Peer-to-peer Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Aug 2018
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Working with a Giver’s Spirit

If you were looking for the perfect candidate to run a nonprofit that fights poverty through entrepreneurship, Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is just the person you’d want. That was the opinion of Cindy Ko (MBA 2005) in 2013 when she was Asia-Pacific head for Endeavor, the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

urgent systemic changes needed to address climate change. By doing what’s right for people and the planet, pep+ will help position our company as a consistent top market performer by generating stronger, more loyal connections with our... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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The Big Business of Little Loans

peer-to-peer (P2P) organizations—are redefining the market: In the United States, 22 percent of businesses with revenues between $100,000 and $1 million turn to online lenders for loans, and 30 percent of even smaller businesses go online... View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

15 Nov 2016
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Field Course Helps Nascent Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers

Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing (ESM), a field course that debuted in spring 2016. “To a greater degree than in established firms, marketing and selling in entrepreneurial ventures are linked to product... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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Is the Auction House of the Future Online?

Fifteen-year-old Saffronart, cofounded by Dinesh Vazirani (MBA 1994), was one of the earliest entrants, creating both a market for Indian art and an early model for bringing offline auctions online—one that has been copied by many. Even... View Details

Keywords: April White; Wu-Tang Clan

01 Jun 2017
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Life in Lockdown

leads a team?” By 8:30 Thursday morning, Foalea is ready. Today, she will shepherd the Startup Lockdown team through 12 to 14 intense hours of brainstorming, market research, and prototype building to test the business idea she settled on... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photography by Chris Churchill

01 Dec 2015
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Golden State of Mind

pedigree, becoming a VC wasn’t the original plan. Instead, Tim Draper wanted to be an entrepreneur. He had some good ideas, he says, which ran the gamut from digitizing music (back in the early 1980s) to a new global stock market to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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