HBSP (USA)
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Braintrust: The Blockchain-Powered Talent Network
Stanton, Christopher; Fuller, Joseph B.; Gonzalez, GeorgeCase HBS-821086-EEntrepreneurshipA San Francisco startup seeks to disrupt the freelancing industry through its user-owned talent network powered by the cryptocurrency, BTRUST.Starting at €8.20
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Clear Link Technologies, LLC: Driving Sales with Peer Effects
Stanton, Christopher; Saouma, Richard; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-819072-EEntrepreneurshipgroup incentives and management-directed peer learning. The case surfaces some of the mechanisms driving peer effects in the workplace and the managerial levers to tap into peer effects for improving operations. The case also provides an introduction to experiments in organizations and how these experiments may differ from traditional randomized controlled trials in marketing or pharmaceutical development.Starting at €8.20
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Mark43
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Weiss, Mitchell B.; AlQahtani, HalahCase HBS-817016-EEntrepreneurshipThe founders of Mark43, an early-stage startup that provides software for law enforcement agencies, must decide whether to bid on a request for proposals (RFP) from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). On the one hand, LAPD would be a second large and influential customer for a startup that has just successfully deployed software for its first customer, the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department. On the other hand, pursuing the LAPD RF...Starting at €8.20
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Dinesh Moorjani and Hatch Labs
Ghosh, Shikhar; Stanton, Christopher; Ciechanover, Allison M.; Huizinga, JeffCase HBS-818026-EEntrepreneurshipThis case is about Tinder. It discusses different business models and ways of structuring the initial team. With a $6 million investment from IAC/Interactive in 2010, Dinesh Moorjani founded Hatch Labs to build mobile apps. His mission was to attract entrepreneurial talent to work on Lab projects which, after gaining traction, could be acquired by IAC or spun out as independent companies. To pitch talent to work at Hatch, Moorjani laid out a fram...Starting at €8.20
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Flatiron School
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; AlQahtani, HalahCase HBS-817114-EEntrepreneurshipIn late 2016, the founders of Flatiron School, a startup offering 12-week coding bootcamps, are formulating their growth strategy. Their new online-only program has matched the excellent job placement results for their in-person bootcamps. Should Flatiron shift investment to aggressively expand online, or grow online and in-person bootcamps in tandem? Should they pursue opportunities to sell online programs to universities and corporations, in ad...Starting at €8.20