Ivey Business School (Canada)
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SparqU and the Colorado Paradox
Candace Ruiz; Cristin Cornell TarrCase IVEY-W31109-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn late 2020, Lynn Wilson, a social entrepreneur and chief executive officer of SparqU, Inc., gave himself one year to turn his company around. SparqU, which offered digital literacy training to underserved and underrepresented communities, had been funded by a workforce grant. But when the grant expired, Wilson left his academic teaching position to focus full-time on SparqU and fulfill his passion for helping Colorado’s people of colour, low in...Starting at €8.20
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Under Armour Under Pressure: Ratio Analysis
Zhichuan (Frank) Li; Michael SaundersCase IVEY-9B18N022-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceAn analyst at Vaux Gibson Inc., a fund that managed a portfolio of North American equities, was tasked with reviewing the fund’s holdings of Under Armour Inc. (Under Armour) and providing recommendations for the fund’s prospective investment strategy with the company. Under Armour had experienced significant revenues and bottom-line growth over the past three years, but this growth slowed significantly in 2017 and the company reported a net loss,...Starting at €8.20