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  • November 2010
  • Case

Gilt Groupe

By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Tamara Obradov
The case explores decisions faced by Gilt Groupe co-founders in 2009 regarding how rapidly to grow, which growth strategies to pursue and how much capital to raise. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Finance; Growth Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Making
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Roberts, Michael J., William A. Sahlman, and Tamara Obradov. "Gilt Groupe." Harvard Business School Case 811-049, November 2010.
  • 06 Apr 2016
  • News

Rich People Now Have a Safe Way to Dump Their Jewelry

Keywords: Gilt Groupe; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 04 Dec 2014
  • News

The 32 Hottest Startup CEOs In America

Keywords: Gilt Groupe; Glamsquad; Mink; Hinge; Birchbox; Personal Services; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 07 Nov 2015
  • News

This Ivy League School is Turning Out Fashion's Hottest Startups

Keywords: Birchbox; Rent the Runway; Gilt Groupe; Stitch Fix; Shoptiques; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • June 2013 (Revised August 2013)
  • Case

AVA.ph: Growing a Filipino E-Commerce Company

By: William R. Kerr and Henry Motte-Munoz
AVA is a three-year old e-commerce company in the Philippines. From its early start mimicking the Gilt Groupe concept of online flash sales, the company has grown into a broader e-commerce platform for local fashion commerce. Oliver Segovia needs to evaluate where AVA... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Business Growth and Maturation; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Philippines
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Kerr, William R., and Henry Motte-Munoz. "AVA.ph: Growing a Filipino E-Commerce Company." Harvard Business School Case 813-188, June 2013. (Revised August 2013.)
  • Web

Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship

Elenor Mak Keaton Row MBA 2007 Michael Maples FLOODGATE MBA 1994 Sava Marinkovich mySkin MBA 2003 Gregory Marsh onefinestay MBA 2006 Michael Martin RapidSOS MBA 2015 Donald Mathis Kinetic Social MBA 1998 Aleem Mawani Streak.com MBA 2011 Alexis Maybank View Details
  • 13 Dec 2019
  • Blog Post

All Is Well in Texas: How Julia Cheek Founded Her At-Home Lab Testing Startup, EverlyWell

HBS founded companies including Gilt Group and Birchbox. Julia had gone to Vanderbilt, where she majored in Economics and Psychology. When she started at HBS, she thought she would pursue a traditional... View Details
  • 26 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

extremely costly to both the firm and the individual. —Leslie A. Perlow But it is time to take the gilt off silence. Our research shows that silence is not only ubiquitous and expected in organizations but extremely costly to both the... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
  • 10 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

example, the success of Gilt Groupe and other high-fashion flash sale sites has proven that younger shoppers are willing to buy these categories online. They are also comfortable purchasing high-fashion... View Details
Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Online Fashionistas

MAYBANK AND WILSON: Doing well while looking good. Courtesy Gilt Groupe Cofounded in 2007 by Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (MBA ’04), formerly of Louis Vuitton and Bulgari, and ex-eBayer Alexis Maybank (MBA ’04),... View Details
Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Shop Talk, Different Avenues

of retailing through consulting and marketing work for a roster of global clients. Traub recently sat down with Gilt Groupe cofounders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) to discuss... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

Customizing Couture Online

flash-sale site Gilt Groupe. Today, luxury shoppers, once uncertain about the Internet, see it as a way of “accessing special things,” Magnúsdóttir says. More Retail Revolutions Sparking the Flash Sale Gilt... View Details
Keywords: April White; fashion; Professional Services
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

Alumni Book Briefs

By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) (Portfolio) The founders of Gilt Groupe... View Details
Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 04 Mar 2019
  • News

The Anti-Shark Tank

38 companies, with investments starting at $50,000. “Wingable,” a pitch night cosponsored by Wing (an all-women’s work and community space) and Able Partners brought together 275 entrepreneurs and investors on a cold night in January, as reported by the New York Times,... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Where Innovation Rules

Kiva Systems Intuit Angie’s List Rakuten athenahealth Pandora Bloomingdale's and Gilt Groupe Social Finance Innovation is the real business of Harvard Business School. It begins with the School’s bias toward... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg;Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Educational Services; Management
  • Profile

Ruzwana Bashir

Innovative Companies in Travel’ by Fast Company alongside Airbnb and Google. Bashir used her experience and contacts at startups like the Gilt Groupe and Artsy to secure millions in funding from the likes of... View Details
  • Web

Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship

Sheila Lirio Marcelo – Care.com Alexis Maybank – Gilt Groupe Terry McGuire – Polaris Partners Steve Papa – Parallel Wireless Victoria Ransom – Wildfire, a division of Google Neil Rimer – Index Ventures Phil... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Robots to the Rescue

wrote in third grade about wanting to make a machine that would do all my homework,” recalls Mountz, the affable founder and CEO of Kiva Systems, a Massachusetts-based company that is revolutionizing the way e-commerce retailers such as Staples, Gap, Saks 5th Avenue,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; e-commerce; order fulfillment; robotics; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 07 Jan 2025
  • Blog Post

Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

remain - and someone in your friend group will remember the ‘takeaway’ you need in the moment.” The HBS network also played a role in Twist landing her first brand management position at Estee Lauder. As a recent graduate, she actively... View Details
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/709469-PDF-ENG Gilt Groupe Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman, and Tamara ObradovHarvard Business School Case 811-049 The case explores decisions faced by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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