HBSP (USA)
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Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-814031-EEntrepreneurshipHomestrings is an online investment platform for overseas diasporas to link financially with their home countries. The founder believes crowd-funding can become a pillar for development, but U.S. regulatory hurdles and resources constraints are substantial. The company is considering targeting non-diaspora investors, introducing new products like insurance or banking, and related expansion strategies.Starting at €8.20
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Target of Opportunity: South Africa's Western Cape Seeks a Role in the African Oil Boom, Teaching Plan
Hausmann, Ricardo; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1173-EEconomicsTeaching Note for case HKS771.Starting at €0.00
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FanMode: Launching a Global Sports Venture
Ghosh, Shikhar; Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-813190-EEntrepreneurshipNeven Murugan is developing FanMode, an app that allows sports fans all over the world to broadcast their reactions in real time into stadiums where their team is playing. It also provides social networking across sports fans. The company is growing, and its founders face the questions of where to locate their headquarters and how to structure their company, and the legal issues surrounding these decisions, including intellectual property regulat...Starting at €8.20
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Entrepreneurial Finance Lab: Scaling an Innovative Start-up Financing Venture
Farre-Mensa, Joan; Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-814073-EEntrepreneurshipEFL provides credit-scoring services in developing countries using psychometric assessment, but the potential loss of a large customer makes them reconsider their scaling narrative.Starting at €8.20
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Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-815043-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 814031.Starting at €0.00
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Target of Opportunity: South Africa's Western Cape Seeks a Role in the African Oil Boom
Varley, Pamela; Hausmann, RicardoCase HBS-HKS771-EEconomicsThis strategy case describes an initiative in the Western Cape province of South Africa to capitalize on an oil boom off the western coast of Africa by cultivating an industrial "cluster" of complementary businesses with the capacity to service, repair, and build components for oil and gas drilling vessels and equipment. The first half of the case lays out the initial thinking, planning, and strategizing. It includes the motive for launching the ...Starting at €8.20