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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder
and flexible full-time positions is good business (the company has franchises nationwide and saw revenues of $16.2 million in 2012). O’Kelly has declined venture capital funding to maintain more control over... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
Winners the HBS New Venture Competition don’t rest on their laurels for long—the ink is hardly dry on those prizewinning checks before it’s time to shift to a higher gear. (This year’s cash prizes in the alumni competition totaled more... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- October 1998
- Case
Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (C)
By: Andre F. Perold and Robert Howard
Farallon Capital Management, an investment firm that specializes in risk arbitrage, has taken significant long and short positions in MCI Communications and British Telecommunications, respectively, in the belief that the proposed merger of these firms will be... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Institutions; Risk Management; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Robert Howard. "Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (C)." Harvard Business School Case 299-022, October 1998.
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
meetings with representatives of firms such as Kleiner Perkins, Summit Partners, and Pacific Venture Group. "At Pacific Venture," says Weil, "Managing Partner John S. Lewis (MBA '74) had just raised a new $100-million View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- Profile
David A. Frankel
with seed capital for their nascent ventures. In all, he backed eight of his classmates in starting successful companies. For example, he gave Paley his first seed capital for Brontes, a maker of 3D imaging technology for dentists that Paley sold to 3M for $95 million.... View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
a penalty to the company for doing so. Shouldn't we expect some recognition on the part of the employee, perhaps expressed in terms of greater loyalty, about the company's role in doing this? Should an organization impose a quid pro quo for View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
make a go of it. They raised $500,000 from family and friends in 2019; picked up another $75,000 by winning the alumni track of the HBS New Venture Competition in 2020; and raised $4.5 million in seed View Details
- July 2008
- Teaching Note
Yale University Investments Office: August 2006 (TN)
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [807073]. View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Hollywood Story
read her script for The Deal and liked it, but observed that it “would need some development work.” The two soon became partners. Epstein’s inner venture capitalist set to work helping Kahn’s production company, Front Street Productions,... View Details
- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
Mike-Arthur T. Demoulas branch bought out their cousins with the help of outside investors. The company also took on significant new debt to fund the buyout. Why Aren't There More Buyouts? The Market Basket buyout should have happened 20... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
disclosure regulation (the U.K.), the analyst school-tie premium has remained large and significant over the entire sample period. Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital Authors:Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, and Josh... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
know-how. It was here in Santa Clara County that the idea of venture capital was born when Arthur Rock (MBA '51) funded the invention of the silicon-based semiconductor that would give the Valley its name... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Summer Listening - HBS Podcasts to Take to the Beach
job of finding more diverse talent and funding new types of ventures. Kupor is the author of the book “Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It.” Listen Now! Managing the Future of Work... View Details
- Web
Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements - Course Catalog
to students seeking a career in consulting, corporate finance, hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, or investment banking. Educational Objectives The objective of the course is to provide hands-on experience in financial... View Details
- Web
Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge
1974, when a bear market and regulatory changes made it possible for pension funds to consider alternative investments previously considered too risky, like buyout funds and View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. When trying to secure backing for a high-risk start-up, whom you know can be just as... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Return Logic, Inc. (B)
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Highlights how multiple rounds of financing work in practice and illustrates how terms agreed to in early-stage financing deals have an impact in later financing rounds. Also illustrates ethical issues that entrepreneurs confront as they build "dot-com" ventures. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Negotiation Deal; Entrepreneurship; Ethics
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Return Logic, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 801-168, January 2001. (Revised May 2001.)
- October 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Exxel Group, The: March 2001
By: Josh Lerner and Alberto Ballve
The Exxel Group, a leading Latin American buyout fund, faces a challenge when deciding whether and how to exit its largest investment. The capital markets are very weak, precluding an initial public offering. Undertaking a trade sale of the firm, however, proves to be... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
Lerner, Josh, and Alberto Ballve. "Exxel Group, The: March 2001." Harvard Business School Case 202-053, October 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
venture capital and private equity by announcing the Vision Fund, the largest tech investment fund in the world at close to $100 billion. The reputation of legendary SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son depended on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
push into other countries more quickly. "Building a functioning multinational firm is a huge challenge. There are many that underestimate it." A strong rise in both venture capital and private equity View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss