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Corporate VCs Are Moving the Goalposts
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1611A-EEntrepreneurshipIn the traditional approach to venture capital, an investment firm parcels out funds to a portfolio of start-ups, knowing that most will fail but that with luck, the returns from the few winners will make the exercise profitable. For more than 40 years, another model has also existed: corporate venture capital, in which a very large company invests in start-ups, often in adjacent industries. Corporate VCs have historically been motivated by strat...Starting at €8.20
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How Venture Capitalists Really Assess A Pitch
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1703A-EEntrepreneurshipHaving worked for two VC firms before entering academia, Lakshmi Balachandra was mystified: Why did a proposal that looked so promising on paper become a nonstarter when it was actually pitched? She spent almost 10 years capturing what happens in pitch meetings and quantifying the results, and drew four broad conclusions: (1) Passion is overrated--VCs prefer a calm demeanor, which they equate with leadership strength. (2) Trust beats competence. ...Starting at €8.20
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When Hiring Execs, Context Matters Most
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1705A-EEntrepreneurshipWhen choosing a CEO, boards typically take into account the particular circumstances the company faces: Is it in need of a turnaround, say, or will it be scaling for growth? But firms don't usually pay much attention to contextual challenges when hiring for and promoting people into lower-level leadership roles, instead preferring jack-of-all-trades candidates. A new study from CEB suggests that they will be more successful if they consider the s...Starting at €8.20
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EverTrue: Mobile Technology Development B
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-813123-EEntrepreneurshipSupplement for case 813122Starting at €8.20
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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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Supercell, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Jones, Benjamin; Brownell, AlexisTeaching Note HBS-817055-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 817052.Starting at €0.00
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Transformation at Eli Lilly & Co. (A)
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-817070-EEntrepreneurshipFaced with the imminent loss of 40% of its revenues due to patent expirations, pharma giant Eli Lilly sets out on a dramatic transformation process in 2009. The case considers how Lilly restructured the organization into business areas to aid better decision making, faster innovation and clearer customer insight; the forward guidance and minimum performance guarantees that Lilly provided to the market during the transformation; the difficult HR a...Starting at €8.20
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CIC: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (B)
Kerr, William R.; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-817127-EEntrepreneurshipCIC engages in "guerrilla warfare," offering free or highly discounted rates in order to get its empty offices filled before the opening day of its St. Louis branch. Opening day is a huge success, and CIC St. Louis grows rapidly, even opening a second building. In the following years, it ramps up its expansion efforts and opens new branches or begins the expansion process in multiple cities around the country and the world, as well as expanding i...Starting at €5.74
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Transformation at Eli Lilly & Co. (C)
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisCase HBS-817137-EEntrepreneurshipSupplement to case 817070.Starting at €5.74
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CIC: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Brownell, AlexisTeaching Note HBS-817143-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for cases 817126 and 817127.Starting at €0.00