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- 04 Feb 2020
- News
How Google’s Founders Slowly Stepped Away From Their Company
- 18 Nov 2019
- News
Fractured Into Factions? What The Founders Feared About Impeachment
- 21 Feb 2024
- Video
Entrepreneurial Insights: Katie Kirsch, Founder and CEO of twenty
- 21 Feb 2024
- Video
Entrepreneurial Insights: Katie Kirsch, Founder and CEO of twenty
- 23 Nov 2022
- News
What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup
- October 2011
- Supplement
Jack Hughes, Founder and Chairman of TopCoder, In-class comments 4/8/11
By: David A. Garvin
TopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder has created a unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Motivation and Incentives; Competition; Online Technology; Information Technology Industry
Garvin, David A. "Jack Hughes, Founder and Chairman of TopCoder, In-class comments 4/8/11." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 312-709, October 2011.
- 25 Apr 2025
- News
Twenty25 Ventures To Fund Founders in HBS Class of 2025
- 07 Nov 2022
- Podcast
Mumzworld Founder Mona Ataya: Empowering Women in the Middle East
Mumzworld is the largest online baby store in the Middle East. It was created by Mona Ataya, one of the most influential businesswomen in the region. Ataya is driven to empower women, motivate employees and benefit all of the company’s stakeholders. In this... View Details
- 26 May 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
Can the ‘Cummings Way’ Live On after the Founder Retires?
- November 2007 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Excerpts from Interview with Jim Triandiflou, Founder of Ockham Technologies
By: Noam Wasserman
Describes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work. The abridged version does not include the introduction and final sections of the full case... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Conflict Management
Wasserman, Noam. "Excerpts from Interview with Jim Triandiflou, Founder of Ockham Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 808-088, November 2007. (Revised March 2014.)
- 14 Nov 2022
- Podcast
Arcos Dorados Founder Woods Staton: The Importance of Core Principles
Arcos Dorados (Golden Arches in English) is the world’s largest independent McDonald’s franchisee. It has restaurants across Latin America and the Caribbean. Founder Woods Staton says purpose is a work in progress for his company. But having core principles helped... View Details
- Nov 02 2016
- Article
What Is the Difference Between a Founder and a Leader?
- 22 Oct 2020
- News
A Q+A with Dash Camp Founder Tabitha Salomon (MBA 2014)
- 26 May 2020
- News
Can the “Cummings Way” Live on After the Founder Retires?
- 2021
- Working Paper
Venture Capital's 'Me Too' Moment
By: Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers and Patrick Sweeney
In this paper, we document the historically low rate of hiring of women in the venture capital sector. We find that the high-profile Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins gender discrimination trial had dramatic treatment effects. In difference-in-differences regressions, we... View Details
Keywords: Gender Discrimination; Founders; Venture Capital; Selection and Staffing; Gender; Lawsuits and Litigation
Calder-Wang, Sophie, Paul A. Gompers, and Patrick Sweeney. "Venture Capital's 'Me Too' Moment." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28679, April 2021.