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- October 2016 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Bootstrapping at Lightricks
By: Robert White, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Christine Snively
By August 2015, two-year-old mobile imaging software startup Lightricks had developed and released two best-selling paid mobile apps, grown to a team of 30, earned a revenue run rate of nearly $10 million, and achieved modest profitability. The bootstrapped company had... View Details
Keywords: Business Startup; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Infrastructure; Business Startups; Digital Marketing; Finance; Strategy; Technology Industry; Israel
White, Robert, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and Christine Snively. "Bootstrapping at Lightricks." Harvard Business School Case 817-051, October 2016. (Revised October 2023.)
- 2025
- Working Paper
Code-Washing: Evidence from Open-Source Blockchain Startups
By: Ofir Gefen, Daniel Rabetti, Yannan Sun and Che Zhang
This study examines startups' management of source code repositories, distinguishing authentic developers ("code-producers''), from those inflating activity to mislead investors ("code-washers''). Using global blockchain startup and GitHub data, we find that... View Details
Gefen, Ofir, Daniel Rabetti, Yannan Sun, and Che Zhang. "Code-Washing: Evidence from Open-Source Blockchain Startups." Working Paper, January 2025.
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Determinants of Early-Stage Startup Performance: Survey Results
Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann
- 19 Oct 2021
- News
“No-Code” Miracle for Startups
- 19 Feb 2019
- News
How startups are disrupting the retail industry
Running a Consumer Fintech Startup within Goldman Sachs
Marcus by Goldman Sachs marked a dramatic shift for the 150-year-old financial institution, which historically had served only businesses and the wealthiest people. The fintech startup operated within Goldman Sachs, offering unsecured personal loans for the mass... View Details
- 11 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups
inexperience in how to apply the methodologies. Another possibility? Their ideas just weren’t that good. “I think one of the coolest findings in our paper is that experimentation doesn’t necessarily drive startup growth,” says Rembrand... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 05 May 2016
- News
HBS Opens A Startup Hub In NYC
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Spring Training for Startups
April was a good month for startups at HBS, with three events connecting expert entrepreneurs with student and alumni founders. The HBS Rock 100 Entrepreneurs' Summit featured conversations with industry leaders like Care.com founder and... View Details
- 24 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?
What are the tradeoffs between going to a startup versus joining a mature company? Having done both, several times, I get this question all the time. There are many things to consider and lots of “it depends” when it comes to where you... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
Despite widespread investment in entrepreneurship in cities across America, venture capital-funded startups still tend to be founded by white men in Silicon Valley. In contrast, businesses led by women are... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
interviewed dozens of founders of failed businesses for his upcoming book, tentatively titled Why Startups Fail. He has also been sharing his insights with MBA students in a new course called Entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 May 2019
- News
Startup Talk in Chicago
venture community and startup ecosystem.” The HBSCC hosts a wide variety of business and civic leaders for the benefit of alumni, according to Club President Steve Wasko (MBA 1986). “Penny Pritzker is at the... View Details
- 07 Feb 2018
- News
Helping Startups Give Back
“If you really want your company to be associated with giving back and having a social mission,” says Janie Goldstein (MBA 1991), “it needs to be baked in from the start.” But while most startups want to be philanthropic, Goldstein, the... View Details
- 04 Nov 2019
- News
A Home for Startups
Ankit Samdariya (MBA 2013) is CEO of The Hive, a collaborative workspace firm in Chennai, India. In this video, he discusses how the company is serving the rapidly growing trend toward collaborative work among Indian startups and small... View Details
Keywords: work space
- January 2012
- Background Note
Assembling the Startup Team
By: Noam Wasserman
Wasserman, Noam. "Assembling the Startup Team." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-122, January 2012.
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ink: The Three-Step Startup
present the material just as it’s written, and they want us to play it back to them. But in your case, you’re like the head of the jazz ensemble; while you clearly have a good sense of what you’d like to cover, you want us to improvise.” And I thought that is such a... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News