to the authors.... View Details
    Keywords: Failure; Growth and Development Strategy
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    Laurie, Donald L., and J. Bruce Harreld. "Six Ways to Sink a Growth Initiative." Harvard Business Review 91, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2013): 82–90.
    • January 2019
    • Case

    First Aid Beauty

    By: Karen Mills and Annie Dang
    In 2008, Lilli Gordon, an experienced financial and skincare entrepreneur, founded First Aid Beauty (FAB). She had discovered a white space in the prestige beauty market: high-end skin solutions that were suitable for sensitive skin. After initial success through... View Details
    Keywords: Prestige Beauty; Skincare; Preferred Shares; Common Stock; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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    Mills, Karen, and Annie Dang. "First Aid Beauty." Harvard Business School Case 319-082, January 2019.
    • April 2000
    • Case

    Francisco Partners

    By: Josh Lerner and David L. Gallo
    Francisco Partners (which focuses on buyouts of high-technology firms) aims to be the largest first-time fund ever raised. The rationales for the fund, fundraising strategy, and partnership terms and conditions are among the topics explored. View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
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    Lerner, Josh, and David L. Gallo. "Francisco Partners." Harvard Business School Case 200-063, April 2000.
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