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- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
Sophie Q. Wang Abstract—In this paper we document the patterns of labor market participation by women and ethnic minorities in venture capital firms and as founders of venture... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- November 1994
- Case
Spectrum Equity Investors, L.P.
Brion Applegate and Bill Collatos had already started a fund-raising campaign for their new venture-capital fund when the principals of a prestigious Wall Street investment bank asked them to become the two senior partners of an in-house $150 million fund. The case... View Details
Timmons, Jeffry A., Elise C Martin, and Rebecca Voorheis. "Spectrum Equity Investors, L.P." Harvard Business School Case 295-021, November 1994.
- March 1999 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
SCORE! Educational Centers (A)
Describes the start-up, strategy, organizational design, and operations of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Alan Tripp, founder and CEO, is faced with growing organizational stresses and a looming venture capital deadline. Examines... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Management Style; Leadership; Organizational Design; Teaching; Entrepreneurship; Education Industry; United States
Burton, M. Diane, Jeffrey L. Bradach, and Naomi Atkins. "SCORE! Educational Centers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 499-056, March 1999. (Revised August 1999.)
- 11 Mar 2022
- News
Professors Josh Lerner and Shai Bernstein: Complexity
- June 2017 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jay W. Lorsch and Quinn Pitcher
Uber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-hailing company, entered 2017 having doubled its bookings in 2016 and achieving a valuation of nearly $70 billion, making it the largest venture capital-backed company in the world. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick embodied... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Information Technology; Transportation; Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, Jay W. Lorsch, and Quinn Pitcher. "Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride." Harvard Business School Case 117-070, June 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
- 2019
- Book
VC: An American History
By: Tom Nicholas
An exploration of venture financing in America, from its origins in the whaling industry to the rise of Silicon Valley, that shows how venture capital (VC) created an epicenter for the development of high-tech innovation. The VC industry arose from the United States’... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; History; United States
Nicholas, Tom. VC: An American History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. (Chinese Edition: 风投 看懂巨头的投资倾向 汤姆·尼古拉斯 著 中信出版社, Beijing: CITIC Press, 2020; Japanese Edition: ベンチャーキャピタル全史 トム・ニコラス, Shinchosha Publishing, 2022.)
David S. Scharfstein
David Scharfstein is the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School, where he has taught since 2003. He currently teaches a course on financial intermediation in the MBA program. Scharfstein has written on a wide range of... View Details
Keywords: banking
- Research Summary
Long-Run Performance Following Equity Issue
By: Paul A. Gompers
In an effort to establish how the transition from private to public firm
affects performance, Paul A. Gompers is examining the long-run performance
of companies that issue equity in an initial public or seasoned offering.
He is also attempting to determine whether... View Details
- April 2009 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Dave and Millie: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Two entrepreneurs have just been told by their venture capital backer to prepare a list of possible cuts to help them weather the 2008–2009 economic downturn. The impact on each firm is very different: one is a later-stage company with revenues in excess of $100... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Cost Management; Growth and Development Strategy
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Dave and Millie: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Case 809-109, April 2009. (Revised March 2011.)
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Launching Technology Ventures
Launching Technology Ventures (LTV) is designed for students who are actively working on their own startups or who will work at early-stage startups. The course material is, in particular, focused on new businesses in the... View Details
- March 2017 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Corey Thomas and the IPO
By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Collins
Corey Thomas, the African American CEO of the company Rapid7, must decide if it is the right time to take the 15-year-old company public, as it stood poised to capitalize on what appeared to be the next frontier for digital technology markets—cybersecurity. In spite of... View Details
Keywords: Business Finance; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Initial Public Offering; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; United States
Rogers, Steven, and Derrick Collins. "Corey Thomas and the IPO." Harvard Business School Case 317-082, March 2017. (Revised February 2020.)
- January 2011 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Triangulate (A)
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Lauren Barley
In October 2010, Triangulate's founder/CEO must determine what product features to develop and what marketing programs to pursue in order to boost the odds of successfully raising another venture capital round for his nine month-old Facebook dating application. The... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Product Launch; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Lauren Barley. "Triangulate (A)." Harvard Business School Case 811-055, January 2011. (Revised April 2024.)
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Venture Capital By: Lerner, Josh, and Joacim Tåg Abstract—We survey the literature on venture capital and institutions and present a case study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2011
- Compilation
VCPE Strategy Vignettes: 2012
By: Josh Lerner, Felda Hardymon, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon and Lisa Strope
This compilation of five vignettes depicts common challenges confronting venture capital and leveraged buyout groups. They range from when to deviate from a strategy and how to manage an inept but well-connected executive to equity splits among founders and whether to... View Details
Keywords: Strategy
Lerner, Josh, Felda Hardymon, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon, and Lisa Strope. "VCPE Strategy Vignettes: 2012." Harvard Business School Compilation 812-073, November 2011.
- 12 Oct 2022
- Video
Candice Morgan: Navigating Inclusive Strategy in Tech
- April 2020 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
WeWork—November 2018
By: Paul A. Gompers, Patrick Sweeney and Alex Gachanja
In May 2017, SoftBank announced the official launch of the Vision Fund — which promptly became the largest technology-focused investment fund in the world, with nearly $100 billion in capital under its management. Reports from a few months prior hinted that SoftBank... View Details
Gompers, Paul A., Patrick Sweeney, and Alex Gachanja. "WeWork—November 2018." Harvard Business School Case 220-075, April 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
- April 2011 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Angels in British Columbia
By: Josh Lerner, Thomas Hellmann and Ilkin Ilyaszade
The case study provides an overview of the angel investment practices and describes government policies towards angel and venture capital investing in British Columbia, Canada. It focuses in particular on the Equity Capital Program (BCECP henceforth), which provides... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment; Policy; Taxation; Performance Improvement; Programs; British Columbia
Lerner, Josh, Thomas Hellmann, and Ilkin Ilyaszade. "Angels in British Columbia." Harvard Business School Case 811-100, April 2011. (Revised April 2012.)
- 22 Feb 2013
- News
Mindful of Bubbles in a Boom for Deals
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
Chasing the New Angel Investors
- 07 Oct 2016
- News