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- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence Across Countries By: Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski, and Karen Wilson Abstract—This paper examines investments made by 13 angel groups... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
innovative new product for the treatment of acne that they hope to sell to consumers via direct-response television. The unconventional nature of the product and its distribution has led the company to seek angel financing. The Silicon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
1995, and continuing over the next few years, they launched a research project to simplify Internet search, a process that was then far from easy. Outsiders do well in the US when venture capitalists and angel investors don’t... View Details
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
said Fialkow. "They're smart, but not smart about what you're talking about." The best source of information and funds, he added, is angel investors with domain expertise. The conference was sponsored by the Entrepreneurship... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech
in lieu of higher salaries. The claim simply ignores the fact that a lack of cash need not be a barrier to compensating executives.— Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan, and Robert C. Merton Even privately held companies that raise funds through View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
Street because [they] have the education, the network, and the experience to make it work." J. Paul Brownridge, former Los Angeles city treasurer and candidate for Los Angeles city controller, noted... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
coaching are more important to the economy than has been realized. We talk a lot about the venture community, we talk about angel money, [but] we don't talk about the expertise, the coaching, the teaching that goes on. And that's surely... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?
allows many people to search for and retrieve codified knowledge without having to contact the person who originally developed it. That opens up the possibility of achieving scale in knowledge reuse and thus of growing the business. Take the example of Randall Love, a... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
contributes to the economic volatility, or "systemic risk," in the economy. Another project is looking at the very smallest of investors in young firms: angels or individual investors. These investors are frequently hailed as a... View Details
- February 2021 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
World of Dreams Entertainment Group: Building a Resilient Business
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Endline and Michael Norris
In 2021, Ron DeShay, former American Idol producer, is launching his new business venture: World of Dreams Entertainment Group. World of Dreams rethought the existing TV production model, giving audiences more power to directly influence the creation of shows through a... View Details
Keywords: Television Entertainment; Media; Social Issues; Sports; Business Ventures; Digital Platforms; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles
Applegate, Lynda M., Sarah Endline, and Michael Norris. "World of Dreams Entertainment Group: Building a Resilient Business." Harvard Business School Case 821-039, February 2021. (Revised February 2021.)
- March 2020 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Jeffrey Deitch: Art Entrepreneur
By: Henry McGee, Rohit Deshpandé and Sarah Gulick
Jeffrey Deitch is an influential gallery owner and art entrepreneur. An HBS alumnus generally credited with developing the field of bank art advisory and financing services, Deitch has had a storied career in both the commercial and non-profit art world. Wrestling with... View Details
Keywords: Cultural Entrepreneurship; Arts; Personal Development and Career; Fine Arts Industry; New York (city, NY); Los Angeles
McGee, Henry, Rohit Deshpandé, and Sarah Gulick. "Jeffrey Deitch: Art Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 320-042, March 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
- March 2023
- Case
FinTunes, Inc., Board of Directors
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jennifer Fonstad
The board of FinTunes, Inc., a start-up aimed at helping musicians distribute their work and manage their finances, must decide among three candidates to serve as the company’s first independent director. The terms of FinTunes’ last round of financing provided that the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Music Industry; Los Angeles; California
Paine, Lynn S., and Jennifer Fonstad. "FinTunes, Inc., Board of Directors." Harvard Business School Case 323-071, March 2023.
- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
traditional VC realm. “The vast number of angel investors have non-financial motivations,” Wu says. “For many, it’s a way to feel engaged with young entrepreneurs and tied to a community, rather than a way to make lots of money.... View Details
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51502 forthcoming Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners By: Wu, Andy Abstract—We study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men
examined video recordings of 90 randomly selected pitches from three real-life entrepreneurial pitch competitions, held in various United States locations over a three-year period. In each case, a panel of angel investors had judged the... View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
In the fall of 2009, baseball's Anaheim Angels knocked the Boston Red Sox out of the American League Division Series in a humiliating three straight games. Within a matter of weeks, Sox general manager Theo Epstein had launched one of the... View Details
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
overly risky.” Unlike most situations where making an important decision based on gut feel is seen as a negative, venture capitalists and angel investors often brag about the wisdom of their midsections. “They have a lot of pride in how... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
coffee shop in Los Angeles in 2014 called Dumb Starbucks. Write Deighton and Kornfeld: "The stunt's function as promotion for the show was eventually deduced by journalists and the public. The delayed reveal was an element of play." A... View Details
- 04 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
able to come up with very rapid kinds of prototypes and vaccine candidates would not have been possible in the traditional just-lab structure,” Kerr says. As the shift drew innovation from a handful of big population centers like Los View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Apr 2005
- Lessons from the Classroom
NFL Players Touch Down at HBS
Philadelphia Eagles. One classroom comment by a faculty member caught the ear of Kansas City Chiefs running back Tony Richardson, who is thinking of going into angel investing. "He talked about being in the game versus being on the... View Details