Publications

March 1998 (Revised December 2000)
Case

Siebel Systems (A)

By: Michael J. Roberts, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Nicole Tempest

The case describes the early evolution of Siebel Systems, a sales force automation software company, focusing on issues surrounding Siebel's use of systems integrators as implementation partners and the relationship between implementation and the selling function. View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Sales; Information Technology Industry

2007
Chapter

The Governance of New Firms: A Functional Perspective

By: Josh Lerner

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Business Startups

Find at Harvard

14 Mar 2022
News

Catching Up with Past NVC Winners

23 Sep 2015
News

Birchbox CEO: It's Not All About the Box

Profile

Prita Kumar

Prita Kumar, the founder and CEO of Booya Fitness, built a pretty solid foundation for her eventual startup venture long before arriving at Harvard Business School. Growing up in Houston, Kumar and her sister were both into sports and... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

@Soldiers Field

DULY NOTED BIZ DEV In October, the 24th annual HBS Tech Conference drew some 1,000 attendees for an agenda that included a fireside chat with Rachna Bhasin (MBA 2001) and Kathy Wang (MBA 2017) of Magic Leap, a Florida-based augmented reality View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

What’s New in Educational Innovation? A Few Highlights

A student team pitches its venture to a panel of instructors, entrepreneurs, and investors on the final day of the Startup Bootcamp program. (photo by Susan Young) MBA Program Startup Bootcamp This is the... View Details

06 Jun 2017
News

Is the Real Estate Market Going to Collapse?

startups need office space!) From the interview: LAT: Experience teaches us that the real estate market is cyclical, and we’ve been on the upswing for years now. Is it time for a downturn? Sultentic: We expect the economy will sustain... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Crowdfunding capital for small business

involved in several startups and knew how difficult it was for small businesses to get funding. McGee passed away in November 2015. A number of crowdfunding platforms had appeared, but none was really set up to serve small businesses,” he... View Details

Web

In the News - Entrepreneurship

In the News Every successful entrepreneur knows that the big idea is only as good as his/her ability to execute it. Access to the right knowledge at the right time is often the linchpin to a successful launch. Show Results For 09 Apr 2025 VN Express Vietnamese Student... View Details

15 May 2023
News

From Scientist to Business Leader

ideal way to marry my science background with my business aspirations.” However, cost was a concern. “Contrary to what many people think, the biotech industry—especially a tiny startup like mine—doesn’t pay well.” Fortunately, HBS offered... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Developing Insightful Global Leaders

deepening global engagement at the School this year include a student-led admissions event in Mongolia, field work in Helsinki for first-year MBA students, and a faculty immersion to Southeast Asia. In January, the School will introduce a field course for second-year... View Details

August 2020 (Revised November 2024)
Case

NextView Ventures

By: Jo Tango and Nori Gerardo Lietz

David Beisel, Rob Go, and Lee Hower are non-partners at different-and-established venture capital (VC) firms. They decide to leave their positions to start a new seed-stage VC firm. The case covers the genesis of the firm, the formulation of its strategy and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Strategy

10 Sep 2020
News

Name Your Brand with a Global Audience in Mind

Profile

Arthur Rock

responsible for that region’s entrepreneurial triumph as anybody. Indeed, without Rock’s visionary wisdom and soft-spoken, calm counsel, the Silicon Valley might never have become the technology-based gold mine of ideas and startups that... View Details

05 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Intensive Bootcamp Kicked my Entrepreneurship Goals Into Gear

trip, so I knew that HBS was a place where entrepreneurship thrived. With this in mind, I decided to jump at the opportunity to join Startup Bootcamp, a two-week Short Intensive Program (SIP) or class that takes place between the first... View Details

Web

IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI - Course Catalog

the Internet changed the landscape of the tech sector. Nearly every category incumbent across B2B and B2C was disrupted by Internet-first startups that dominate today’s “most valuable companies” list. Will history repeat itself as we... View Details

August 2015 (Revised October 2015)
Case

Clover Food Lab: Building Out the Team

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Christopher Payton and Ali Huberlie

Keywords: Hiring; Firing; Foodservice Industry; Business Startups; Selection and Staffing; Resignation and Termination; Food; Food and Beverage Industry; Boston

November 2010 (Revised April 2011)
Case

WiTricity: Electricity cuts the cord

By: William A. Sahlman and Evan Wade Richardson

Eric Giler, WiTricity CEO, must decide how to grow a company based around an untested but potentially ground-breaking technology for wireless electricity transmission. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Wireless Technology; Electronics Industry