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BitGold: Turning Digital Currency into Gold
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Brady BurkeCase IVEY-9B15M129-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2015, BitGold, an international savings and payments service, was undergoing the final steps towards its historic initial public offering, which would take place on Canada's TSX Venture Exchange and sought to raise between $10 million to $20 million in funding. With its blending of blockchain technology and aspects of digital currencies like bitcoin, BitGold was paving the way to the legitimation of future FinTech startups by going publi...Starting at €8.20
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A Pathway for Scotiabank's Innovation: Leveraging FinTech Partnerships
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Mary Weil; Ying-Ying HsiehCase IVEY-9B17M109-EStrategyIn February 2017, Scotiabank’s vice-president of digital enablement was sitting in his office at Scotiabank’s Digital Factory in downtown Toronto. He was reflecting on his recent introduction to the financial technology (fintech) company Kabbage, and on how successfully the partnership was progressing. Scotiabank’s vice-president was considering what opportunities the bank should pursue next, specifically in the area of blockchain. The Scotiabank...Starting at €8.20
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21st Century Food: NüFood
Arriola Ordónez, Estefanía; García Caffaro, Isabella; Velásquez, Teresa; Coma, Pablo; Castillo, Sofía; Figueredo, AlvaroCase INCAE-31361_E-EEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurs saw a window of opportunity in the production of Soldier Fly Black protein as a sustainable source of protein for animals. They had an established business plan, with the production of NüContainers for lower-middle-income communities and a production plant to serve companies, but this was questioned when they got allies from different industries who believed that their market niche should be different from the previously established...Starting at €8.20
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TokenFunder: Democratizing Funding and Investing with Blockchain
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Alexander LiCase IVEY-9B18M186-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTokenFunder Inc. (TokenFunder) was a Canadian blockchain start-up focused on developing a platform to help companies perform token offerings in a legal and compliant way. The Ontario Securities Commission had granted the firm a sandbox that permitted it tStarting at €8.20
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Yuser: Funding Start-up Growth with Token Issuance
Jungsoo Ahn; Jean-Philippe VergneCase IVEY-9B20N038-EFinanceYuser Inc. (Yuser) was a young Canadian start-up based in London, Ontario, and focused on developing a gamified media sharing mobile application to help connect businesses with influencers. Yuser’s co-founders had released a marketable version of their apStarting at €8.20
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The Gallery Project
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Alexander (A.J.) MillerCase IVEY-9B13M072-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA young entrepreneur is considering options for starting an art dealership. Everyone has some commonsense knowledge of what an art gallery is, yet very few have realized how competitive the art market is and what it takes to succeed in that industry. The price of a painting can be anywhere between $50 and $500,000, and that price typically does not depend on the objective properties of the artwork itself. This is where the art dealer plays an imp...Starting at €8.20
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CloneTech: Start-up and University Collaboration in IoT Precision Agriculture
Figueredo, Alvaro; Coma, Pablo; Castillo, Sofía; Arriola, Estefanía; García Caffaro, Isabella; Velásquez, TeresaCase INCAE-31365_E-EInformation TechnologiesCloneTech is a Costa Rican startup in agricultural technologies that collaborated with the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. We explored the process through which CloneTech established and consolidated itself as a company, how it came to collaborate with a Guatemalan university and, finally, the implications and impact of this collaboration. It was necessary to form a multidisciplinary group to develop the project, given that it united the tech...Starting at €8.20
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Alimento del siglo XXI: NüFood
Arriola Ordónez, Estefanía; García Caffaro, Isabella; Velásquez, Teresa; Coma, Pablo; Castillo, Sofía; Figueredo, AlvaroCase INCAE-31361_SEntrepreneurshipLos emprendedores vieron una ventana de oportunidad en la producción de proteína de Mosca Soldado Negra como una fuente sustentable de proteína para animales. Tenían un plan de negocio establecido, con la producción de NüContainers para comunidades de ingresos medio-bajos y una planta de producción para atender a empresas, pero este se vio puesto en duda cuando consiguieron aliados de distintas industrias que opinaban que su nicho de mercado debe...Starting at €8.20
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Lending Loop: FinTech Disruption in Canadian Banking
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Parker CummingCase IVEY-9B16M085-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLending Loop, a Canadian marketplace (peer-to-peer) lending start-up, was founded in 2014 and launched to the public in 2015. It competed with other peer-to-peer lenders to challenge the Canadian chartered banks and other financial companies for part of the Canadian small-business lending market. Without an established regulatory regime in place, it operated according to its lawyers’ interpretation of securities law. The founders needed to scale ...Starting at €8.20