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Anthology: Pivoting the Business Model
Ghosh, Shikhar; Payton, ChristopherCase HBS-817066-EEntrepreneurshipIn July 2014, after 18 months and eight unsuccessful product launches, the CEO of Yabbly has agreed to sell his company to a larger, well-funded startup, providing a return of capital for his investors and a home for his team. Two weeks prior to the scheduled closing, the team launches a final experiment based on the results of a customer interview. After creating a quick landing page and announcing the product launch through social media channel...Starting at €8.20
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Halliday's OASIS
Kominers, Scott Duke; Tempest Keller, NicoleCase HBS-819106-EEntrepreneurshipWade Watts has won control of the OASIS - a futuristic, immersive virtual reality game world. He must decide on rules, rights, and marketplace design, balancing the founding principles of the OASIS with the platform's potentially negative externalities.Starting at €8.20
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Vida Health: Transforming Chronic Disease Treatment
Sahlman, William A.; Tempest Keller, NicoleCase HBS-824001-EEntrepreneurshipSan Francisco based Vida Health, founded by Stephanie Tilenius, former vice president of Commerce and Payments at Google, was a B2B digital health startup focused on the treatment of cardiometabolic conditions, such as diabetes and obesity. Its innovative digital platform integrated technology with human care, and its treatment approach focused on physical health as and mental health, creating a unique, holistic solution. As a Series D venture ba...Starting at €8.20
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Yabbly (A)
Ghosh, Shikhar; Payton, ChristopherCase HBS-816030-EEntrepreneurshipIn November 2013, with less than 10 months of cash on hand, Tom Leung, the founder and CEO of Yabbly, must decide where to focus his resources. His startup, a question and answer application for shopping decisions, had benefited from a strong showing at the SXSW Accelerator competition and had a dedicated and engaged user base. However, Leung knew that the current growth trajectory would not lead them to the milestones needed to receive an additi...Starting at €8.20
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Connective Mobility
Nohria, Nitin; Payton, Christopher; Huberlie, AliCase HBS-816051-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Shift Technologies, Inc.
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Tempest Keller, NicoleCase HBS-818002-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2017, management at Shift, an online marketplace that uses a "high touch," concierge approach to buy and sell used cars, was formulating plans for the San Francisco-based startup's next phase of expansion. One option was to preserve Shift's current business model and grow through geographic expansion. Another option was to decentralize more tasks to sellers and/or buyers, for example, management of inspections and repairs. While decentralizing...Starting at €8.20
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Scaling Yesware - The Star Performance Framework
Ghosh, Shikhar; Payton, ChristopherCase HBS-818049-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Yesware (A)
Ghosh, Shikhar; Payton, Christopher; Huberlie, AliCase HBS-816039-EEntrepreneurshipMatthew Bellows founded Yesware, a Boston-based tech startup, to solve a problem that he'd encountered as a Sales Manager: sales people hate entering data, rarely do it accurately, and almost always input data that can't be synthesized in a way that is useful for the manager. Together with a friend, he developed software to solve this problem-while also working towards the goal of founding a company that would be "the best place to work." But as ...Starting at €8.20
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Collective Academy
Ghosh, Shikhar; Payton, ChristopherCase HBS-817026-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Triangulate: Stay, Pivot or Exit
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Ghosh, Shikhar; Payton, ChristopherCase HBS-817059-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20