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Entrepreneurship as Experimentation

By: William R. Kerr, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Entrepreneurship research is on the rise, but many questions about its fundamental nature still exist. We argue that entrepreneurship is about experimentation: the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made. At a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention
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  • February 2024 (Revised March 2024)
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Financing Matillion's Scaleup (A)

By: Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli and Ramana Nanda
In 2019, Matthew Scullion, founder and CEO of U.K. startup Matillion, faced a decision about which term sheet to accept for the lead investor in his company’s $35 million Series C financing round. Would the connections and opportunities offered by Silicon Valley-based... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Negotiation; Ownership; Business Startups; Decisions; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Valuation; Information Technology Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 2017
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Innovation Policies

By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Past work has shown that failure tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation, but has not examined how this affects which projects principals will start. We demonstrate that failure tolerance has an equilibrium price – in terms of an investor’s... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Investing; Abandonment Option; Failure Tolerance; Innovation and Invention; Venture Capital; Attitudes; Investment; Failure
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Innovation Policies

By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Past work has shown that failure tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation, but has not examined how this affects which projects principals will start. We demonstrate that failure tolerance has an equilibrium price ― in terms of an investor's... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Investing; Abandonment Option; Failure Tolerance; Venture Capital; Attitudes; Investment; Failure; Innovation and Invention
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  • 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

Precision Machining Ramana Nanda and James McQuadeHarvard Business School Case 813-036 For the second time in fourteen months, Christopher Owen, the second-generation owner of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2018
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Financing Anghami's Growth

By: Ramana Nanda and Eren Kuzucu
In December 2012, less than two years into the founding of their music-streaming platform Anghami, cofounders Elie Habib and Eddy Maroun found themselves evaluating an unorthodox term sheet. Habib and Maroun needed to make a decision vis-à-vis the proposal put forth by... View Details
Keywords: Growth; Startups; Copyright; Business Startups; Business Model; Music Entertainment; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Development; Expansion; Digital Platforms; Agreements and Arrangements; Valuation; Decision Making; Middle East; Lebanon
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

the 100 most influential people in private equity over the past decade by Private Equity International Magazine , 2012. Ramana Nanda : Won 2012 World Finance Conference Best... View Details
  • 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

T. Pittinsky. Harvard Business School Press, 2009 Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size Authors: William R. Kerr and Ramana View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Finance & Investing - Business & Environment

climate change, what will you do to stay ahead of the curve, preserve access to capital, anticipate and manage risk, and invest in new opportunities? Conference Agenda Agenda Conference Videos View Details
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates

By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
An extensive literature on venture capital has studied asymmetric information and agency problems between investors and entrepreneurs, examining how separating entrepreneurs from the investor can create frictions that might inhibit the funding of good projects. It has... View Details
Keywords: Syndication; Venture Capital; Networks; Entrepreneurship
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  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

stages and later in its subsequent growth into a diversified business group. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50341 November 2015 Annual Review of Financial Economics Financing Innovation By: Kerr, William... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2019
  • Chapter

Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates

By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
An extensive literature on venture capital has studied asymmetric information and agency problems between investors and entrepreneurs, examining how separating entrepreneurs from the investor can create frictions that might inhibit the funding of good projects. It has... View Details
Keywords: Syndication; Frictions; Venture Capital; Networks; Entrepreneurship
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  • 17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.jom.2014.09.008 March 2015 Management Science Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts By: Mollick, Ethan, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Ramana Nanda
In recent years, much has been written about how the Blockchain is poised to transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin... View Details
Keywords: Initial Coin Offerings; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Finance
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  • 22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22

adequately support many online publishing businesses, and riddled with complex relationships that hinder accountability. Download the paper: http://www.sigecom.org/exchanges/volume_9/1/EDELMAN.pdf Constraints View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2024
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Sampling Bias in Entrepreneurial Experiments

By: Ruiqing Cao, Rembrand Koning and Ramana Nanda
Using data from a prominent online platform for launching new digital products, we document that ‘sampling bias’—defined as the difference between a startup’s target customer base and the actual sample on which early ‘beta tests’ are conducted—has a systematic and... View Details
Keywords: Target Market; Sampling Biases; Beta Testing; Product Launch; Entrepreneurship; Gender
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  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

time. Book link: http://www.e-elgar-business.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=12519 Small and Medium Firm Lending in Mexico: Lessons and Current Issues Authors:Rodrigo Canales and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007

available for download Banking Deregulation, Financial Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

Stafford Abstract No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-060.pdf Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship (revised) Authors:William R.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

capitalism. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/09/global-capitalism-at-risk-what-are-you-doing-about-it/ar/1 A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending Authors:Rodrigo Canales View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne