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DuckDuckGo: Reinventing the Internet Search
Nakul Parameswar; Jahnavi Maddipatla; Sanjay DhirCase IVEY-9B19M050-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyDuckDuckGo, a late entrant in the search engine industry, was founded in 2008 by Gabriel Weinberg with the main purpose of protecting users' online privacy and raising the standard of trust online. DuckDuckGo earned a reputation for being "the search engine that doesn’t track you," and despite initial hurdles, by 2017, it had emerged as one of the top 10 search engines in the world. DuckDuckGo had managed to successfully leverage increasing priva...Starting at €8.20
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Fairview Capital
Rogers, Steven S.; Collins, DerrickCase HBS-319050-EEntrepreneurshipFairview Capital is a pioneering alternative assets investment manager, as it is the first U.S. private equity fund of funds that focused on investing in private equity and venture capital funds managed by African-Americans and other minority investment managers. This case study focuses on Fairview's strategic decisions that ultimately led to the growth and expansion of its investment portfolio to over $3 billion.Starting at €8.20
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Frank Baker: Siris Capital Group and Titan Systems
Rogers, Steven S.; Collins, DerrickCase HBS-317036-EEntrepreneurshipPrivate equity firm, Siris Capital Group must decide if they should raise their offer to take Titan Telecom private by acquiring its publicly-traded stock. Siris' decision to pay a premium for Titan must be made in the context of their unique (and somewhat complex) investment strategy that focuses on investment targets that have both mission-critical products or services that are approaching obsolescence but producing predictable cash flows, and ...Starting at €8.20
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Corey Thomas and the IPO
Rogers, Steven S.; Collins, DerrickCase HBS-317082-EEntrepreneurshipCorey Thomas, CEO of the company Rapid7, must decide if it is the right time to take the 15-year old startup public, as it stood poised to capitalize on what appears to be the next frontier for digital technology markets - cybersecurity. In spite of positive industry trends, there are some nagging concerns that this might be a risky time in the public capital markets. The company had just completed an acquisition and he had additional concerns th...Starting at €8.20