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Glassdoor: The Fundraising Journey (A)
Siegel, Robert; Orleans, AmadeusCase SGSB-E673A-EEntrepreneurshipFrom his time as a young engineer at Microsoft in 1993, to the challenge of building Glassdoor from the ground up until it reached a valuation of over $1 billion, in 2018, Robert Hohman had come a long way. Now, from his spacious office with a picturesque view of Richardson Bay in Mill Valley, California, Hohman confronted one of the most important decisions of his life. Glassdoor, the company he cofounded in 2007 with Rich Barton and Tim Besse,...Starting at €8.20
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Advanced Leadership in Public Education: Tools for Tackling Change from Outside the Building In
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Yatsko, PamelaCase HBS-315019-EEntrepreneurshipIf you want to create change in public education but are not a school principal or other traditional public education leader, what do you need to do? This long, integrated background note examines the inspiring models and stories of individuals who are improving outcomes for low-income students through innovative social ventures. It shows how small innovations that start outside the traditional public education establishment get off the ground an...Starting at €8.20
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The State of U.S. Public Health: Challenges and Trends
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Koh, Howard; Yatsko, PamelaCase HBS-316001-EThe World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." For many Americans, the World Health Organization's definition of true health seems unattainable, given the multitude of complex problems plaguing the U.S. health system. The United States over the last 50 years has focused most of its health resources on providing medical care for indi...Starting at €8.20
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CEMEX's Foundations for Sustainability
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Yatsko, Pamela; Raffaelli, Ryan L.Case HBS-308024-EStarting at €8.20
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Jay Winsten and the Designated Driver Campaign
Koh, Howard; Yatsko, PamelaCase HBS-ALI013-ECenter for Health Communication at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Director Jay Winsten spearheaded a national mass media campaign, the Harvard Alcohol Project, also known as the Designated Driver Campaign, to rapidly diffuse the "designated driver" into the American lexicon and culture. The campaign broke new ground in the process, most notably by harnessing on an unprecedented scale the Hollywood entertainment community's power to...Starting at €8.20
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Howard Koh and Public Health Campaigns, Teaching Note
Yatsko, Pamela; Malone, Ai-Ling JamilaTeaching Note HBS-ALI015-ETeaching note for case ALI012.Starting at €0.00
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FINDMINE: Looking for a Break
Chess, Robert; Orleans, AmadeusCase SGSB-E672-EEntrepreneurshipFrom quitting a stable post-MBA job and starting FINDMINE, a start-up in the retail technology space, to finally negotiating venture capital investment offers, Michelle Bacharach—and FINDMINE—had come a long way. Two years of uncertainty with virtually no outside capital raised, a pivot from B2C to B2B, two accelerator programs, and numerous meetings with potential investors and customers had made her an entrepreneur who was comfortable with dif...Starting at €8.20
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Glassdoor: The Fundraising Journey (B)
Siegel, Robert; Orleans, AmadeusCase SGSB-E673B-EEntrepreneurshipFrom his time as a young engineer at Microsoft in 1993, to the challenge of building Glassdoor from the ground up until it reached a valuation of over $1 billion, in 2018, Robert Hohman had come a long way. Now, from his spacious office with a picturesque view of Richardson Bay in Mill Valley, California, Hohman confronted one of the most important decisions of his life. Glassdoor, the company he cofounded in 2007 with Rich Barton and Tim Besse,...Starting at €5.74
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NewView Capital: Portfolio Acquisitions and Operational Support
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, Robert; Orleans, AmadeusCase SGSB-E793-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2018, renowned venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) faced challenges related to the rapid multiplication of its funds and growth of its portfolio. Ravi Viswanathan, then a General Partner and the Chief Operating Officer of the firm, identified an opportunity to start a new venture firm to acquire a subset of NEA’s portfolio companies through a secondary stock transaction. The strategy seemed beneficial for NEA, its Limited Part...Starting at €8.20
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Howard Koh and Public Health Campaigns for Tobacco Control and Organ Donation
Winsten, Jay; Yatsko, Pamela; Stine-Rowe, KelsiCase HBS-ALI012-EYears before Harvard University Professor Howard Koh was appointed by President Barack Obama as the 14th U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health (2009-2014) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he went on to address a vast portfolio of health challenges, he played a leading role in two highly impactful coalition-based public health campaigns focused on tobacco control and organ donation. The tobacco tax and organ donation...Starting at €8.20