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  • November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Marv Tseu at Active Reasoning

By: William A. Sahlman and Christina Darwall
Describes a set of decisions confronting the management team of an early-stage software company. The company has made considerable progress in developing its software but will need additional capital to move forward. Unfortunately, conditions in the capital market are... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Financing and Loans; Capital; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry
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  • September 2000 (Revised March 2006)
  • Case

ZOOTS--The Cleaner Cleaner

By: Myra M. Hart and Sharon Peyus
A successful entrepreneur (retailing) starts a new venture in dry cleaning. The case focuses on transferable models, skills, and knowledge from one venture to the next. Areas of emphasis are: managing growth, challenges of operations, financing, and competitive moves. View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Competitive Strategy; Operations; Knowledge Dissemination; Business Startups; Corporate Finance; Service Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 01 Nov 2024
  • In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

From tech to media to management consulting firms, layoffs are back. Downsizing during a healthy economy can help lay the foundation for efficient growth or make space for new roles that harness newer technology, such as artificial... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Recording Leveraging HBS Online for Social Impact in the Education Sector Senior Lecturer Monique Burns Thompson (MBA 1993) + More Info – Less Info HBS and the Harvard Graduate School of Education have partnered to develop a multi-course leadership and View Details
  • August 2010 (Revised January 2013)
  • Case

Urban Water Partners (A)

By: Karthik Ramanna, George Serafeim and Aldo Sesia
The case explores a new business venture to bring clean water to residents of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who otherwise cannot afford it. Management has enough money to get the company through August 2010 but needs more capital thereafter. An HBS alumnus is interested in... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Financial Statements; Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Performance Evaluation; Dar es Salaam; Massachusetts
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  • Profile

Joy Chen

she studied government and economics. “I wanted to manage organizations that changed people’s lives for the better.” While there, she cofounded local chapters of two nonprofits, in education and healthcare respectively. “It solidified my... View Details
  • 11 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 11

organizations, Kaplan and Haas identify five common mistakes when managers attempt to cut health care costs. The mistakes are triggered, primarily, by working from the line-item expense categories on P&Ls, rather than clinically based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Browse All topics Accounting Audits (3) Accounting (119) Acquisition (20) Activity Based Costing and Management (2) Adaptation (7) Adoption (3) Advertising Campaigns (6) Advertising (77) Agency Theory (3) Age (3) Agreements and... View Details
  • 05 Dec 2023
  • Cold Call Podcast

What Founders Get Wrong about Sales and Marketing

Keywords: Re: Mark N. Roberge
  • 16 May 2023
  • In Practice

After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?

stabilized, First Republic’s weakness, which prompted a hasty sale to JPMorgan Chase, portends continued headwinds for startups seeking investors. Julia Austin: Take stock on how to manage in times of crisis... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Technology; Financial Services
  • 05 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Zoe Bhargava

join a sports tech startup along with that startup’s product team. I started as a Product Analyst, leveraging my skills and experience from Twitter and grew into a Product Manager role. I spent the following... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Made in Italy

in faculty-led IFCs, nearly 2,000 have pursued research interests in countries around the world. In 2023, approximately 300 students traveled across several continents, exploring such topics and locales as crisis management in Ghana, the... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 22 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

staggering scope of the findings could help put a value on the work, so senior leaders and non-tech managers at firms understand just how important hiring open source expertise is to success. The results mark among the first comprehensive... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Computer; Information Technology; Technology
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

industries. Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of complex, cross-industry projects and the ways they must be managed. The authors analyze contemporary cases that expose the complex demands of cross-boundary collaboration on View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Thinking Ahead

As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • December 2006 (Revised March 2008)
  • Case

Prosper Marketplace, Inc.

By: William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth Kind
Describes a set of financial and strategic decisions confronting the founding management team of a new online financial services company. Prosper Marketplace is an internet-based market for individuals to borrow money from other individuals who wish to invest in such... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Financial Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Management Teams; Financial Services Industry
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  • 22 May 2024
  • HBS Case

Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

Beijing-based ByteDance, TikTok blew past Google in 2021 to become the world’s most visited domain. In the United States alone, TikTok boasts more than 150 million users—almost half the country’s population. “It is where the future is,” says Shikhar Ghosh, MBA Class of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology
  • Web

Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program - Entrepreneurship

approved. Marty Blue Board Member/Consultant/Advisor Formerly Reebok, CarGurus Boston, MA Brandon Farwell General Partner Xfund Rob Gierkink General Catalyst Partners, Datalogix, Air Miles, Flashfood, Index Boston, MA Jeff Goldman Goldman & Partners Immigration Law LLP... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

able to subordinate a personal agenda to ensure the success of the business. Management of Operations. Measures skills and behaviors associated with the ability to successfully manage the ongoing operations... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Bridging the ESG Data Gap

Megan Murday The idea for a digital platform to help venture capitalists calculate, benchmark, and improve portfolio ESG performance crystallized while Megan Murday (MBA 2021) was studying at HBS. Now the CEO of the software startup... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg