tickle

November 2006
Case

Describes a set of decisions confronting the management team of a rapidly growing online psychological testing and social networking company. They can either sell the company to a large public company, raise another round of capital from a preeminent venture capital... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Internet and the Web; Growth Management; Internet and the Web; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance

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01 Jun 2012
News

Tickling the Ivories

KAO: Out of conflict and apparent mistakes, a beautiful, coherent melody. The Economist magazine has called him “Mr. Creativity” and a “serial innovator.” A former keyboard player for Frank Zappa, John Kao (MBA 1982), an HBS faculty member from 1982 to 1996, holds an... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2004
News

Who, Me?

three-quarters of Tickle’s revenues, with the remainder coming from ads and memberships. Since the site was introduced in 1999, the company says some 50 million people have taken a Tickle test and some 18 million are active members.... View Details

Keywords: Tickle.com; social media; tickle; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

18 Jul 2023
News

The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

"Most fad items don't have a functional element," Ofek says. "A Pet Rock doesn't have a functional element. A Tickle Me Elmo toy does not have a functional element. With Clocky, even if the cuteness factor wears off, it... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

facilities and procurement managers. During the pitch meeting, Aatish connected with Rachel Huxhold, energy and commissioning manager at HBS, which paved the way for future conversations on procuring Aatish’s charger. Something about this View Details

Portrait Project

Bena Shah

years. We will start tickle wars with our children and laugh until our bellies ache. We will surprise them with donuts on Sunday mornings and spend hours getting to know them over lazy Sunday dinners of kichadi and cudhi, which they will... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean

around in my car and heard some great interpretations of Christmas songs. Then they played one for Hanukkah, but it was just so blah. I went home and started tickling the ivories, so to speak.” Map it out: “At HBS, Ben Shapiro was a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; career; life experiences; dry cleaning; leadership; music; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services

27 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

Note 607-074 No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607074 Tickle Harvard Business School Case 807-100 Describes a set of decisions confronting the management team of a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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