HBSP (USA)
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Savage Beast (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Wasserman, NoamTeaching Note HBS-810014-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [809069] and [809096].Starting at €0.00
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"Lather, Rinse, Repeat": FeedBurner's Serial Founding Team, Teaching Note
Wasserman, NoamTeaching Note HBS-810020-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [809089].Starting at €0.00
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Rubbish Boys, Teaching Note
Wasserman, NoamTeaching Note HBS-810021-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [808101].Starting at €0.00
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Tale of the Lynx (B)
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-810029-EEntrepreneurshipContinuation of the 'Tale of the Lynx' case series.Starting at €5.74
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Savage Beast (A1)
Wasserman, Noam; Maurice, LPCase HBS-810051-EEntrepreneurshipFor several months, things had been spiraling downwards at Savage Beast, the music-recommendation company started three years before by Tim Westergren. The company's founder-CEO recently left due to pressures both at home and within the venture. Dozens of investors turned thumbs-down on the venture; salaries had been cut, and tensions had risen within the founding team. Now Westergren, the founder who has taken over as CEO, is facing even deeper ...Starting at €8.20
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Knight the King: The Founding of Nike
Wasserman, Noam; Anderson, KyleCase HBS-810077-EEntrepreneurshipIt had taken Phil Knight sixteen long years to build Nike into the number one athletic-shoe company in the country. When Knight had first conceived of the company for an MBA class project, Adidas had had more than 80% market share, but Knight's marketing approach had revolutionized the industry, his company had developed several ground-breaking shoe technologies, and Nike's brand had become one of the most recognizable in the world. In 1980, the ...Starting at €8.20
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A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach to Term Sheet Negotiations
Wasserman, Noam; Nazeeri, Furqan; Anderson, KyleCase HBS-810119-EEntrepreneurshipThis note offers a new approach to Venture Capital term-sheet negotiations, with actionable steps based on insights from Prof. Wasserman's "Rich-vs.-King" approach to founder decisions. A core thesis of this note is that trying to negotiate all terms in a term sheet will be less effective than focusing on the terms that are most important to the specific entrepreneur in question, taking into account the entrepreneur's goals and motivations in fou...Starting at €8.20
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Strengths Become Weaknesses: Cognitive Biases in Founder Decision-Making
Wasserman, Noam; Anderson, KyleCase HBS-811068-EEntrepreneurshipThis note combines vignettes and scholarly research to outline the cognitive biases and decision-making strategies that influence key decisions in the founding process. It is argued that the same biases which provide early benefits can later prove to be a weakness for the startup, and that founders must learn to identify their biases and work to balance them out with sound advice and dispassionate analysis.Starting at €8.20
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Knight the King: The Founding of Nike, Teaching Note
Wasserman, NoamTeaching Note HBS-812006-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 810077.Starting at €0.00
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Career at a Crossroad: Roopa Rao
Wasserman, Noam; Brem, LisaCase HBS-812011-EEntrepreneurshipAkhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa Rao, his fianc e, is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing alternative offer from a prestigious consulting firm. Should Akhil follow his dream and become an entrepreneur? Or should he acquiesce to the other forces in his life and take the "safer"...Starting at €8.20