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  • January 2023 (Revised November 2024)
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ELCA's Series A

By: Anke Becker, Raymond Kluender and William R. Kerr
Vu Phong and Xavier Silva co-founded ELCA to build proprietary software for their technology-enabled language learning tool. Since winning a prestigious venture contest in 2021, their number of registered users grew rapidly, as did the demand for new features like... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Growth and Development Strategy
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Becker, Anke, Raymond Kluender, and William R. Kerr. "ELCA's Series A." Harvard Business School Case 823-079, January 2023. (Revised November 2024.)
  • January 2009 (Revised December 2009)
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Playing With Fire at Sittercity (A)

By: Noam T. Wasserman and Rachel Gordon
To help her finance her aggressive expansion plans, Genevieve Thiers plans to raise venture capital for the first time. She has spent the last six long years building Sittercity into the nation's leading babysitting web service, larger than all of its competitors... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Family and Family Relationships; Expansion; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Agreements and Arrangements
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Wasserman, Noam T., and Rachel Gordon. "Playing With Fire at Sittercity (A)." Harvard Business School Case 809-009, January 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
  • October 2018
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Accomplice: Scaling Early Stage Finance

By: Ramana Nanda, Raffaella Sadun and Olivia Hull
Accomplice, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Boston, is raising its second fund in November 2017. Since 2009, the firm has followed a seed-led investment model, investing in tech companies at the earliest stages, often when products and business models are... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage Finance; Seed Finance; Scouts; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Networks; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Technology; Financial Services Industry; Massachusetts; Boston; Cambridge; United States
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Nanda, Ramana, Raffaella Sadun, and Olivia Hull. "Accomplice: Scaling Early Stage Finance." Harvard Business School Case 719-403, October 2018.
  • March 2018 (Revised December 2019)
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Edward Lewis: Essence Magazine

By: Steven Rogers and Jacqueline Adams
Essence, the first magazine aimed at African-American women, was created by four, young, Black entrepreneurs in the aftermath of massive racial and political upheaval in the United States in 1968. The venture was a financial, branding and cultural success. By 2005, the... View Details
Keywords: Female; Decisions; African-Americans; Contemporary History; Social History; Culture; Selling; Acquisition; Joint Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Asset Pricing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Brands and Branding; Media; Organizational Culture; Valuation; Journals and Magazines; Business History; Fairness; Adaptation; Consolidation; Publishing Industry; New York (city, NY)
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Rogers, Steven, and Jacqueline Adams. "Edward Lewis: Essence Magazine." Harvard Business School Case 318-115, March 2018. (Revised December 2019.)

    Brian L. Trelstad

     

    Brian Trelstad is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the General Management Unit and the Faculty Chair of the Advanced Leadership Initiative. He teaches elective courses on Social Entrepreneurship and Systems... View Details

    Keywords: venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry; venture capital industry
    • August 2023
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    Floward

    By: Krishna Palepu and Namrata Arora
    In 2022, Abdulaziz B. Al Loughani, CEO and co-founder of Floward, an online flower and gifting company established in Kuwait in 2017, contemplated the firm's growth trajectory. Floward, an e-commerce enterprise that offered fresh-cut flowers sourced directly from... View Details
    Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; E-commerce; Information Technology Industry; Middle East; North Africa; Saudi Arabia; Kuwait; United Arab Emirates; Jordan
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    Palepu, Krishna, and Namrata Arora. "Floward." Harvard Business School Case 124-010, August 2023.
    • May 2012
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    Start-Up Chile: April 2012

    By: Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, Dina D. Pomeranz, Gustavo A. Herrero and Cintra Scott
    Start-Up Chile is a unique program to encourage entrepreneurs to bring their new ventures to Chile. Policymakers must evaluate its effectiveness in achieving economic and social goals. View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Policy; Chile
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    Applegate, Lynda M., William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, Dina D. Pomeranz, Gustavo A. Herrero, and Cintra Scott. "Start-Up Chile: April 2012." Harvard Business School Case 812-158, May 2012.
    • October 2013 (Revised January 2017)
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    Walmart around the World

    By: Juan Alcácer, Abhishek Agrawal and Harshit Vaish
    After reaching the limits of its successful expansion in the United States in the early 1990s, Walmart sought growth opportunities in markets abroad. This case describes Walmart's attempts to replicate its successful U.S. business model in Mexico, Canada, Brazil,... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Success; Globalized Markets and Industries; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Failure; Retail Industry; Germany; China; Argentina; South Korea; Canada; Japan; Brazil; Africa; United Kingdom; United States; Mexico
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    Alcácer, Juan, Abhishek Agrawal, and Harshit Vaish. "Walmart around the World." Harvard Business School Case 714-431, October 2013. (Revised January 2017.)
    • 21 Nov 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: November 21, 2006

    constrained domestically and those that are more technology intensive, exhibit a higher sensitivity of affiliate cash holdings to repatriation tax burdens. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/Cash.pdf Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • June 2007
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    Buddy March

    Entrepreneurial general manager (GM) ignores specific directives from his boss (GVP) to discontinue a new venture that the GM is championing. View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Rank and Position; Management Teams
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    Sathe, Vijay V., Chin B. Ho, and James J. Dowd. "Buddy March." Harvard Business School Case 407-128, June 2007.
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    Entrepreneurship: Failing Well

    Most ventures fail. Most lives are built on journeys that did not get to their desired destination. How can we think about failure as a necessary part of growth and learn to fail well? View Details
    • July 2001 (Revised August 2004)
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    AdNet (A)

    By: Ashish Nanda
    Confronted by a business proposal that is remarkably similar to a project recently financed by a sister office, venture capitalist Monique LeMieux ponders what she should do. View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Ethics; Standards; Financial Services Industry
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    Nanda, Ashish, and Kimberly A. Haddad. "AdNet (A)." Harvard Business School Case 902-024, July 2001. (Revised August 2004.)
    • 07 Mar 2019
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    Jim Rooney, Haven, and Cord Cutting

    • July 2003 (Revised September 2003)
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    Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (B), The

    By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
    This case provides the outcome to "The Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (A)" in which the CFO of General Motors' joint venture in Shanghai, Shanghai General Motors (SGM), wants to refinance almost $900 million of project finance it raised to begin operations. The... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Joint Ventures; Financing and Loans; Auto Industry; Shanghai
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    Desai, Mihir A., and Mark Veblen. "Refinancing of Shanghai General Motors (B), The." Harvard Business School Case 204-025, July 2003. (Revised September 2003.)
    • September 2016 (Revised November 2017)
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    Casper Sleep Inc.: Marketing the 'One Perfect Mattress for Everyone'

    By: Robert J. Dolan
    “A Warby Parker of mattresses? Somebody is going to do it. Why not us?” This was the topic of a conversation begun in spring 2013 among Gabe Flateman, Philip Krim, Neil Parikh, and T. Luke Sherwin. The four met as members of a New York City venture accelerator... View Details
    Keywords: Mattress; Sleep; Marketing; Business Model; Marketing Channels; Adoption; Sales; Consumer Products Industry
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    Dolan, Robert J. "Casper Sleep Inc.: Marketing the 'One Perfect Mattress for Everyone'." Harvard Business School Case 517-042, September 2016. (Revised November 2017.)
    • 15 Nov 2017
    • Research & Ideas

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

    organizations: Businesses focus on commerce, while charities engage in activities that support social welfare. Increasingly, however, founders of social ventures interested in improving society are pursuing hybrid business models, which... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 08 Sep 2021
    • Blog Post

    Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

    A career pivot into venture capital from a “nontraditional” HBS professional background can seem daunting, or perhaps even impossible. In truth, it is a significant challenge to secure a full-time or internship role in View Details
    • June 2006 (Revised September 2006)
    • Case

    S&S Podcasts: Deciding to Launch

    Describes the effort by two MBA students to find an opportunity for a new venture in the burgeoning "podcast" space. View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Product Launch
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    Roberts, Michael J., William Seibels, and Paul Springer. "S&S Podcasts: Deciding to Launch." Harvard Business School Case 806-208, June 2006. (Revised September 2006.)
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    Imam wants to help students think critically about their career paths and what really maters most to them, Having gained significant experience in consulting, impact investing and clean energy before HBS; and exploring several career paths while at HBS including... View Details
    • March 2000 (Revised April 2000)
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    Martin Smith: May 2000

    By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
    A new associate at a venture capital firm must choose which of three potential investments to recommend to the firm's partners. Each potential investment has strengths and drawbacks. View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Valuation
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    Hardymon, G. Felda, and Josh Lerner. "Martin Smith: May 2000." Harvard Business School Case 200-046, March 2000. (Revised April 2000.)
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