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Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, Jonas; Weber, JamesCase HBS-120006-EEntrepreneurshipStephen Scott needed to decide whether to keep his behavioral analytics startup in the people analytics sector or shift his company into the RegTech sector. Starling had develop technology that enabled its customers to anticipate and shape the behavior of their employees by examining company data on employees, including email traffic. Starling had struggled to grow in the people analytics sector while RegTech was an emerging sector that might pro...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (B)
Heese, Jonas; Pacelli, Joseph; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-124018-EAccounting and ControlThe case is set in spring 2021, immediately after Plug Power made financial restatements dating back to 2018. The case describes the restatements, which revealed that Plug was reclassifying expense items to boost gross profits.Starting at €5.74
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Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)
Heese, Jonas; Pacelli, Joseph; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-124019-EAccounting and ControlSet in June 2023, the C case explores Plug Power's recovery from its financial restatements, how it benefited from government subsidies, and new strategic alliances.Starting at €5.74
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The Rise and Fall of FTX
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, Jonas; Pacelli, Joseph; Hancock, MaxCase HBS-124014-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn November 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried's multi-billion-dollar crypto exchange, FTX, collapsed, wiping out investors and throwing the crypto industry into disarray. As FTX's founder and CEO, Bankman-Fried developed a reputation for his unerring business sense and high-profile charitable giving. To many, it came as a shock when in the wake of FTX's collapse, the attorney responsible for restructuring the company professed he had never seen "such an ut...Starting at €8.20
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Rubbish Boys
Wasserman, Noam; Galper, RachelCase HBS-808101-EEntrepreneurshipIt looked like founder-CEO Brian Scudamore might not be able to pursue franchising as a growth option for his junk-removal business after all. Over the years, he had overcome many hurdles, including buying out his "too-fiery" co-founder, firing all of his employees so he could start all over again when he became disillusioned with the company's developing culture, and failing at experimenting with student franchising to increase the rate of growt...Starting at €8.20
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Career at a Crossroad: Packing Up
Wasserman, Noam; Brem, LisaCase HBS-812013-EEntrepreneurshipAkhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa Rao, his fiancee, is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing alternative offer from a prestigious consulting firm. Should Akhil follow his dream and become an entrepreneur? Or should he acquiesce to the other forces in his life and take the "safer" ...Starting at €8.20
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Curt Schilling's Next Pitch (B)
Wasserman, Noam; Braid, YaelCase HBS-813156-EEntrepreneurshipContinuation of the 'Curt Schilling's Next Pitch' case series.Starting at €5.74
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Rubbish Boys (Spanish version)
Wasserman, Noam; Galper, RachelCase HBS-811S01EntrepreneurshipParecía que el fundador y CEO Brian Scudamore podría no ser capaz de seguir la franquicia como una opción de crecimiento para su negocio de chatarra de eliminación después de todo. Con los años, que había superado muchos obstáculos, incluyendo la compra a cabo su "demasiado ardiente" co-fundador, disparando a todos sus empleados para que pudiera empezar todo de nuevo cuando él se desilusionó con la cultura el desarrollo de la compañía, y en su de...Starting at €8.20
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Tale of the Lynx (B)
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-810029-EEntrepreneurshipContinuation of the 'Tale of the Lynx' case series.Starting at €5.74
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A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach to Term Sheet Negotiations
Wasserman, Noam; Nazeeri, Furqan; Anderson, KyleCase HBS-810119-EEntrepreneurshipThis note offers a new approach to Venture Capital term-sheet negotiations, with actionable steps based on insights from Prof. Wasserman's "Rich-vs.-King" approach to founder decisions. A core thesis of this note is that trying to negotiate all terms in a term sheet will be less effective than focusing on the terms that are most important to the specific entrepreneur in question, taking into account the entrepreneur's goals and motivations in fou...Starting at €8.20